loungeroom | 07-31-2012 10:42 AM | Started a new eBay business. Now suspended indefinatly. Hi all,
I was an eBay seller for 5 years, selling the odd personal thing (£5 - £20 in value). Nothing special. Now, that account got suspended due to me putting the wrong brand name in the title. Very unfair I thought. I did have over 2000positive feedback.
I created another account and have been selling on that for a couple more years with no problems.
I then thought I could do it full time and buy and sell things on a regular basis so I registered my business with HMRC and created a business eBay account.
3 weeks into the account I had to phone eBay to request higher selling allowances. I did this and they then said that my name is linked to another account from 5-6 years ago.
I said yes, that was my old personal account in which I paid up the fees and used for buying only. They said we have no option but to suspend all my accounts indefinatly and that I cannot use the eBay platform ever for selling. I said what about using my fathers account and they said no. (as if they would know!)
The problem I have is that my business and business bank details are in my own name and would like to continue selling the stock I bought.
What would be the best thing to do? I have thought about being a limited company and appointing someone else as the Director so that my name isn't linked to my business or eBay account.
Cheers |