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ebay suspended
 

Hi hope someone will help me to sort this out. I have opened ebay uk account 7 days ago and then listed last night. At morning they suspended my account indefinitely.Can i know why this happened? i have followed all stealth tips. New email, password,card,address and ip.

Thanks

Re: ebay suspended
 

Sometimes it happens randomly, with no obvious reason.

The main question is, what did you list? That's very likely the source of your issue.

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Very likely you listed something high risk, am I right?

Re: ebay suspended
 

Yeah, that's our problem. We don't know what causes the automatic suspension.
But maybe?
- your items listed
- possible linkage of your old suspended accounts

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What kind of item/category did you list?

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From the extensive reading on here, I have found out that you need to spend 3 months selling cheap tat that are low risk, build some positive feedback. Browse the items you actually intend to sell to build cookies. And then list the first item of your actual niche with a little prayer that it doesn't get taken down. Once you get feedback for that first sale, go on to the next one and start snowballing it up.

This is why I believe many stealthers are running multiple accounts and warming them up for when one gets taken down, they have another one to switch too immediately so business isn't interrupted too much.

The more I read here, I actually feel as if I should have gone stealth even before I got suspended. You can discover new markets and experiment with what sells without risking yourself from being black listed. And if your genuine details are not black listed, ebay won't be watching you too closely anyway. Win/win.

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I have list on mens fashion category.

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Branded?

If so then you can stop looking for the reason.....

Start with low risk, low value items until you have made a few sales and feedback.

Also worth calling / using Live Chat to see if you can get the account restored.

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As far as I'm aware. Ebay always sift through thefirst listing with a fine tooth comb. If it's a similar branded item to a freshly banned account or an expensive item, your account will be nuked.

When making a fresh stealth account I always list the first item a very cheap item, that is completely and utterly unrelated to what I previously sold, and wait at least a week, view other buyer's stuff etc

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That's just a big waste of time lol

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Listen to Ebayorbust - he has given good advice.

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Thats the way to go. You're absolutely right in saying all eyes are on the first item that goes up for sale. Any red flags, and you'll come straight back down.