How do they do it??

[mitzuoka]

Hey everyone. I have a question about PayPal. How do other people keep theirs open??? Im on eBay and selling my goods, non-vero, low cost ($25-$35 per order) goods. Everything is fine on PyPal up until i reach around $1000 and then I get hit with a "limited" notificaiton where they ask me to supply business information, proof of business address, ssn, etc.

Im afraid that even after I supply all this information, they still wont remove the limit on my account. I've had 0 chargebacks, no complaints, no cases filed or anything but they still hit me with a limitation. I see other people on eBay selling the exact same thing as me and they al get their money fine.

It can't be a matter of being stealth and sending your money to multiple paypals and then withdraw, cuz thats too much of a hassle for everyone to be doing. Do i have to register as a business account? What else should I be doing?? It drives me crazy to see other people selling the exact same thing, for higher prices, and them getting their money fine.

Does it have anything to do with registering as a business?

[ehcydotcom]

Try to upgrade it to Business account or constantly withdraw your money out. Let say when you have $300 withdraw $200 out. Don't keep too much money in Paypal just keep around $100 is fine.

[rsot]

Is your pp verified? How fast are you selling?

[mitzuoka]

i constantly drew out $150 every 3 days. This was fine for two weeks. There was no sudden change in activity and I always left around $80 in there. PayPal is verified through bank and cc but i refraiend from giving them my ssn. Now they're asking for it. I'm only selling maybe something every other day. And then the ocassional person will like what I have and buy 3 or 4 of my products. No negative feedback or anything. What do you guys do when they ask for invoices? ⊗⊗⊗⊗ em?

[rsot]

Creative invoices can be done. Ah you "constantly drew out $150 for 3 days straight" - that kind of daily withdrawing is prob what flagged it. Can never tell 100% with pp though.

[no_rat_race_for_me_thx]

i think OP means he withdrew every 3 days (on average)

[rsot]

True - I just re-read - every 3 days...slow activity but maybe the type of goods is what caused you problem. Does not necessarily have to be "VeRO" or so - could even be ink products or electronics or....

[mitzuoka]

it wasn't anthing like ink products o electronics. it was low cost apparrel and they limited me out of nowhere. thank God i got most of the money out but there is still $300 sitting in there. i don't understand how other people keep theirs going for so long. when they ask for business information, i put in individual and from the dropdown menus they provide, i chose all teh settings for the smallest business scale possible. how do you guys keep it going? assuming ur on eBay

[HurricaneHuntr]

Varies by what you sell, i am almost positive about this. Have only had a handful of p ay pal problems in the last year. it's e b ay that's being a d i ck . On good rated accounts too... random " we need to hear from you" bs.

[rsot]

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low cost apparrel

That could be what eb is worried about - or pp - they might be figuring on potential of knock-offs...

[accutinting]

same thoughts as rsot just mentioned above

[mitzuoka]

sellers in china that sell replica nhl jerseys keep their paypal up and running, the same people buy from these chinese sellers and resell on ebay and they're fine, i don't think it is a matter of knock offs.

[mitzuoka]

any suggestions?

[Stigger]

Originally Posted by mitzuoka

any suggestions?

No but if you watch the sellers and buyer you talk about, you will see over time the account will be no longer.

My theory is that every account will be closed at some point. 1 month - 1 years - 1o years .


Anyone know how many accounts are still alive from since day one ?