| walkers | 08-30-2020 04:55 AM |
Stealth Advice
Hello,
I made too many mistakes before finding this forum & buying the stealth guide, so need to make sure I do it right. Btw, great guide, worth every penny.
I sell on depop, it's like ebay. My PP was recently Perm Limited.
In order to sell on depop you need a paypal linked, although you can accept card payments through depop (paypal still has to be linked, but the account does not have to be active, as after limitations my PP was still linked to depop, stupidly, I disconnected the PP).
My plan was to create a burner PP with a second address I have, link it to my depop, then close the PP account, forcing buyers to only buy through the card payment system on the depop app.
I would trial this for a few weeks, if sales are significantly decreased I would look to making a more permanent stealth account.
In this process, I noticed that you needed to confirm your PP email in order to accept payments. So, to test, I got my friend to try and purchase an item from my store with paypal, assuming it wouldn't go through - unfortunately it did. (photos nor description were not changed so potential links to limited account).
This solution would have been ideal, as I would have never needed to close the PP account, and all transactions would just be rejected as email not confirmed.
I also added and removed a card 4 times throughout the day (long story) on the 5th try wouldn't let me do it. Haven't tried since.
I then tried to close the account and got the message along the lines of, we can't do this you need to phone paypal.
My questions are:
1) Do i need a new depop account (does linking the account give a unique ID that can be linked to my previous limited accounts).
2) Can i create a burner account, link to my depop then close account (without accepting a transaction this time) / should I create an account link it to depop, then get it purposefully banned (as I could still use depop and obv no payments would be taken by paypal).
4) What will this phone call with paypal entail, can I talk my way out of it.
3) Am i digging myself a deeper hole by getting more accounts linked & perm suspended.
Please note that I doubt I will get any of the limitations reversed. Paypal blocked me from calling & wont reply on email.
I'm more concerned about legal action, getting billed for multiple violations at 2.5k a pop, penalties on the few thousand £
paypal have got for 180 days over multiple limited accounts.
4) I've heard there are new rules in the UK with names matching accounts when depositing funds (maybe 6 weeks - 2 months ago). Is the information regarding PP being able to deposit to most accounts with a diff name up to date (UK)? Or when paypal check to see if the cards active when adding it to the account?
5) If I leave the account that paypal won't let me close alone for a few weeks (check they don't limit it), create another under the same address with a nickname (but business account so still under their limit of 2 per person) is this safe?
6) Depop said they would talk to paypal for me, I assume this is a no go as could lead to my depop accounts getting suspended if paypal release the reasons to them (some ⊗⊗⊗⊗ items were sold).
Any helpful replied welcome, will also happily pay some money for some proper detailed replies & solutions.
I'm way out of my depth and need an expert to ensure this does not happen again. Guide was very useful just as using a different platform I need to be certain.
Thank you | 
