eBay is an influential e-commerce platform that attracts a lot of sellers. However, eBay is not immune to account association leading to account suspension. In this post, we will provide some effective ways to prevent eBay account association to safeguard the safety of eBay sellers’ accounts and the normal operation of their stores.
I. The Factors for eBay Account Association
1. IP address: eBay tracks users’ location information and login history by IP address. If multiple accounts are logged in using the same IP address, eBay may associate them.
2. Device Fingerprint: eBay identifies and associates accounts based on a device’s unique identifier (e.g., MAC address, computer name, operating system, and other browser fingerprint information). If multiple accounts are logged in using the same device, eBay may associate them based on the device’s fingerprint information being the same or similar.
3. Account Behavior: eBay determines the relevance of an account based on the user’s behavioral patterns (e.g., search keywords, purchasing preferences, extensions, browsing behavior, etc.). If multiple accounts have very similar behavioral patterns, eBay may associate them.
4. Personal information: eBay will determine the association of accounts based on the user’s personal information (e.g., name, address (including credit card statement address), phone number, credit card, account password, etc.).
5. The Paypal account: If you have multiple eBay accounts tied to the same PayPal account, then once an eBay account is blocked, all other PayPal related eBay accounts will be listed as the platform’s key monitoring accounts.
6. Cookies cleanup: If cookies are not thoroughly cleaned, they can also be a factor that leads to the association of multiple eBay accounts.
II. How to Prevent eBay Account Association
1. Use Anti-Detect Browser: MuLogin Anti-detect Browser can effectively solve the tricky problem of account association encountered by e-commerce, such as Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Shopee, and other platforms.
By creating multiple independent and unique virtual browser environments, each browser fingerprint environment, cookies, local storage and other cache files will be completely isolated; customized to randomly modify the device fingerprint information, MAC address, computer name, etc., including a variety of fingerprinting protection; with a proxy IP, so that each eBay account can be run in an independent and stable environment.
Multiple eBay accounts can be logged in on the same device simultaneously, no need to change the device, pull more cables, and multiple accounts are completely independent, unable to leak information to each other, truly achieving eBay multi-login account anti-detect.
2. Use different IP addresses: Using a proxy server or virtual private network can hide the real IP address, making it difficult for eBay to associate different accounts. At the same time, try to avoid multiple accounts using the same IP address to log in. It is better to keep a stable and independent IP address for each eBay account, and do not change it frequently.
3. Switch devices: Use different devices to log in to different eBay accounts to avoid device fingerprints being used by eBay to associate accounts. You can use different computers, cell phones or tablets to log into different accounts.
4. Distribute Account Behavior: Avoid using the same behavioral patterns, such as search keywords, purchase preferences, etc., across multiple accounts. Try to make the behavioral patterns of each account look different to reduce the likelihood of being associated.
5. Separate handling of personal information: Different personal information should be used for different accounts, such as name, address, phone number, credit card, etc. Avoid registering or logging into multiple accounts with the same or similar personal information, and do not use information that has already been registered for a newly registered account.
6. Use payment information carefully: Avoid using the same payment information (e.g. bank account number, credit card, etc.) for multiple accounts to avoid being associated with eBay. Try to use different payment methods to spread the risk.
Besides that, try not to use public network to register eBay in public places. If there is the same eBay seller who has also registered an account in the same network environment and the account has been banned, then your new account will also be discarded, which wastes a set of registration information.
Conclusion
Protecting eBay accounts from association is an issue that every seller should pay attention to. By taking a series of efficient measures, MuLogin can be really effective in preventing eBay account association and protecting the security of the account. New users are supported with a 3-day free trial!