How to avoid initial investigations?

[Rgivens]

Hello,

How do I get around having to verify my identity with eBay?

Thanks.

[rsot]

Welcome to the forums - read around and get the stealth guide to understand stealth. Then worry about identity.

[Rgivens]

Originally Posted by rsot

Welcome to the forums - read around and get the stealth guide to understand stealth. Then worry about identity.

Thank you for the warm welcome. I have read the stealth guide from one of my friends. (that's who referred me.) I completely understand how to create a stealth account, but can't seem to sell anything without having eBay temporarily suspend my account pending an investigation.

Very annoying.. hehe.

[rsot]

Well - then it's your methodology that needs work - maybe you are selling too fast? your choice of product? Lot of info is missing to analyse

[Rgivens]

Originally Posted by rsot

Well - then it's your methodology that needs work - maybe you are selling too fast? your choice of product? Lot of info is missing to analyse

Open a new stealth account. List a product within 48 hours (of any category.). eBay notices and puts my account up for review. I call, verify, fail review.. they ask to send in documents.. I send them in.. they never respond.


That's basically what I'm going through..

[rsot]

You aren't building up buying feedback? Browsing?

[Rgivens]

Originally Posted by rsot

You aren't building up buying feedback? Browsing?

Will building feedback through buying help bypass my account being investigated?

[rsot]

Nothing "Bypasses" per say BUT definitely NOT selling right away shows your account as more relaxed. Wait 2 weeks to see though some ppl opt for 3 days.

[SUVE]

I am thinking ebay must have some sort of algorithm that flashes up ebay accounts (from the milions in existance) in certain situations that hit certain 'suspicious' account activity criteria....

[ragemundo]

I think Ebay has started giving the MC010 to everyone. 4 months ago I would open 5 accounts and all of them would pass verification. In the past month and a half I have opened almost 10 accounts and all of them except one was hit with the MC010. Ebay's rules just recently got more strict. I have tried selling everything from books to wireless mouse and still get hit even after buying feedback and searching the web for 2 weeks before selling anything and I still get hit....

but my friend opens an account and somehow its unlimited and he has 50+ feedback in less than a week.

Ebay is retarded I think they randomly mess with accounts. Just keep trying.

[SUVE]

Originally Posted by ragemundo

I think Ebay has started giving the MC010 to everyone. 4 months ago I would open 5 accounts and all of them would pass verification. In the past month and a half I have opened almost 10 accounts and all of them except one was hit with the MC010. Ebay's rules just recently got more strict. I have tried selling everything from books to wireless mouse and still get hit even after buying feedback and searching the web for 2 weeks before selling anything and I still get hit....

but my friend opens an account and somehow its unlimited and he has 50+ feedback in less than a week.

Ebay is retarded I think they randomly mess with accounts. Just keep trying.

I think somewhere along the lines, given the volume of stealth accounts you've got, you've flashed up on ebays radar somewhere...

[GrannyT]

Personal accounts versus business accounts

[jbluntz]

Originally Posted by Rgivens

Hello,

How do I get around having to verify my identity with eBay?

Thanks.

You learn by trial and error or you can purchase an account from someone who already knows how it's done and has an account ready to go with some selling history.

[GreenBean]

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...pointless.html

Or go to amazon

[Rgivens]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...pointless.html

Or go to amazon

Or how about I keep selling on Amazon and learn to sell on eBay.

[Road-Kill]

That seems pointless.

[rsot]

Trial and error brings experience.

[ragemundo]

Everything was stealth. There was no possible way of the accounts ever being linked.

Originally Posted by SUVE

I think somewhere along the lines, given the volume of stealth accounts you've got, you've flashed up on ebays radar somewhere...

[jbluntz]

Originally Posted by ragemundo

Everything was stealth. There was no possible way of the accounts ever being linked.

You're still doing something wrong, I'm still selling on new accounts all the time without getting mc010.

[tranhongduong]

Originally Posted by jbluntz

You're still doing something wrong, I'm still selling on new accounts all the time without getting mc010.

Rgivens, do you change your IP address and clear cookies/flash or windows user account when signing in different ebay accounts? I had 2 stealth accounts suspended because I forgot this important step and used the same window user account of a previous suspended account.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by Rgivens

Or how about I keep selling on Amazon and learn to sell on eBay.

I like that.

for starters, dont take anything ebay does as personal.

It's WAR. Nothing more, nothing less. You are at battle with them.

So, YOU need to be aware of as much as you can of doing your best in a skirmish. That means careful study, preparation and determination.

You need to know how to create an account
What to do with an account

And that is before you even list.
You need your excel sheet
You need preparation.
Up to you if you want to do that method

[Rgivens]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

I like that.

for starters, dont take anything ebay does as personal.

It's WAR. Nothing more, nothing less. You are at battle with them.

So, YOU need to be aware of as much as you can of doing your best in a skirmish. That means careful study, preparation and determination.

You need to know how to create an account
What to do with an account

And that is before you even list.
You need your excel sheet
You need preparation.
Up to you if you want to do that method

Thanks for the tips. I'll use that in the future.