Sharing Some of my Experience (U.S seller)

[TechpaL]

Finally, I can get back to Et.sy and promise to myself that i will share my experience to some of you. If you have any questions, just post it here. There are many experts will help you.
So, after many tries and failed badly on Et.sy, i finally can get my shop open again
So, here are a few things to consider:

1. Firstly, make sure your items are meet with Et.sy requirements (handmade or vintage). Otherwise, your shop will be suspended; no matter what!

2. Get a dongle, mifi or VPN. In another words, get a new IP numbers!

2. New user account

3. New gmail/yahoo account

4. Add this new gmail/yahoo account to your paypal account (any paypal). However, one thing to keep in mind, if any of your Paypal was upgraded to Business (with any business name) and it used to get banned on Et.sy. DO NOT use that Paypal anymore. I would suggest you create new Paypal account without upgrading to business. Because once you create your business name, its name will appear on Et.sy if you use paypal to pay fees! (I am not sure if it can link but best to avoid!)

5. Use Paypal to get paid from buyers.

5. Get a gift card from Walmart or Walgreen. I would suggest Vanilla Visa Gift card because it has lowest fees! Use it to register to Et.sy and also paying your shop fees!

6. New photos, titles, and descriptions for all items. Make sure all photos have to be saved to new folder in new user account. I normally email my photos to my other email address and save it to desktop! Keep in mind, Et.sy tracks folder location!!

7. Once you receive any orders, you can try to buy shipping labels and print out from paypal by using your funds from paypal and manually update tracking # to every order. I think it is more safe to do this way than buying shipping directly from Et.sy since it is increase my seller fees and i do not want to pay fees by paypal!

I hope this can help or you can figure out why your shop keeps getting shut down! I may missed something, let me know if you have any questions or more tips to share!

[pothos]

Thanks for your input. How do you know "Et.sy tracks folder location!!"
I created a folder called "stealth" and can etsy sees my folder name when I upload the pictures?Can etsy see the windows user account name?

[dealagreeproceed]

tinfoil hat time

[TechpaL]

Originally Posted by pothos

Thanks for your input. How do you know "Et.sy tracks folder location!!"
I created a folder called "stealth" and can etsy sees my folder name when I upload the pictures?Can etsy see the windows user account name?

I know this because i been searching around in this forum for a while. and took notes 😄
Yes. I think so. Similar to when you right click-> properties of the photo-> you will see location of your photos.
They know where you upload picture from. Avoid upload from the same usb from other banned account and do not share files or anything from other users.

[novemberrain1970]

I must have been REALLY lucky because all of my ste/alth photos were in the same root folder and nothing ever happened and I was ste/alth for over a year, did quite a good business too.

[muzzie]

Website can't see the location of a file being uploaded, only the name. It is restricted in all browsers due security concerns.

[yankee]

So, what you mean is follow all the normal stealth proceedures in the ebay stealth guide

They can not see your folder.

Start cleaning your pics. If you are linked by pics it has nothing to do with your folder.

[TechpaL]

I have another thought of:
If someone going to buy an ebay account and use that information to set up etsy account, anyone knows if its going to work?

[sam.chhabra]

So is it alright to use business paypal to receive payments with new name by adding new email? Or Et can track it too?

[TechpaL]

It is fine to receive payment. But not paying fees.

[TechpaL]

Originally Posted by TechpaL

I know this because i been searching around in this forum for a while. and took notes 😄
Yes. I think so. Similar to when you right click-> properties of the photo-> you will see location of your photos.
They know where you upload picture from. Avoid upload from the same usb from other banned account and do not share files or anything from other users.

I wanna updated a lil bit about the photos things.
New pictures have to be different and strip its metadata. If you dont know what it is, google it up and also google how to remove it before updating it to anywhere for phone camera or professional camera.

[jackdrogba]

7. Once you receive any orders, you can try to buy shipping labels and print out from paypal by using your funds from paypal and manually update tracking # to every order.

Do I have to add shipping tracking info to the order? I mean I just want to make the tracking info blank