Here's my story….
So before making stealth accounts seemed necessary, I sold prohibited items that are borderline niche. Maybe because they are prohibited->literal lol. But there is still plenty competition but mine are mostly items I have custom designed and had made so in that sense…my market is niche. I sold on my personal EB using my person PP account. I figured it wouldn't get flagged because so many other sellers seem to have no problem.…stupid for thinking that I know…but you live and learn right?!
I have a great feeling my listing have all been removed by competitors. How I came to this conclusion? 1) I've worked in the manufacturing biz since I was a kid, know the ropes, and I get great deals on my products. I'm also CSS/HTML friendly. That being said, naturally my products were always the cheapest, best quality, different than everyone else's x100 and my listings were top notch.
2) My listings were detailed yet very subliminal. Nothing was like 'Hey look at me, this is not supposed to be sold.' The Title and Description was not written so you would know what it is unless you saw the images. And the images were taken by me personally so there wasn't a link to the images and the products name.
3) In the grand scheme of things, I didn't go 'balls to the walls' and put up tons of listings. Didn't have more than maybe 10. I wasn't selling enough to cause red flags on my account as it only took a day to have nearly ever item on my account removed.
The Listing Removal notices went;
-2 Individual Notices were for of 1 Listing (Removal for Prohibited Items)
-1 Notice was for 6 different Listing (Removal for Prohibited Items)
-I even had 1 VERO Notice for 1 Listing (Notice for VERO Items)
What I sell, there is no VERO. Not branded nor do they look like copies of branded items in anyway.
Ok yes, I'm dragging on the moral of the story, but basically I know my competition felt threatened.
My personal accounts are not suspensed…at least not yet. I stopped selling on them for obvious reasons->hints they're my personal accounts. I want to start making stealth accounts…
So here are my questions for the expert...
1) Given my stealth accounts are done the right way and I don't list 100 things on the first day, how do you Sell/ List a few items without other sellers feeling threatened and reporting my items?
[2) I feel like in order to sell enough items to 'pay the bills' I'd need to make 100 stealth accounts because if I only made a handful a stealth accounts that eventually had a decent amount of listings, it would make those stealth accounts a target to competitors, making feel threatened, aka giving competitors a motive to report my items.
Not sure how worth it it would be considering having a HUGE amount of stealth accounts would be very time consuming and hard to manage.
3) Eventually I assume, no matter how good you are at being stealth, someone will report your listings if you are selling items that EB prohibits. Whats the best tactic on making your stealth accounts last the longest before they get suspended?
4) How the hell do I see the same sellers list a ton of the same prohibited items I sell with a huge amount of listings? Most of them are decently new accounts and their listings are titled what they actually are? I don't even title them what they actually are and my account is somewhat established! None of them appear to be eBay's high roller clients and I doubt they are paying off EB. How are they pulling this off and how are their accounts still alive? Just curious.
Sorry for how long this is guys..and girls (; Everyone hates long posts from newbs I know. I hate them from anyone newb or not so I get it haha
Any help from Experienced Stealthers is much appreciated!!!
Problems Selling Prohibited Items 
As you stated, I think it is time to explore how my items are listed. There's a perfect balance between making a listing that doesn't scream 'red flags' while still being searchable to the everyday person. 
