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Re: eBay UK - Managed Payments ? How will we stealth ?
 

For anyone running a LTD company through eBay, when uploading your business bank statement are you also changing the business name on your eBay account to match the bank statement or just the personal name, or both?

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I had the same thought as you on this, verification may well just be the name and the bank so then names need to match but the address can be different,

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I'm biting the bullet and converting a stealth account to a real account.

This is a sole trader business account. I can see that I can change the name and address for the account owner in the Business Information section but I'm concerned about the DoB. I don't see an option to change that. The DoB I enter in the MP portal is going to be a real one and completely different to whatever was used to create this stealth account. Has anyone had an issue with that or does it not matter?

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Just put in your real information. They are going to run the details through an agency to check whether it's true.

If it's real, you win. Back to selling within hours.

If not, you have to send in docs. This is where you can potentially lose the account ...

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Ufcourse ... stealth for me is over. It was a means to get back to selling several years ago.

But I don't care about the link. I just want to be able to sell. The inventory I sell haven't given ebay, or my customers any problems ever so I don't intend on making any new accounts just running the virtual "shops" I already have. So they can be linked. It's all good.

I think a lot of people are in that position BUT will end up losing their accounts providing creative docs and made up info in the MP portal. My advice is don't do it. Just give real info. Ebay need us, now more than ever. This migration to MP and Covid is definitely effecting business.

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Its real information so should be fine with the agency check.

I already have another real account signed up to MP using this same person as the business owner (also sole trader). Not sure if this will cause anything to flag up.

James I remember you say you have two accounts now in the same name. Did you convert both of these from stealth? and is the business owner info exactly the same on each and no issues so far?

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So just to clarify things, when you put in your real info you put in your real name, address, contact number etc and bank account details or doesn't it matter about the address and contact number providing the address and contact number actually exist?

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**Also would luv to know do we enter all our own details at mp signup or update ebay account prior? :) Thankyou - super nervous about this...

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Can the UK's escrow payments be successful

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So just to clarify, I put in my real info ... everything was working perfectly, receiving payments etc. And then they linked me to my suspended accounts from 3 years ago.

This method doesn't work for "stealth" and to be frank it never was stealth. Just a way to extend the period of selling.

My advice is make as many accounts as possible and have them ready to use to experiment with.

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Hi James, I believe you used your real info on multiple accounts. Have they linked all your accounts that used your real info or just one account?

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Hi,

Just to provide info regarding my own experience with MP, to see if it helps anyone.

I had 11 Ebay accounts and migrated all of them to MP.

5 of the accounts were suspended. For all of these 5 accounts, photo ID was requested and I provided f*ke (but very good!) passport pics.

For the 6 remaining accounts, I used real info, which came from wife, mother, brother, etc.

My advice would be to see if you can use trusted family, friends or colleagues details, along with their bank account details.
This will give you the maximum chance of migrating to MP successfully.

Good luck and be safe and healthy in 2021 x

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And now all the money are going to your family and friends bank accounts?

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This is the only way to guarantee your income from ebay if all else fails.

But what did you in regards to the bank accounts ? are they not all going to your family members accounts ? Family members may be OK with me using their details but they certainly won't allow me to use their banks. The implications with tax / self assessment etc won't be worthwhile.

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How soon did that happen after you were accepted onto MP?

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Hi James, do you think the link was caused due to you using more than one account. I was banned maybe 7 years ago and i used all my old info and I still havent been linked yet! Only time will tell I suppose. I think we both converted ag the same time to MP I guess I will just sweat it out now and see. If this has happened to you then Ebay are obviously not giving old banned members a second chance which is what we all hoped!

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Hi buddy,

Yes, that is the only way to have a full end-to-end process that will work.

My brother, mother and wife all opened new bank accounts a few months ago, as I planned towards the MP migration. They agreed to let me have full online access to these accounts, as we all trust each other implicitly.
Initially, I sent a few hundred quid to each account and have been spending regularly on the card associated with each account, to show normal usage.

The only issue comes with moving the money out, if you then need to transfer it to your business bank account but hey, Ebay has always made us jump through hoops and nobody said it was going to be easy and that there wouldn't be some logistics to overcome!

That said, I do not know of a more robust solution and I realise everyone is waiting for a simpler solution - however, i don't know of a simpler solution, only the solution that works for me! If you have a better solution that works for you, then that is also OK (thumbs up)

Good luck in 2021 x

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...further to my last message, I was also fearful of using my real name and home address, as a personal Ebay account was suspended 5 years ago, hence my foray into Stealthing.

However, I have now reverted one of my Ebay business accounts to my full limited company name with real home address but have amended my name so it is not (for example) Dave Smith but is now DM Smith, so have introduced my middle name.

The above has been fine so far and accepted for MP but I have everything crossed for the future!!

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Hi,

Yes, the alternative is to use your own bank account but with f*ke ID details.
However f*ke details didn't work for me and the f*ke passport pics led to suspended accounts in all 5 cases.

There is going to be pain and problems with every option but ultimately, you just need a workable solution, however difficult the transition to get there.

I think the only way to maintain multiple Ebay accounts now is to have multiple 'trusted partners.'

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As long as the money is traceable I personally don't see the problem. It's all eventually ending up in your business account and you can show the source. That's the main thing.

It was the only way you could sell and your family members are happy to let you use their accounts to do it.

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I have two accounts, one which I transferrred over to managed payments using all my personal details legit and it has been going fine. My other account is fully stealth bought from here some time ago, it is getting lot's of "you must enrol with managed payments" messages with further restrictions etc.
The only option I can think of (other than just keep going with paypal until they pull the plug) is to change the details over to my wifes details, with a legit name, bank etc but it would be the same home address as my other account. My main worry is risking both accounts by using the same address on both ebay accounts.
At the moment I'm too nervous to even change the details on the stealth account in ebay before trying managed payments. Part of me is just thinking "let it run it's course and stick to one account" but it would be a shame to loose the setalth account as it is doing well.