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Please anyone kind enough help me
 

Short story I am banned on et.sy because I stupidly put my based in and ships from differently.
I regret it so much then I came accross this forum then I read and got very insightful info. Thanks guys. And then I opened my first stealth account.
Steps:
1.new computer
2. new camera so I did not remove exif, but no geotag at all
3. new products I have not upload but in same category.
4. new paypal (my relative)
5. new cc ( same relative) match the paypal,
6. new ip (cellphone tethering)
7. new et.sy email,new username, address, and matched info. I know I am paranoid.

account opened, receive email congrats XXX for grand opening, I search my 4 items and it is visible, I just put my vague item description, very shorts and done, did not bother to put anything else. And 2 days later deactivated. :tears:
send email. got a response closed because
-listing non qualifying item--> I made sure my item 100% handmade by me, bad photograph
-inaccurate info of size,location, etc--->I have not put anything.How possible??
-not disclosing people involve--> yes ofc, I have not put anything.

My question is.Can you please kindly help me find my error? I don't want to make the same mistake.
I am sure it's not bot cos I have opened for 2 days.

I have suspicion in these areas:
-My PP is new, registered using a relative data, I complete the registration.
I can sign in easily. However 3days after reg which is today it emails me that I need to confirm my email. Do you think et.sy did it to me because unconfirmed PP email?
- Or do you think its because I am too slow, and put bad pics with very short description, no policy,etc?
-In item desc I put 'made in OUR home' but I have not put any ppl in shop info.
-I use my cell phone for tethering, maybe my provider considered not trustworthy enough?

Please anybody share your knowledge with me >,<

Re: Please anyone kind enough help me
 

Hi.
I don't know about this stuff, but I am certain someone will come along soon and point you in the right direction.

Though I'd quickly reply to your post just so you know you will get help soon :)

Re: Please anyone kind enough help me
 

no idea, but assuming you are listing same unique -ish products, a manual review could pick that up......

or, if you were reported by a competitor they could have spotted you

if there was no slip up on the set up then it has to be some similarity on pics or descriptions....

in terms of what you did to set it up, looks fine, cannot see anything wrong with it......and you remembered the geotag, exif stuff....

for you next set up, you do not need a new computer, just a new user screen....the rest you need to do again all new.....but you need most importantly different products......and shoot the pic differently re backgrounds and styles...

Re: Please anyone kind enough help me
 

I always list cheap household items at first.. nothing rare... I take a loss on the first few items... usually sell an item within 1 day..

If you havent yet... maybe you should read the ebay stealth book... it will save you a lot of time and paranoia..

Re: Please anyone kind enough help me
 

Don't think Aspkin has made an Etsy stealth yet.

Re: Please anyone kind enough help me
 

Probably not, but it's safe to say most of the stealth practices carries over from site to site.

Re: Please anyone kind enough help me
 

stealth principles are the same, eg. they do not know it is you signing up again....but with etsy the problem is that the goods are so unique and the community is smaller and more watchful/nosey...

Re: Please anyone kind enough help me
 

"if you were reported by a competitor they could have spotted you"

I would say that is the best answer
That happened to me...
- did you use the same wording/fonts/layout?