eBay Stealth Account 2023: How to Create Them in the Right Way

Justin Shin
Are you looking forward to creating eBay stealth accounts but do not know how to get that done? Then you are on the right page, as the article below will show you how to create eBay stealth accounts correctly without getting them banned.

eBay is one of those sites you can make fortunes from if you know how to utilize the platform well. However, eBay, as an e-commerce platform, is notorious for blocking seller accounts. Its term of usage is quite strict and can make it difficult for you to scale up your account. If you try pushing beyond your limit a little, you will find yourself blocked.

It is for this reason that many sellers on eBay like to create multiple eBay accounts so that they can either have backup accounts or sell more products. The secret behind creating multiple eBay accounts is making them stealthy eBay accounts. In this article, you will learn the secret behind stealth accounts and how to create them the right way to avoid getting blocked. It is important you know stealth accounts are quite different from connected accounts.

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What are eBay Stealth Accounts?

eBay Stealth Accounts are eBay accounts one creates with different personal, contact, and payment details. The goal is to create accounts that can’t be linked to the actual owner. This can be done by either using fake user personal or by using the details of a family member or trusted friend. From experience, I don’t recommend creating stealth eBay accounts with fake user personas as you might run into issues later on that will cost you along, especially in the area of verification.

Instead, I recommend people create stealth accounts with details of those around them they trust and are willing to do it for them. The advantage this has is that you can always get a real person to claim the account and even provide all of the verification documents or even do a video verification if the need arises. The only major problem with this is that if you need too many stealth eBay accounts, you won’t get as many people as you want for this kind of eBay stealth account.

If what you need are many stealth accounts for a churn and burn campaign, then there is nothing wrong with using fake user persona and details.

How to Create Stealth eBay Accounts

In this section of the article, I will walk you through the step-by-step guide on how to create eBay stealth accounts easily.

The first step to creating a stealth eBay account that would last is to choose someone you can trust and also trust you to agree so you can use his or her information to create the account. This person must be someone that you know does not have an interest in this to avoid a conflict of interest later on. If you can get that of your family, that is fine. But that of trusted friends you are sure will stick around for a while is also a good idea. But such a person needs to be aware. First, because it is an ethical and moral thing to do as he/she wouldn’t be happy if they discovered later on. Secondly, you would need them to stand in for you and, in some cases, even provide verification documents when they are required. You will be getting the user information and contact details.

Step 2: Purchase High-Quality Static Residential Proxies

If you already have an eBay seller account, you will not want the IP address you use in managing it to be the same as the IP address for your stealth account. The fix to this is using a VPN or proxy server. I recommend the use of proxies, most especially static residential proxies, otherwise known as ISP proxies.

This is because, with these proxies, the IP assigned to you is not changed, provided you keep paying for it. This is to do away with any suspicion as a result of constant change of IPs. I will recommend the likes of Smartproxy and Bright Data for high-quality undetectable static residential proxies. For this, I won’t recommend the use of free proxies, as that will most likely backfire and ruin your project.

Step 3: Use an Antidetect Browser

Antidetect browsers are simply browser fingerprint spoofing tools that mask your real browser fingerprint and provide you with as many different browser profiles as you want. The use of this is to stay protected against browser fingerprinting, which eBay is known for. Even if you use a different IP by using proxies, provided the multiple accounts are being managed from the same device, eBay will detect and block the two accounts.

By using an antidetect browser, you can create a new browser profile for each account and configure proxies. This will make each account look like it is being managed from a different device since the antidetect browser will give each a different browser fingerprint, and the proxy will give it a different IP footprint. There are a good number of good antidetect browsers you can use without getting banned. Multilogin, GoLogin, Kalemeo, Dolphin Anty, and Incogniton are the best. Multilogin is the recommended option but quite expensive.

The others mentioned are affordable. If you do not have money to buy, Incogniton does have a free tier that you can use to create up to 10 stealth eBay accounts.

Step 4: Get Payment Methods Ready

You can’t use the same PayPal or Payoneer account you use for your main account for the stealth account. In fact, you can only use one payment account once on the platform. Except, of course, if you operate connected accounts, which are quite different from stealth accounts. Unfortunately, both PayPal and Payoneer also do not allow you to create multiple personal accounts.

You’ll also need to create, for them, stealth accounts — that’s, a Payoneer stealth account for Payoneer. You can use this same guide to create stealth accounts for either Payoneer or PayPal, as the process of creating stealth accounts is the same. Just swap your real details with those of someone else and make sure you keep your browser fingerprint and IP address unique, and you are good to go.

Step 5: Create a New eBay Account

Set up the antidetect browser and create a new browser profile for each eBay stealth account. During the setup process, you should assign a static residential proxy to each of the browser profiles. With a browser profile setup, you can then proceed to create a new eBay account. When most newbies hear the name eBay stealth account, they think the creation process is quite different.

But the major difference here is that you are using information for the account that is not yours, and you are using an antidetect browser and proxies to mask your device and IP footprint. Visit eBay and create a regular account as you would — but make sure the information you use for the account creation are the details you got from the person you chose in the first step.

Step 6: Register as a Seller

The account you created above is a regular account — the kind of account you need to be a buyer on the platform. That’s not what you need to sell, you need to register as a seller. While logged into the eBay account you created, click on “My eBay,” and from the options, click on “Selling.” eBay will request some information from you — resist giving your real details and still stick to that of the person you choose in step 1.

Once you are done, you will be taken to the “My eBay Selling Overview.” What is required at this point is for you to add a payment method — either PayPal or Payoneer is fine. As I said earlier, you will also have to use a stealth PayPal or Payoneer account.

Step 7: Warm the Account Up

eBay can be smart at detecting stealth accounts, and as such, you have to take things slowly. Usually,  I will recommend you don’t start selling immediately. It is important you warm the account by using it on eBay so that you can get cookies attached to it with some history. This way, the account becomes safer for you to use. While you might want to duplicate your listing, I will suggest you make changes, as copying everything on one account and replicating it on another account is a red flag that could lead eBay to suspicion that a single user is behind the two accounts.

How to Prevent eBay Stealth Accounts from Ban

eBay stealth accounts are forbidden on the platform, and your accounts will get banned if you are discovered to be using them. And as days go by, eBay is getting smarter and detecting them. You need to be careful in their usage and your operations to avoid getting banned. Below are some of the ways you can protect your eBay stealth accounts from getting banned.

If you manage more than one eBay “unconnected account,” then you have to be extremely careful with the way you make use of the service. For each of the browser profiles, I will recommend you name them with the name of the eBay account. This is to help you remember the account a particular browser profile is meant for. If you try managing one account with the browser profile of another, that could lead to a ban.

This precaution is for those who want to create multiple accounts. It is important you know that creating multiple eBay accounts within a short period of time and using them in almost the same niche is an easy way to report yourself. Instead, you need to space out the creation of these accounts to make things look more natural to eBay. This can make some of your activities with the multiple eBay stealth accounts fly under the radar.

There is no doubt that when most people want to use multiple accounts on eBay for selling, it is because they want to maximize their earnings. And selling the same product using multiple accounts is the best way to go. But selling the same product is not an issue — relocating the details for the product is. As much as possible, I will recommend you tweak and change details you can change ranging from the product description and description. If you like, you can also make slight changes to the product price too. In all, just make sure one can’t tell an account is copying from another.

One way to get into trouble quickly is by using an eBay account on multiple computers. The reason I advise against that is that it makes it easier for you to mix things up. You might open a stealth eBay account on your phone today and then forget tomorrow and go ahead to access your real eBay account on the same phone. But if you keep things organized and stay organized by making sure you only access them via the antidetect browser you choose, you won’t have issues.

Most of the antidetect browsers do support multiple platforms and support synchronisation so you can access your profiles on different computers without any issue — but that will be using the same antidetect browser.

It is not uncommon to still get banned even after going through all of the preventive and precautionary measures —- sometimes because they are sure, while in other instances, they are just suspecting. If such happens, the only way you can retrieve that account is by getting the person you use his details to do a verification for you. If you haven’t been keeping tab on the person and the person doesn’t even know anything about what you are doing, it is difficult for most to want to help you retrieve your account.

FAQs

Q. What is the Difference Between eBay Stealth Accounts and Connected Accounts?

eBay stealth accounts are quite different from connected accounts. This is because, for connected accounts, the accounts are linked to your main accounts. And as such, the account is technically not a different account as it can carry all of the liability of the main account, including its bans and suspension. On the other hand, stealth is completely separate from your real account, thereby providing you security should your main account get banned or suspended.

The creation and use of stealth eBay accounts are not illegal in the general sense. And if you even use the details of someone close to you that is legit, you have nothing to worry about. It only becomes illegal for you if you do things illegal with the accounts. One thing you need to know is that creating a PayPal account with fake details is illegal and can get you in trouble. Regardless of whether eBay stealth accounts are legal or not, you have to stay protected, as eBay will suspend your account if they find out.

Q. Can I Have 2 eBay Accounts with the Same Bank Account?

The answer to this is yes — but that will make the accounts linked or connected accounts. If you have two separate accounts you don’t want eBay to link, you can’t use the same bank account for them. If you do, you are telling eBay the eBau accounts are owned by the same person, and as such, that could result in the accounts getting suspended if they are not linked accounts. You are better off using separate banks for your multiple accounts.

Conclusion

With what you read above, you should be able to create eBay stealth accounts and protect them against getting banned. When it comes to staying protected as you increase your earnings on the platform, the secret of maintaining unlinked accounts on the platform is to make sure nothing can be used to link the accounts together. So you have to keep everything unique, including personal names, contacts, and payment methods. If you are about to do this while managing each account in an aspirate browser profile and with a different IP, then the chances of getting the accounts detected and banned are slim.

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