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Will this account be okay?
 

This is kind of a complicated situation so please bare with me guys.

I just found the details to an ebay account that i had completely forgotten I had set up.
So i created a new user account and logged in to it.

Turns out its over 6 months old but has no feedback whatsoever.

Basically i must have just opened the account and completely forgotten about it and its now aged 6 months.Which is good right?

I checked out the details and its linked to my PP account to which i have 2 other stealth emails on as well(But those 2 are not linked to the PP).

Now, the 2nd email on my PP belongs to a stealth account which was suspended for non-payment of fees!

The 3rd email is another stealth account that i just set up and am now leaving age for 30 days!

Another thing that complicates the matter more is that when i set up this 6 month old account, it was linked after a few days to another ebay account that i owed very little fees on.So i payed thoses fees and both accounts were reinstated.

But now ebay knows these accounts are linked.The thing about this is they both have different address(to which i have access to).

So now this reinstated 6 month old account is linked with another ebay account(that has a complete different address) whilst at the same time is linked to a PP that was used with 2 other stealth ebay accounts(one just set up,and one suspended for non-payment of fees)

Anyway i could start selling with this 6 month old account or will i immediately run into trouble?

Bare in mind i did not know about this forum or the stealth guide back when this all started!

Any help would be greatly appreciated! :typing:

Pointless. It has no selling history. Would just be the same as opening a new eBay sellers account. Except a new eBay stealth account would not be linked to all of the other accounts you have mentioned.

So the 6 month age really means nothing? If i tried to sell on it would i be hit with the 21 day hold crap even do its over 6 months old?

Age doesn't count for anything on ebay and paypal. Establishing a good selling history does though.

But when we first create an ebay account we leave it for 30 days why?

I do not do that.

Why do you actually do it? :pop2:

Not really. I never have before but once i joined these forums everyone is saying to? Im in the process of doing it for the first time and im on about day 7. Do you actually have to do it? Ive always wondered but never questioned ;)

Actually I think they say leave it for 30 days so that you can get beacons and cookies on your machine and establish a bit of history with EB by 'looking around'. Also I think this is bought accounts where you need to change IPs and stuff. Personally I just go straight at it:pop2:

Really? So you just go right at it without building up a bit of history by 'looking around'? Is it risky to do this? Don't get me wrong,the minute i open an account i want to start raking in the cash but id rather be safe than sorry :pop2:

Living on borrowed time.

1stly you got linked to a non-paying account and even though you paid the fees, ebay might well decide to give you a generic suspension. That is known to happen after they con you out of your money.

2ndly, you have an email address on a paypal of a suspended account. IF there is ever a manual review that might go against you.....

I understand you did say you did not about the forum. But from now, you have to make sure
everything is on a spreadsheet or excel sheet.
For sure, make accounts but have their family tree written down.

I dont agree with racing to sell at once. Then, I use my accounts the way I was shown in 2007. That's my way and I like it so I do it. Basically by the time I list my 1st item, my account has activity on ebay but more especially with paypal. :juggle:

The first thing I do once set up is to buy some bits and pieces. Things I actually need. The last time I bought a whole load of material, thread and stuff for a project I had going for one of my granddaughters school plays - about 10 purchases all told.

I listed some gloves I had bought in to sell and sold them on 7 day auctions - then I took it from there.

After all - mine isn't a ste alth account is it? Oh no, it's perfectly legitimate and I act as someone with a perfectly legitimate account would act.

The book doesn't answer every problem or cover every scenario - it is a guide - it tells you where you can go wrong. You have to use your own common sense and your own knowledge and logic to make it work.

It's no good coming on these forums, as I saw someone do recently, saying 'it's no good I want my money back' if you're not prepared to do everything that is necessary.

To those people I can only say 'go back to doing it your way and stop wasting your time and ours - you obviously know best'

I've just realised I've gone off topic (Sorry GB) Oh well:typing:

I do not believe that the 30 day wait counts for anything. Browsing eBay for items to me makes no difference. I think if you are opening a seller account, well eBay expect you to want to sell, so why not start straight away. The have their policies and limits in place to control new sellers, you do not bypass these or make yourself look anymore trustworthy by waiting 30 days.

The idea is to start by selling a small amount of low risk items. Build a great selling history with eBay and PayPal. Great customer service, fast delivery, low risk transactions, provide tracking etc.

The idea is to not straight away start selling your VERO high risk items you are so desperate to sell :D

@GT, beacons and cookies do not matter at all for when you should start selling.

I paid the fees 2 days after the account was linked.

So its been 6 months since the accounts have been back to normal.

Like i didn't just pay the fees lately or anything.

Based on this ^^^ info am I correct in my thinking it will be okay to start selling my regular items which would seem to anyone out there to be just stuff from my house?

Since I will be limited to the 10 items in 30 days I should probably pick 10 items that would sell easily at a reasonable price. Although I have never been an auction fan, I had a store w/all FP items, I should auction these 10 items to get a good history of selling and positive FB which has never been an issue for me. Plus, $.99 auctions really would make me look like a "newbie" in my opinion....I've purchased many things for resale from newbies who didn't know that they could have sold it for much more at FP.

Just wondering how long this limits are in place and how long it will be before I can open another store. Becoming id verified isn't going to be a problem.

So desperate to sell? :pound:

I know not to immediately start off selling VeRO with a new account so i have no problem building up some feedback first before i move onto VeRO.

But as i said shady, when im selling VeRO i'm rarely detected ;)

@Berryfine1, even though I wrote that it is perfectly normal to sell straight away, I do not agree with the people who instantly sell out their limits and try to find ways of increasing them.

Stay under the radar and sell a few items. Low risk cheaper items are always the best. So many used household items fall into this category and are very good items to start with when selling on a new account.

It is hugely important to gain a good selling history as it is to start with selling low risk items i.e. it would be no good selling low risk items but getting poor DSR's.

Forget about account limits and start opening more accounts.

@superdude, I always say that if you are usnure whether accounts are linked and whether you should bother with them, just use them along with new stealth accounts and just keep them seperate. If the accounts ever did get suspended, well you may have got some sales out of them and you may learn things i.e. why eBay suspended you etc

Good point shady :clap: So do you mean set up new stealth accounts but at the same time try selling on the old accounts and see if i get anywhere? :pop2:

Yeah. Makes a lot of sense doesn't it.

Some people will instantly recognise that an account is linked and just ditch it as to not waste any time. Though if you are still learning and are unsure, you could use it along side the use of your new stealth accounts and it will help you learn things first hand.

You may also actually get some sales out of the account, it may out live your expectations or it may get instantly limited. At least you then get the answer for your original question and this will help you for the future.

It is learning from your own experiences instead of others. It is still a good thing to ask the forum about your accounts as well, so you get the whole kit and caboodle ;)