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Originally Posted by dachilla (Post 862981)

If I made 600k a year with etsy, I would most certainly live outside the US. I'm thinking of some nice Island in the Caribbean for example.

Originally Posted by EtsyGirl (Post 862928)

What about the birthday for the person you create? Does the person need to be real?

Originally Posted by Gladiator (Post 863087)

Not really necessary if you are smart with how you run your businesses and know how to make tax shelters for yourself.

Originally Posted by dachilla (Post 866593)

True, but I rather chill at the beach than on the bible belt :) Nothing to do with tax. Can you explan what "DC locked" means?

Originally Posted by MM78 (Post 866628)

"DC" means Direct Checkout which requires bank account.

Originally Posted by Con (Post 798188)

Thank you for all of the info you have given for stealth!

Some niches and products are looked at more intensely by etsy and competitors.
If a competitor claims something is not handmade or not vintage, etc, etsy will manually look into it.

I have not had much problems when I was opening shops in the USA. Follow the general stealth principles:
-new user account(windows)
-new ip address
-new name
-new location address
-new pictures with deleted meta data
-new descriptions
-new email
-new username for etsy
-new phone number
-new credit card-I use real prepaid cards-no vcc

Dont overthink it, just follow the tried and true rules of EVERYTHING new. Perceived shortcuts will lead to bad times

Keep it all compartmentalized to the new user account.

I add a couple of items every couple days for a new account.
I use all the tags because the directions say to use all the tags.

Pay the fees

Have not had any accounts suspended or banned.