What happens when you become suspended by eBay?

You lose all your auctions; your eBay fees are immediately due; your IP address, credit card number, website URL, email address, physical address, phone number and any other information you have giving eBay will now and always be used to recognize you as a suspended user. If you try to create a new account with any of this information, you will immediately be flagged as a suspended user and the new account you create will be suspended. So your goal in creating a new eBay account is to become someone else.

There are a few steps to take in order to create a new account. These steps are easy compared to the traps you don't want to trip to keep your account active. The steps to create a new account must be followed exactly in this order without missing a step. If you miss a step, try to take a short cut, or feel you know a better way, you run the risk of eBay detecting who you are and losing your account. Remember this is the easy part.

The steps that need to be taken to create a new account after you are suspended are in this order:
1. Delete your browser cookies and saved passwords
2. Uninstall any eBay software i.e. Turbo Lister
3. Change your IP address
4. Create a new email address from Gmail or Yahoo
5. Add that new email to your Paypal account
6. Create a new eBay account with the Gmail or Yahoo email
7. Create a seller account with a new Credit Card and Bank Info

Remember you goal is to change every aspect of your account to fool eBay into thinking you are someone else. Any information that can be tracked back to you will trigger a suspension. There are many ways to mess this up. I'll try to explain the above list in more detail and show you what eBay does to try to link your accounts together and ultimately suspending you.

1. Delete your browser cookies and saved passwords - – The reason to delete your browser cookies and saved passwords is because eBay leaves cookies on your PC with your eBay username and password and certain browsers sometimes auto log you in. If you accidentally log into a suspended account using the same IP address for your new account, both of your accounts will be linked together and suspended. Therefore never log into suspended accounts once you've created a new account, you'll run the risk of having your new account suspended.

2. Uninstall any eBay software i.e. Turbo Lister - – The reason to uninstall Turbo Lister is because just like an internet browser, this software will sometimes automatically try to log you in to eBay. If you try to use this software after you create a new eBay account and it auto logs you into a suspended eBay account. Any new eBay account you’ve created will suspended as well. In order to reinstall Turbo Lister and use it without any problem, you’ll need to install it in a new directory; doing this will make sure you will not use any previous databases or information from the previous Turbo Lister. Your CSV files are okay to use.

3. Change your IP address - – Your IP address is the easiest way eBay can track who you are and even where you’re from. So changing your IP address before you create a new account should be your main concern. Changing your IP address is fairly simple depending on how you connect to the internet.

Depending on what type of ISP you have there are a few ways to change your IP address. First if you are using dial up, don’t even worry about trying to change your IP address. Every time you connect to the internet your IP address is different.
Cable modems stay the same until you reset your modem. Simply unplug the power source for 30-60 seconds and plug it back in. If that doesn’t work try this: Go to Start >> Run >> type in ’cmd ’ a black prompt screen will pop up. Type in ’ipconfig /release’, without quotes; this will release you current IP address. Once this is done unplug your modem’s power source, wait a couple minutes and plug it back in. This only works if you are directly connected to your modem.
If your modem is connected to a router there's a little more work then that. You must reset your router to accept the new IP address from the modem. DSL modems are basically the same too. If you’re still unable to reset your IP address, I recommend researching your hardware setup on how to change your IP address or try calling your ISP for help. Other options would be using a proxy service, most of them free which will hide your IP address while surfing. I have never actually tried these before but a user pointed them out to me. Here are a few proxy websites: Proxify proxify.com, Free Proxy freeproxy.ws, Web Proxy webproxy.kaxy.com/index.php.

4. Create a new email address from Gmail or Yahoo - – Once your eBay account is banned, eBay will log all your information used to create the account as suspended. If you try to create a new account with any of the same information you will be banned. This means email address too! Do not use your own domain name for your new eBay account either. I know it helps with advertising… i.e. email(at)widgets.com. If I were to try to create a new eBay account with email2(at)widgets.com after email(at)widgets.com was suspended, eBay is not dumb and will link my accounts together and I will be suspended. This is not the case with widely known email providers like Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail. So just make sure to use a widely known email provider for your new account and you will be okay.

5. Add that new email to your Paypal account – The reason to add your newly created email address to your Paypal account is because you can’t use the same email address eBay has suspended to send or accept funds from eBay. It has been logged as a suspended user's email address, and trying to accept funds to your suspended email address will cause your new eBay account to be suspended.
In other words you’ll need to add a second email address to your Paypal account to use with your eBay account. Go to your Paypal account >> Profile >> Email and select to add a new email address. Once this is done, Paypal will send a verification email to that email address for you to verify. Once verified the only thing you have to do on eBay’s end is to add your paypal email address to your auctions and you’re good to go. Do not select to link your eBay and Paypal accounts via ‘eBay Seller Account’; this will cause your account to be suspended. It’s fairly easy, don’t over complicate it and you’ll be okay.
6. Create a new eBay account with the Gmail or Yahoo email – Once your cookies and saved passwords have been deleted, Turbo Lister uninstalled (you can reinstall in a different folder), your IP address has been changed and you have created a new email address. You are ready to set up your new eBay account. Quick tip: Since you are trying to become someone else, and using your old information will have you suspended. Do not use your same name or street address. If your name is Bob Smith. Be sure to change a few letters around. Your new name would be Robert Smithson. You can actually use any name you want. Just remember never use your same name or address but be sure to keep your city and country the same. You do not want to draw unwanted attention from eBay. Trust me on this.

7. Create a seller account with a new Credit Card and Bank Info – If you are a seller, which I am betting 90% of the people reading this are, you willl want to be able to sell again. This step is tricky, and requires a few more steps. For US sellers, you will need to verify who you are before eBay gives you the keys to a seller account. Here are the steps!
a) Step One! You are giving the choice to either submit a credit card or debit card of yours, or establish proof of identity with their ID Verify, which I do not recommend. So you will need to use a credit or debit card that has no ties to eBay in order for you to create a seller account. You do not need to use any of your current credit cards if you do not want to. I found that prepaid credit cards or virtual gift accounts with either Visa or MC logos work the same and are safer to use. There are several sources to obtain prepaid credit cards or virtual gift accounts. Search Google for prepaid credit card or gift cards, you will have a lot of options. Any card which has a MC or Visa logo that you have not used before with eBay will work when creating the account.
Step two! Once you obtain a new credit card you are ready to create your seller account. When entering your credit card details your personal information should automatically be entered, your name and address. Try to use this information first when submitting your credit card, 90% of the time eBay will accept this information which should be your bogus name and address. Never use your same name or address on any eBay account; be sure you to use your same city and country for IP reasons. Once your credit card has been accepted you will need to enter your banking information.
Step three! Unfortunately the only way to create a seller account is to have a bank account and since 90% of the people reading this has had their bank account information black listed by eBay. Meaning if you enter your old bank account information, eBay will link your eBay accounts together and suspend you. The only other way around this is to enter false banking information. Keep your routing number the same, but change your actually account number. Simply change a few numbers and you will be okay. Just remember to select payments to be made by your credit card.