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- Paypal Limits Explained [Tutorial]
- So if you use eBay or PayPal, then this guide is for you.
- If you're receiving money on PayPal, and somehow, your PayPal account ends up
- limited, then you will find this useful.
- If you're getting auctions delisted and your eBay accounts are getting constantly
- banned, then make sure to read this.
- And if you have no idea what eBay or PayPal is, you're lucky. Perhaps read this
- anyway, it might be entertaining.
- This guide is going to be split into 3 pieces. It is as follows:
- 1. How to go stealth on eBay and PayPal
- 2. Safety Guide for PayPal - How to use PayPal without getting limited
- 3. Safety Guide for eBay - How to use eBay without getting suspended
- The goal of this guide is to teach you some common suspension issues so
- that it’ll save you a lot of stress and frustration in the long run.
- Basic Stealth Information for eBay and PayPal
- With every account, you need to do the following things:
- 1. Different IP
- 2. Different user account on your computer (you can create new ones from the
- control panel)
- 3. Don't mix and match different accounts, it will link them together and all will get
- banned.
- How to change your IP if you're in the United States or Canada:
- To do this, log into your router (if you have a router) at 192.168.1.1
- or 192.168.2.1 or 192.168.0.1 (depending on your router), and manually
- change your MAC address (a couple digits is fine), and save the
- settings. Afterwards, turn off your router and your cable modem for 10
- minutes and turn them back on. Use whatismyip.com to check that your IP
- address has changed.
- • Go to whatismyip.com to check your current IP address
- • Log into your router
- • Change the last 3-4 digits on your MAC address (should be an option inside the
- router)
- • Save changes, and cut the power to your router and your cable modem
- • Start them up again 10 minutes later
- • You should have a new IP address now
- • Check at whatismyip.com to confirm that IP address has changed
- Safety Guide for PayPal
- How to use PayPal without getting limited
- If you want to learn how to prevent getting suspended on PayPal, you're
- going tohave to first understand a little bit about how it works. First
- off, PayPal limits accounts with suspicious or "high-risk" activity in
- order to prevent losses. The way it does this is by robots that are
- trained to identify certain behavior - certain triggers cause them to
- freeze up accounts.
- Now, here's the thing - they use robots to monitor your accounts. Since
- there are millions of PayPal accounts and thousands of transactions
- happening at every second, it is very unrealistic for them to have a big
- room of people monitoring every little activity. So these is
- essentially what happens in a nutshell when a limitation occurs.
- Suspicious activity being done --> Robot picks up on the suspicious
- activity and triggers limitation --> PayPal asks for additional
- information --> PayPal human employee reviews information to
- reinstate your account or permanently limit it.
- But here's the good thing about robots - they're actually very
- predictable. If you can learn what these triggers limitations, you can
- avoid them like land mines. So without further delay, let's start
- learning some of the types of behaviors thatcause limitations.
- Site Owners: Before you attach a new stealth PayPal to your website, READ THIS
- FIRST.
- If you’ve had a PayPal attached to your website before and it gets
- limited, PayPal then blacklists your domain name from ever using PayPal
- again. So if you try toattach a new stealth account directly to your
- site, you’ll get banned again. Luckily, there is a solution.
- Solution: If you use a third-party checkout tool that uses PayPal you’ll
- be able to accept PayPal without fear of being limited. Another thing
- that you can use is host the checkout on a different domain name so that
- the PayPal doesn’t see it. I’ve seen some people manually invoice their
- customers using PayPal too.
- 0. Always know your stealth basics
- Learn how to access stealth accounts without getting limited. That means
- no proxies, no IP's that change every 2 seconds (so no TOR or HMA).
- Step 1 - Know your basics!
- Here are some of the most common mistakes committed:
- a. Use proxies, HMA, TOR, or any of those "IP hiding softwares". eBay
- and PayPal have blacklisted these IPs'. If you use them, you will get
- banned, simple as that.
- b. Not changing your user account between different PayPal or eBay accounts.
- The exception is if you use a VPS (remote computer) as the files are separated
- automatically then.
- Solutions:
- a. Change your IP legitimately through your cable or DSL company. Or
- even easier, just buy a windows-based VPS with an IP in the same country
- as your PayPal or eBay.
- b. Go to your control panel, create a separate user for your new PayPal
- or eBay account. Use your PayPal and eBay exclusively just on that user
- account. Even easier, just buy a windows-based VPS with an IP in the
- same country as your PayPal or eBay.
- 1. Moving money too fast
- Cause: One of the most common ways to get an account suspended is by moving
- money too fast. Let me give you an example.
- Let's just say that you received $200 right. Then 5 minutes later you
- try sending that $50 to someone else or try to buy something with it.
- Boom, your account gets limited. In PayPal's eyes, the reason why they
- limited you is that when you move money too fast, it looks suspicious,
- so they limit your account and stop you dead in the tracks.
- So it applies to:
- Receive money --> send money
- Receive money --> withdraw money
- Solution: When you receive money in your PayPal account, let it sit in
- there for 2-3 days before you try spending it, withdrawing it, or doing
- anything with your money .
- 2. Taking in too much money
- Cause: The second most common way to get an account suspended is by
- taking in too much money at one time. Look at it from PayPal's
- stand-point. If a guy that doesn't have an established history of
- receiving large amounts of money suddenly starts getting hundreds of
- dollars at one time, it looks pretty suspicious. Don't be the guy that
- receives too much money at one time, or you'll get PayPal limiting you
- and asking you for personal details.
- Solution: So how much money is too much? On a newer account, start off
- by taking payments less than or around $100 and don't let the total
- balance on the account get above $500. If the money gets near $500, wait
- a couple days and withdraw it or send it to another account. Of course,
- when your stealth account gets older, you can start getting larger
- amounts of money, but if you really want to be safe, that's the general
- guideline you should follow. Now if you need to receive more money than
- that, just use multiple stealth accounts to break the payments up.
- Another potential outcome if you take in money too fast is that they
- will ask you for social security information in order to make sure
- you're properly taxed. Now PayPal quotes that this number is something
- like 200 transactions of $20,000 a year, whichever comes first. However,
- if you come out of the gate taking in a lot of money, they'll ask you
- for social security much sooner. So the best way to combat this is to
- just receive money through different accounts so the funds are more
- dispersed.
- 3. Spending/Withdrawing Exact Amounts of Money/Not leaving any money left in
- PayPal
- Cause: Let's just say that you have $600 in your PayPal balance. If you
- try to go ahead and withdraw $600, you'll get limited. Always try to
- leave some money in PayPal, at least 10% (don't make it exact). When you
- withdraw like all your balance, it makes PayPal think that you're
- robbing the bank and skipping town. That means it's suspicious, so don't
- do this.
- Solution: Always try to leave some money in PayPal (at least 10%). So
- for example, if you're withdrawing $600, leave like 60-70 dollars in
- there, don't withdraw everything. You'd be surprised how many people get
- limited by this sort of problem.
- 4. Error: When you try to send money, and get this message: "Add funds
- in your PayPal before sending money" when you do have money in the
- available balance
- Cause: When you try to move money too fast on a relatively new PayPal
- account. PayPal has this this filter that prevents you from sending out
- money. If you have a relatively new account and get this message, your
- account is under a soft review. However, don't freak out, because
- chances are, if you don't do anything else that's suspicious during this
- time, they'll usually release the balance in a couple of days.
- Solution: When you get this message, don't try to send money out over
- and over again. Just leave the balance for a week and come back to try
- to send it again. It could last up to 21 days, so try again here and
- there. Most of the time, it's resolved after a couple of days.
- 5. Ask for "identity verification" through phone call.
- If this happens, just press cancel, and they will let you confirm other
- information, specifically your full bank account numbers. After you
- enter this, your account will go back to normal status.
- Safety Guide for eBay - How to not get Limited
- Using eBay without getting suspended is very similar to using PayPal
- without getting limited. This shouldn't be very surprising because
- PayPal is owned by eBay. The only thing that differs really is the
- function. eBay is used to buy and sell items, PayPal is used to send and
- receive money. So let's get started with the most common suspensions on
- eBay.
- 1. MC999 Suspension - When you're a relatively new user and you get this notice
- when you're trying to list your first item.
- So you just got an account, and you list your first item. After 12-24
- hours later, your item gets taken down and they give you this notice
- when you log into your account. However, don't panic, because this is
- relatively common - about 25% of new accounts get this the first time
- that they list.
- Solution: Within 48 hours of getting this notice, call eBay up directly
- at their phone number. I believe it's 1-866-877-3229. Talk to the
- customer service representative and ask them why your account got
- limited. Then answer some questions and confirm account details with
- them. The questions that they're going to ask will go something like
- this:
- First, they will transfer you to an account specialist.
- This account specialist is going to ask you the following questions:
- Is this your own item (respond yes, and nod your head)
- Is somebody helping you with listing (respond no, and shake your head)
- Are you drop shipping the item or have it in your pos******* (tell them
- that it's in your pos*******. do NOT let them know you're drop shipping,
- even if you actually are).
- And that should be it. Then they'll take 2-3 minutes to review your account, and
- give you 3 possible responses:
- Possible response 1
- : If you listed an item that is relatively low risk (non-branded or a
- brand that's not commonly counterfeited), then they'll tell you that
- they've unlimited your account and you're ready to list again.
- Possible response 2
- : If you listed an item that is pretty high risk (a brand that is
- commonly counterfeited and protected by their VERO - verified rights
- owner program), then they will tell you that you're selling items that
- are too risky, and that they cannot do business with you anymore. At
- this point, they will permanently suspend your account.
- Possible response 3
- : If you list an item that is high risk, they will ask for you to
- verify your identity with the account by faxing in your ID and some
- personal information. Of course, if you have a stealth account, chances
- are you won't be able to provide this documentation.
- This brings me to the second most common suspension reason.
- 2. You're selling items that are too high risk!
- One of the most common mistakes when it comes to selling on eBay is that
- people think they can sell just about anything. This couldn't be
- further from the truth. On eBay, items are either high risk or low risk.
- It all depends on the brand name of the item. Brands like Dre Beats are
- high risk whereas other brands like Abercrombie and Fitch are low risk.
- If you list a high risk item, your item will get delisted from eBay and
- you'll get suspended (if you're new, you'll get suspended permanently.
- If you're a veteran, they'll put one strike on your account - you can
- get three strikes before getting perm-banned).
- Solution: Know which items are high risk and which ones are low risk.
- The only definitive way is to just go ahead and list some items and mark
- down which ones get removed and which ones don't.
- The key to eBay is simple. Start slowly without selling items that are
- high risk until you have a good amount of feedback and established
- selling history. Disburse sales through multiple accounts to diversify
- your risk and decrease the volume per account.
- Hope this will help you Guys.
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