Hello,
This is Cihan from Turkey.. Please accept my apologies due to my poor English. I will tell you about my experiments on ETSY. I have enough knowledge about computers, ips, etc...
I used to have 6 shops on ETSY. I had a great income for 1 year and then I started to lose all of them. By the way; I have read this forum for almost 5 years, maybe more.
Then 15 days ago, I started to open new shops. I also read
Stealth Book..
SHOP 1:
I used the exact photos from one of my store which was closed 15 days ago.
Account deactivated in 20 mins.
SHOP 2:
I used the exact photos from one of my store which was closed 60 days ago, BUT I resized them, changed the brightness, etc..
Account deactivated in 6 hours.
SHOP 3:
I used the exact photos from one of my closed shops (another shop), I changed the dimensions, etc.. AND ALSO I cleared the DATA of the images with Batchpurifier.
Account deactivated the next day.
SHOP 4:
I used the exact photos from one of my shop which was closed 2 years ago!
Now, it is open with 10 listings...
SHOP 5:
I used BRAND NEW photos with no data (Batchpurifier)
It was open. I also passed the email process... They believed that I am a new guy.
SHOP 6:
I used BRAND NEW photos with no data (Batchpurifier)
They did not asked me anything. It was open for 10 days.
Then, I used an American IP with Hidemyass.. I logged from a new user account on PC... Ok, I will not lie. I made f a k_E purchases.. No Paypal... No engagement.. There is a different buying process for Turkish sellers.. My modem IP was the same with SHOP 6 but I logged to Hidemyass
VPN from Chicago... It means I changed my IP before opening chrome.. And bought some products from my SHOP 5... From a new user Account on Windows 8.1. with a new etsy buyer account from USA...
But guess what happened???
THEY Closed SHOP 5 and SHOP 6 in one hour!
NO... I did not make a mistake. Everything was perfect according to
eBay Stealth... Yes, I did everything RIGHT step by step obsessively.
However; I lost my two shops. Now I REALLY BELIEVE THAT ETSY can see MAC Address of my PC.
Maybe this is because of Windows 8.1 or Chrome...
These are my experients of ETSY.. For your information..
Cihan