[Journey] Get Rich or Die Trying! My LONG Journey from $0 to $10,000,000/yr on Ebay

[ggg-snaps765]

1. There are much better way for ebay to track you, address contains too many variations, such as useing ave. verus ave versus avenue, they can track you based on more exact value such as your IP, Bank account#.
2. ebay only asks for last 4 digits of the account holder's ssn. I have alerady stated in this thread that I have used other's ssn with their permission.
3. proxy by definition is bad, all proxy provider lied, for example, their geo specific proxy are just using a masking method, if they said they are from california, the proxy might actually be from philipine, they just masked it so common users will see the proxy is based in CA. But ebay detection goes much deeper than that, so using proxy for account creation almost always don't work.

stealth browsers and proxy are not good for account creation in 2026.

but once your accounts survived the initial ban period, you can use stealth browsers and proxy to run the account.

Aha, thank you so much for your great answers.
1) I might look like an idiot asking this, but for the answer to the second question, where you said that ebay only asks for the last 4 digits of SSN and that you use others SSNs, why do you do so? If they can't ban the last 4 digits why do you still use other people's SSNs?
2) What is an accounts innitial ban period after which someone can use antidetect and proxy? And how is that determined?
3) Do you ussualy set-up an ebay account first and warm it up before adding the LLC+EIN+SSN so that you increase your success rate and dont use a new identity on an account that might not be good?
4) What is your ussual success rate with these ebay account?
5)And finally what do you say is most important: fingerprint or warm-up? And how do i ensure a good one?
Thank you so much for your replies, i will not be lazy and try to implement this advice you give me

 

[PandaDaddy]

Aha, thank you so much for your great answers.
1) I might look like an idiot asking this, but for the answer to the second question, where you said that ebay only asks for the last 4 digits of SSN and that you use others SSNs, why do you do so? If they can't ban the last 4 digits why do you still use other people's SSNs?
2) What is an accounts innitial ban period after which someone can use antidetect and proxy? And how is that determined?
3) Do you ussualy set-up an ebay account first and warm it up before adding the LLC+EIN+SSN so that you increase your success rate and dont use a new identity on an account that might not be good?
4) What is your ussual success rate with these ebay account?
5)And finally what do you say is most important: fingerprint or warm-up? And how do i ensure a good one?
Thank you so much for your replies, i will not be lazy and try to implement this advice you give me

1. This is because you need to keep the story so that the account can survive manual reviews.
2. if the accounts stays alive for a month without any active listing, then I would consider it passed the initial ban period.
3. no, we go directly with business account opening. You do need to warm up your browser with browsing history before registration.
4. normally 50% will not survive the initial ban period.
5. finger is the most important, because they find a direct match the ban pool, they will suspend ur account immediately. Warming up on the other hand, can be long can be short, it helps to improve the account quality a bit, but it normally does not lead to direct ban.

 

[ggg-snaps765]

1. This is because you need to keep the story so that the account can survive manual reviews.
2. if the accounts stays alive for a month without any active listing, then I would consider it passed the initial ban period.
3. no, we go directly with business account opening. You do need to warm up your browser with browsing history before registration.
4. normally 50% will not survive the initial ban period.
5. finger is the most important, because they find a direct match the ban pool, they will suspend ur account immediately. Warming up on the other hand, can be long can be short, it helps to improve the account quality a bit, but it normally does not lead to direct ban.

Again thank you so much.
I'm sorry if im asking too many questions but im eager to learn more everyday
1) Do you add that person with the SSN to your llc as a beneficiary owner?
2)Do you make the bank account with that persons SSN?
3) So if you use an LLC+EIN+SSN on sign -up and get banned, this means you constantly lose half the identities you have?
4) Is it a viable method to start an account, go 30 days through the initial ban period and after you see which account survives and you use an identity (LLC+EIN+SSN) only on that?

 

[PandaDaddy]

Again thank you so much.
I'm sorry if im asking too many questions but im eager to learn more everyday
1) Do you add that person with the SSN to your llc as a beneficiary owner?
2)Do you make the bank account with that persons SSN?
3) So if you use an LLC+EIN+SSN on sign -up and get banned, this means you constantly lose half the identities you have?
4) Is it a viable method to start an account, go 30 days through the initial ban period and after you see which account survives and you use an identity (LLC+EIN+SSN) only on that?

1. no, I am paying them a fee, I can't risk them to have claim on any of our business entity by naming them the beneficiary owner.
2. no, you make bank accounts under the business name, when you open a business account one ebay, they require business account. you can submit a personal account initially, but once your account got a restriction, your account will be suspended because the bank account used initially is not matching the business name on ebay.
3. You can recycle them after a few months. But if you only have 1 set of information, you will lost the only set you got and will have to wait a bit before trying again.
4. no, in order for the initials ban period to start, it has to be a complete account with everything on file.

 

[ggg-snaps765]

1. no, I am paying them a fee, I can't risk them to have claim on any of our business entity by naming them the beneficiary owner.

1)But isnt ebay asking for the SSN of a beneficial owner of the LLC? How do you add the persons ssn without them being a beneficial owner?
2)If you are able to have multiple SSNs why bother creating LLCs?
3) Will i get banned if I dropship on eBay from amazon or AliExpress?
4) Do you think I can be successful in this Ebay stuff, and what do you think i should do to be succesful?

 

[Temperrrrr]

Hey What's Up!

About Me:
I come from a very poor background, from a young age, I just want to get rich, period. I started doing ebay from 2007 to 2009, selling authentic sneakers on ebay, then slowly included nikeskateboarding and solecollector. The business was profitable, but was very effort and time consuming. In late 2009, I got into some other venue and stepped away from ebay. Time flies, 11 years later in late 2020, I restarted ebay basically on a dare from my good childhood friend who runs a successful Amazon FBA business. I studied and refreshed myself with ebay (quite frankly, it is an entirely different universe compare to the old times), and I started selling in March 2021. After numerous of trials and errors, endless buyer disputes and ebay suspension, the business has slowly grown and gained some tractions.

The purpose of this thread is to share my Ebay journey (with periodic update and account sales report), the detail of the parameter is listed below,

Platform: ebay
Starting Date: March, 2021
Current Value Per Year: Estimated $700,000/yr
Goal: $10,000,000/yr
Method: Legit tangible products, strictly drop shipping or FBO, no product in hand

November 2022 Update (Each account is assigned a serial number in red for easy following)
Thought: Nov 2021 was brutal, got 3-4 accounts suspended over a weekend, I am ready for whatever that might come. However, Dec 2021 sales was very nice, probably due to holiday season, hoping to ride these accounts safely thru Dec. Account 3C had a holy $hit moment, reaching $2,000/per, but it did not stay. Last year, I had an account behaving similarly and ended up getting banned two weeks later, hope this time around, it would be better.

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Hey What's Up!

About Me:
I come from a very poor background, from a young age, I just want to get rich, period. I started doing ebay from 2007 to 2009, selling authentic sneakers on ebay, then slowly included nikeskateboarding and solecollector. The business was profitable, but was very effort and time consuming. In late 2009, I got into some other venue and stepped away from ebay. Time flies, 11 years later in late 2020, I restarted ebay basically on a dare from my good childhood friend who runs a successful Amazon FBA business. I studied and refreshed myself with ebay (quite frankly, it is an entirely different universe compare to the old times), and I started selling in March 2021. After numerous of trials and errors, endless buyer disputes and ebay suspension, the business has slowly grown and gained some tractions.

The purpose of this thread is to share my Ebay journey (with periodic update and account sales report), the detail of the parameter is listed below,

Platform: ebay
Starting Date: March, 2021
Current Value Per Year: Estimated $700,000/yr
Goal: $10,000,000/yr
Method: Legit tangible products, strictly drop shipping or FBO, no product in hand

November 2022 Update (Each account is assigned a serial number in red for easy following)
Thought: Nov 2021 was brutal, got 3-4 accounts suspended over a weekend, I am ready for whatever that might come. However, Dec 2021 sales was very nice, probably due to holiday season, hoping to ride these accounts safely thru Dec. Account 3C had a holy $hit moment, reaching $2,000/per, but it did not stay. Last year, I had an account behaving similarly and ended up getting banned two weeks later, hope this time around, it would be better.

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Respect honestly. Threads like this are why BHW is different from every other forum.

Most people only post wins, but documenting the suspensions, mistakes and scaling process over years is the real valuable part. Looking forward to seeing how far you take it

 

[PandaDaddy]

1)But isnt ebay asking for the SSN of a beneficial owner of the LLC? How do you add the persons ssn without them being a beneficial owner?
2)If you are able to have multiple SSNs why bother creating LLCs?
3) Will i get banned if I dropship on eBay from amazon or AliExpress?
4) Do you think I can be successful in this Ebay stuff, and what do you think i should do to be succesful?

1. No Ebay asks for the ssn for the ebay account holder, the account holder can be a different person than the business owner.
2. LLC allows you to open business account which enables you to have a much higher initial selling limit.
3. Yes, ebay is against drop shipping, so if the algo detects you to be a drop shipper, you will get banned.
4. That depends on what you define as success, can you gross a few thousand a month? and net a few hundred? sure. But making a serious killing on ebay is another story. In the later case, no I don't think you will be successful and that is not against you or anything, it is just very very few people who does ebay actually get to make serious money. It is alot of work and too much uncertainty and heart break.

 

[ggg-snaps765]

3. Yes, ebay is against drop shipping, so if the algo detects you to be a drop shipper, you will get banned.

1) How did you start then? How do you recommend I start?
2) What do you say its such a heartbreak? Is it too hard to make accounts or too hard to monetise them?

 

[PandaDaddy]

1) How did you start then? How do you recommend I start?
2) What do you say its such a heartbreak? Is it too hard to make accounts or too hard to monetise them?

1) I started a few years back when drop shipping was still a possibility. I started drop shipping and the ship my own products from 3rd party warehouse. If you are starting and are looking for long term growth, you can do product in hand and ship yourself. if you are just looking to make some quick bucks, you can do drop shipping and hope that you make enough before ebay ban you.
2) Making is almost the easiest part, making money on the account is difficult but can be done, heart break comes when you have an account that makes a shit ton of money and suddenly got restricted and/or suspended for no apparent reason.

 

[naizarak]

i've been lurking for years and this is easily the best thread on this site

just wondering, you mentioned that you use the same company/owner info across multiple accounts without bans. does ebay really not blacklist EINs and SSNs? i find that hard to believe

 

[olaegbe quadri]

Thanks for this opportunity. I have opened ebay business account and so far just 3 sales which im not bothered considering the fact that i have just few listings. my question is:

1. how do you deal with ebay fees? do u add it to the listed price to maintain your profit?
2. do you list manually? because it doesn’t looks real to list 100 items manually. do you use any tools?
3. do you have the product at hands or you look for people who might have the product at hand in your location?

Thanks

 

[PandaDaddy]

i've been lurking for years and this is easily the best thread on this site

just wondering, you mentioned that you use the same company/owner info across multiple accounts without bans. does ebay really not blacklist EINs and SSNs? i find that hard to believe

Yes, this is to my surprises. But I think there are level to this. I think Ebay keeps a list of serious offenders, such as selling fake tiffany, nike and stuff like that on the site, because these could lead to serious legal matters, and could cause them millions in legal fees. In fact, tiffany sued ebay in the early 2000 or so and that is what resulted in ebay developing their VERO program. For this group, they will carry out strict bans.

For the other, it is all done by the ebay algo, if your account does not trigger ebay algo, you are fine.

EIN is easily generatable, you can have an unlimited supply of it if you have the time and a few bucks. using this as a ban metric will not achieve anything. SSN only have 8 numbers in them, so if you are banning based on EIN alone, you will run out of seller very soon. Especially true when people are selling ssn info. Are you going to ban someone's ssn just because his personal info was sold to a party that abused it? that creates an unfair dynamic to these snn holder and potential discrimination law suits.

Thanks for this opportunity. I have opened ebay business account and so far just 3 sales which im not bothered considering the fact that i have just few listings. my question is:

1. how do you deal with ebay fees? do u add it to the listed price to maintain your profit?
2. do you list manually? because it doesn’t looks real to list 100 items manually. do you use any tools?
3. do you have the product at hands or you look for people who might have the product at hand in your location?

Thanks

1. Yes, your selling price should include all expenses+cost+profit.
2. We do all listings manually, it is not unrealistic when you have a team, where some of the employee's job is to site there for 10 hours a day to do listing alone.
3. We store products in USA fulfillment centers and they ship out products for us.

 

[naizarak]

Yes, this is to my surprises. But I think there are level to this. I think Ebay keeps a list of serious offenders, such as selling fake tiffany, nike and stuff like that on the site, because these could lead to serious legal matters, and could cause them millions in legal fees. In fact, tiffany sued ebay in the early 2000 or so and that is what resulted in ebay developing their VERO program. For this group, they will carry out strict bans.

For the other, it is all done by the ebay algo, if your account does not trigger ebay algo, you are fine.

EIN is easily generatable, you can have an unlimited supply of it if you have the time and a few bucks. using this as a ban metric will not achieve anything. SSN only have 8 numbers in them, so if you are banning based on EIN alone, you will run out of seller very soon. Especially true when people are selling ssn info. Are you going to ban someone's ssn just because his personal info was sold to a party that abused it? that creates an unfair dynamic to these snn holder and potential discrimination law suits.

let's say i open a business account and supply the EIN along with my full SSN as a stakeholder, and this account is later banned. are you saying it would be possible to use the same EIN and SSN to make new accounts without restrictions? do you have accounts like that?

 

[PandaDaddy]

let's say i open a business account and supply the EIN along with my full SSN as a stakeholder, and this account is later banned. are you saying it would be possible to use the same EIN and SSN to make new accounts without restrictions? do you have accounts like that?

If you go through the thread, I have repeatedly stated that this is exactly what I have experienced. Some times you will get a hard ban, but that is really rare, for most cases, you can recycle your information after awhile.

 

[naizarak]

If you go through the thread, I have repeatedly stated that this is exactly what I have experienced. Some times you will get a hard ban, but that is really rare, for most cases, you can recycle your information after awhile.

yeah i read all of your posts, it was just surprising to me. based on your info, it sounds like these account restrictions are automated and precautionary. while their algorithm can restrict an account, it doesn't have the authority to blacklist your personal info without escalating for human review. since none of your accounts violate the TOS, you never get hard-banned

otherwise i have no explanation, since SSNs are an exact identifier and are practically irreplaceable. it's also a fact that ebay links SSNs across accounts for taxes, like when calculating revenue for a 1099-K

what do you think about my theory?

 

[damonkutt]

it is a good method to get rich or die i really appreciate update us please

 

[PandaDaddy]

yeah i read all of your posts, it was just surprising to me. based on your info, it sounds like these account restrictions are automated and precautionary. while their algorithm can restrict an account, it doesn't have the authority to blacklist your personal info without escalating for human review. since none of your accounts violate the TOS, you never get hard-banned

otherwise i have no explanation, since SSNs are an exact identifier and are practically irreplaceable. it's also a fact that ebay links SSNs across accounts for taxes, like when calculating revenue for a 1099-K

what do you think about my theory?

Yes I believe this is the case. I think ebay safe and trust team are consisted of 3 stages, This belife stem from years of experience dealing with ebay and some direct communication with your account rep, which you will get one when your accounts gets to a certain size.

First Level: Ebay Algo - you are mostly dealing with this, they placed restrictions and suspension based on your account metric. They do not have ability for perma ban.
Second Level: This is mostly ebay employees from foreign countries, they perform manually review on your accounts in case of restrictions. But they mostly follow and scripts are are probably told to ban your account from restriction no mater how legit your documentations can be. This level does not have ability for perma ban neither.
Third Level: This is where the big guys, decision makes are. They are located in Seattle. You won't get to this part unless your accounts is seriously wrong, such as committing large scale scams on ebay. Employees at this level have power to perma ban your accounts. Luckily you will not have to worry about them 99.99% of the time.

 

[dthanh1]

Vâng, tôi tin là như vậy. Tôi nghĩ đội ngũ an toàn và tin cậy của eBay gồm 3 giai đoạn. Niềm tin này xuất phát từ nhiều năm kinh nghiệm làm việc với eBay và một số lần liên lạc trực tiếp với người đại diện tài khoản của bạn, người mà bạn sẽ có khi tài khoản của bạn đạt đến một quy mô nhất định.

Cấp độ 1: Thuật toán của Ebay - bạn chủ yếu sẽ xử lý vấn đề này, họ đã áp đặt các hạn chế và đình chỉ dựa trên chỉ số tài khoản của bạn. Họ không có khả năng cấm vĩnh viễn.
Cấp độ 2: Đây chủ yếu là nhân viên eBay đến từ nước ngoài, họ sẽ xem xét thủ công các tài khoản của bạn trong trường hợp bị hạn chế. Nhưng hầu hết họ đều tuân theo các kịch bản đã được lập trình sẵn để cấm tài khoản của bạn, bất kể giấy tờ của bạn có hợp lệ đến đâu. Cấp độ này cũng không có khả năng cấm vĩnh viễn.
Cấp độ 3: Đây là nơi những người có quyền lực, những người ra quyết định. Họ đặt trụ sở tại Seattle. Bạn sẽ không đến được cấp độ này trừ khi tài khoản của bạn có những sai phạm nghiêm trọng, chẳng hạn như thực hiện các vụ lừa đảo quy mô lớn trên eBay. Nhân viên ở cấp độ này có quyền cấm vĩnh viễn tài khoản của bạn. May mắn thay, bạn sẽ không phải lo lắng về họ trong 99,99% trường hợp.

I'm looking into eBay Australia. What do you think of this marketplace?

 

[PandaDaddy]

I'm looking into eBay Australia. What do you think of this marketplace?

No idea, my guess would be less business but far less competition.

 

[dthanh1]

No idea, my guess would be less business but far less competition.

Can I bother you with a few questions?

Is there a way to create an anonymous account with a higher limit? Why is it that when I recently created an anonymous account, the limit was very low – only 10 listings and 286 posts? Is there a way to improve this? Thank you for your attention.