posted on June 24, 2007 07:18:30 PM
...on 1) how many eBay IDs you can have, and 2) how many email addresses you can have linked to one PayPal account?
I have a project in the works that could potentially involve the creation of about 2,300 eBay selling IDs. (Yeah, it gives me a headache to think about it, too.)
What do you want to bet this would set off a fraud alert flag?
posted on June 24, 2007 07:33:38 PM
I'd agree with you if the goal was to actually sell stuff on eBay. In that case, having 2300 IDs would be nothing short of insane.
posted on June 25, 2007 06:04:10 AM
"I have a project in the works that could potentially involve the creation of about 2,300 eBay selling IDs. (Yeah, it gives me a headache to think about it, too.)
What do you want to bet this would set off a fraud alert flag?"
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why in the world would anyone want to
set up 2,300 selling IDs???
but more-so, fluffmeistress, knowing you're always on the up and up, why wouldn't you just call ebay and/or paypal and ask these questions to them?
posted on June 25, 2007 06:21:42 AMbut more-so, fluffmeistress, knowing you're always on the up and up, why wouldn't you just call ebay and/or paypal and ask these questions to them?
When was the last time you talked to anyone at eBay or PayPal who actually had a clue?
Oh, I can see it now. "Hello, nice Trust and Safety folks, you don't mind if I set up several thousand accounts, do you? Would that set off one of your automated alarms? I know you don't mind sharing this info with me, right?"
why in the world would anyone want to set up 2,300 selling IDs???
Can't tell you that, but here's a hint: many search engines index AboutMe pages.
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posted on June 25, 2007 07:56:17 AM
Is 2,300 a random number or is there some significance to that number? Doesn't each account have to have a different email address?
posted on June 25, 2007 08:08:53 AM
There is some significance to that number, but it's an approximate number. Final number is somewhere between 2300 and 2400.
Yes, each account has to have a different email address. That's not a problem when you have your own mail server.
Hmmm...a way to rig search results in your favor?
Haven't you heard? It's all the rage. People pay other people perfectly good money to come up with guesses about what will get you a good page ranking on Google.
posted on June 25, 2007 09:21:54 AM
If you log into your Paypal account and go to My Profile,where you add or remove email address,you will see how many you can add.
It could be 8,but I am not sure!
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Lets all stop whining !
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posted on June 25, 2007 09:30:14 AM
I did that before posting this thread. I did not actually attempt to add one, though. Once you try to add one, PP tells you how many you have and how many more you can add. You are correct: the limit is 8.
There are still people selling who don't accept PayPal, though.
posted on June 25, 2007 12:49:33 PM
If your bidders have online banking,then all you need to do is to open a bank account and give them the ABA #,your account number and the name of your enterprise and they can transfer the money to you.
Aussie sellers do that,they put their bank account number on the item page.
posted on June 25, 2007 03:55:16 PM
Sounds like a good idea to create 2,300 About Me pages, load them up with keywords, and have a link to your website for off ebay sales.
I don't know about any limits to the number of accounts you can have, but could ebay cancel accounts due to inactivity?
posted on June 25, 2007 05:20:55 PM
Fluff,,,,,,,yer right they NEVER delete INACTIVE members.....and they said they will NEVER Transfer a name to ANYONE else....those DEAD accounts KEEP that MEMBER Number UP there,,,,,14 BILLION Burgers served....
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posted on June 25, 2007 05:30:14 PM
My gripe is that eBay has policies or whims that they never publish and will not likely admit to them even if politely asked. Hard to strategise around. Will 2300 eBay ID's trigger a suspension? Very good chance it will, IMHO. Those clever algorithms which detect fraudulent bidding obviously snag legitimate users, too.
Without limiting other remedies, we may limit, suspend, or terminate our service and user accounts, prohibit access to our website, delay or remove hosted content, and take technical and legal steps to keep users off the Sites if we think that they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies. We also reserve the right to cancel unconfirmed accounts or accounts that have been inactive for a long time.
posted on June 26, 2007 05:06:07 PM
It must be 10 years as there are PLENTY of Great Names that have NEVER been used since the day they were registered. 9 years later they are STILL there, NEVER used...
posted on June 26, 2007 05:12:26 PM
Yep, Cheryl, I saw that too.
I still don't know of a case where eBay actually did purge accounts for inactivity. I believe the old email-address accounts were probably removed at some point.
Remember when you could specify something like [email protected] as your eBay ID? Then eBay got rid of those because to cut down on spam. I can't even remember what year that was.
posted on June 26, 2007 06:32:43 PM
I do remember the email addresses. I used one at one time. That's where the cblev65252 came from. Add @something.com to the end of it and it was my very first eBay user ID. You are right, fluffy, I don't think they really enforce that. However, with what they are doing with suspending accounts right now, I wouldn't put anything past them.
posted on June 26, 2007 07:23:47 PM
They stopped email IDs to try to eliminate off Ebay deals. It was too easy to contact another buyer or seller and cut Ebay out the transaction and therefore the fees.
