Part 1
After reading the
Stealth Book, I started understanding the major basics of stealth and how it is possible for anyone in the world having internet access, to create a stealth eBay and PayPal accounts, Of course the act of reading alone without taking action wasn't enough for me to be able to successfully create a stealth Accounts, but trying and implementing what I have learned after reading the
Stealth Book could and actually did make me able to successfully create and run multiple stealth accounts, even if my first experience wasn't successful (I take full responsibility of this failure, because I misunderstood some concepts, I was looking for cheap solutions, and of course it was my first experience).
So, I decided to create my first account, due to the fact that I had a German bank account (from my last visit to Germany where I passed an internship as an engineer student in 2014), I thought that I must
⁽¹⁾ create a German stealth account, So I have created a new user account - I was using Windows10. Terrible choice, I know! - and I have gathered all necessary info about the "stealth owner" of the account (Name, Address, phone number...). regarding the Address, I was a totally confused and I wanted so badly to use an accessible address, so I got an address from a mail forwarding service and used it as my
Address⁽²⁾, and about the IP address, I Used a
Proxy⁽³⁾ with a German IP, I got a VCC from the forum's marketplace and created my accounts, both eBay and PayPal using the same info. After linking the PayPal to eBay and creating my first listing, I found out that I got an eBay seller account with 10/200 limits
(If I still remember the exact numbers). This made me believe that I have certainly did something wrong, after some research on the Aspkin forums, I found out that using a proxy wasn't the right choice, then I decided to order a
Fresh IP VPN plan offered by 24vc hoping that this will make my account live longer, which was the case.
I started selling - I was forced to sell slwoly
because of the low limits !! - As I was dropshipping from Amazon to eBay; I was creating my listings manually and every morning I was checking if there is any price changes on Amazon in order to make necessary updates manually - Silly! I know, but it was only for 10 items. after a few days I started making some sales because my items were cheap and my listings were good looking ones
. After a few weeks I have earned some positive feedback & I got a limit increase. After the limit increase I had to seriously think of a solution that would make me able to create many listing easily and keeping track of price changes on Amazon and update them on eBay automatically, I used the help of a freelancer and I got my Lister and re-pricer which made my life a lot easier
. I was making a 1-3 sales per day in the beginning, then things started to move slowly as I had only one account and my limits wasn't hight enough.
One day I received an email from PayPal stating that I have received more that €1,800 and asking me to provide more information about my account (proof of ID + a proof of address) before reaching €2,500, I knew that my only possible solution was to get creative, and provide PayPal what they are asking for, I have managed to get ⊗⊗⊗⊗ documents, and upload them to PayPal. After a few days, I got another email from PayPal, but this time they were telling me that my account was limited! Boom!
and I won't be able to withdraw my balance (had more than €400,00 in this account) until 180 days passes. This was the end of the first chapter, I lost my account
but I was fully conscious that it was my fault and I take full responsibility, because I made many mistakes, besides the Address and the IP, another huge mistake was reading emails without disabling images, I didn't know about
email tracking and beacons⁽⁴⁾ as I was accessing the email address linked to this stealth account from my real IP as well as via my smartphone which was also having a local IP address, without disabling images, and I have even replied to some eBay messages through email on bad IP.
After loosing this account, I have learned from my mistakes and Decided to move forward by creating more stealth accounts. That's what I will be sharing with you in the next part.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story.
⁽¹⁾ In fact, I have discovered later that a German bank account could be linked and used for Withdrawal on a PayPal account from any European country in the EEA (European Economic Area) accepting SEPA transfers (Single Euro Payments Area).
⁽²⁾ Not using a residential address was a huge mistake when creating my first stealth account - it was a Personal account - which was one of the main reasons that got my account limited later. I don't know what I was thinking, it was a stupid idea, but I was confused and it was my first experience with stealth. So, when creating Personal Stealth accounts a real and an existing residential address is a must. I've learned it the hard way!
⁽³⁾ I thought that I had two option, either using a proxy or a
VPN/VPS, while I didn't realise the major difference between both of them I chose the cheap option, Using a proxy, which was a bad move from my side. When Using this proxy I had no Idea who was using this IP before It was assigned to me, and It was easy for eBay and PayPal to detect the presence of this proxy, which I believe lead me to get a Low selling limits on my eBay account.
⁽⁴⁾ eBay & PayPal like many others are tracking emails they send (they can know when you opened the email, which device you were using as well as the IP address used to open this given email, and other details). They are able to do this by embedding a tiny (1 pixel) and invisible referenced image within the content of the message. When the recipient opens the message and if images wasn't disabled, they are going to be able to get details mentioned before. Also if you click a link or open an attachment, another tracking code is activated which will leak your info.
My Story, Achieving Financial Independence Selling on eBay 
- I'm an engineer in Industrial security - But I have started my journey of making a living online before even turning 18 y/o, my main activity was CPA and CPC using traffic generated from Facebook (mostly free traffic), due to the fact I was still a student living with my parents, a few hundreds a month did the trick for me.
how the hell would it be possible for me, being in Morocco 7,833 km far away from the US, to create an eBay & PayPal accounts in order to start selling!?..." despite all difficulties I didn't give up and started searching for a way to make it work ...
as a Dropshipper via multiple European Stealth eBay accounts.
Re: My Story, Achieving Financial Independence Selling on eBay 
