How many stealthers out there?

j4ck100 · #1 08-09-2015

I do wonder sometimes

What proportion of EB UK sellers are stealth do you reckon?

muzzie · #2 08-09-2015

I suppose, at least 25%. I send lots of packages to guys who have one person as registered at EB, and totally different person in "Sipping address".

slokor · #3 08-09-2015

I highly doubt its 25% who are stealthers on the ebay community.
Theres no way ebay would be able to sustain its business model with that sort of stealth percentage.
Id say that maybe 1-2% are stealth accounts. The vast majority are legit sellers.
Thats just MY opinion though.

jakobrockz · #4 08-09-2015

I would say barely reaching 1%... maybe

jeffweico · #5 08-09-2015

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Originally Posted by slokor

I highly doubt its 25% who are stealthers on the ebay community.
Theres no way ebay would be able to sustain its business model with that sort of stealth percentage.
Id say that maybe 1-2% are stealth accounts. The vast majority are legit sellers.
Thats just MY opinion though.

I totally agree. I think even 2% would have to be very high. Most people banned by eBay give up.

wired · #6 08-10-2015

Stealth. Only for the brave..and tenacious.

123 · #7 08-10-2015

Yeah its unlikely its more than a percent or two, you gotta remember just how many users are registered on ebay, its a ton so even 1% is a lot!

dealagreeproceed · #8 08-10-2015

WOW Im shocked you guys are saying only 1 to 2 percent... honestly thought much more...

dealagreeproceed · #9 08-10-2015

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Originally Posted by wired

Stealth. Only for the brave..and tenacious.

I feel so special

empirestate · #10 08-10-2015

Not a lot of people know they can get back on eBay with stealth so it's our job to spread the word.

dealagreeproceed · #11 08-10-2015

OR IS IT...

rsot · #12 08-10-2015

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Originally Posted by empirestate

Not a lot of people know they can get back on eBay with stealth so it's our job to spread the word.

Not really our "job" hah - it's for ppl who want to learn about stealth....if interested, ppl learn - if not, not our problem

empirestate · #13 08-10-2015

I think 5%, 1% is too small

muzzie · #14 08-10-2015

Only EB knows the percentage of stealths. I assume that every seller a EB, who sells high-risk / dodgy items on a regular basis is a stealth, as it is not possible to sell high-risk without knowledge, and the knowledge is obtained only after loosing some accounts, real ones as well.

realdeals · #15 08-10-2015

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Originally Posted by muzzie

Only EB knows the percentage of stealths. I assume that every seller a EB, who sells high-risk / dodgy items on a regular basis is a stealth, as it is not possible to sell high-risk without knowledge, and the knowledge is obtained only after loosing some accounts, real ones as well.

So much comedy gold in this post

realdeals · #16 08-10-2015

I think most of you over estimate stealth numbers.

I would be really surprised if it was more than 0.1% or 1 in every 1,000 accounts.

Now stealth accounts will likely bring in more than 0.1% of ebays revenue, but that's another argument.

jakobrockz · #17 08-10-2015

I did a quick google search and at the end of 2nd quarter of 2015 eBay reached 157 million *ACTIVE* users

I am revising my original 1% down to 0.1% which calculates to 157,000 stealth accounts out there and I still think thats a very large number.

bigdaz · #18 08-10-2015

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Originally Posted by jakobrockz

I did a quick google search and at the end of 2nd quarter of 2015 eBay reached 157 million *ACTIVE* users

I am revising my original 1% down to 0.1% which calculates to 157,000 stealth accounts out there and I still think thats a very large number.

theres probably been a high percentage of that come from this site

i think your guess is too low though

dan_ebay · #19 08-10-2015

5% or so, although the majority of 'stealths' i see aren't really stealths. See guys with the same name and just a different number after it all the time

jakobrockz · #20 08-10-2015

Well eBay allows members to have multiple accounts.....

You think theres 7+ MILLION stealth accounts?

You'd think eBay/Paypal would catch on to methods that we use WAYYYYYY faster if that number of stealth accounts were active.

richie2065 · #21 08-10-2015

Ever thought ebay arent that bothered about stealth accounts.. Its all extra business/ income for them.. just bring in the ebay issued letter to the address listed on the account with a verification code on it to verify and no more stealth accounts

luverlyjuberly · #22 08-10-2015

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Originally Posted by muzzie

I suppose, at least 25%. I send lots of packages to guys who have one person as registered at EB, and totally different person in "Sipping address".

Could they be sending it to another address as a gift?