Are You Allowed to Have Two eBay Accounts?

Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as a favor to his girlfriend, eBay began as a small-scale auction service, but with time it has grown into the largest online marketplace that's revered throughout the world.

It's currently an innovative online selling tool for small-volume hobby sellers, mom and pop enterprises, and even large corporations. It has over 162 million active users and provides a catalog of over 800 million items at any given time. As such, the company understands the need for its users to have multiple accounts for buying or selling to diversify their product lines.

Are you allowed to have two eBay accounts?

Given its reputation of being a fully stocked online marketplace, eBay facilitates the buying and selling of a wide array of products, including computers and computer accessories, World War 2 memorabilia, sporting goods, personalized items, and pet and wedding supplies.

The list of items available on eBay is quite long, making it logical if the user feels the need for an extra account or more to enhance their online shopping experience.

Depending on the reason, eBay allows its users to create more than one account. However, you'll need a unique email address and username for each of the other stores.

When creating the new account remember the following considerations;

• If you exclusively use eBay to purchase products, you can consider making a secret history.
• For sellers, they can enhance their branding by creating a separate account for each item they supply.
• If you're a seller, you should create a different buying account to keep misunderstandings with other sellers from reflecting on your selling account.
• Also, if you have a trademark that's not registered on your original eBay ID, ensure you've reported it to prevent anyone else from using it as their ID.
• You can use your previous bank or credit card particulars on as many eBay accounts as possible.

With this in mind, you may proceed with creating the other accounts following the steps outlined below.

• Visit the account registration page at https://reg.ebay.com/reg/PartialReg?ru=.
• Enter a unique first and last name.
• Provide an alternative email address from the one you used to create the first account.
• Create a unique and strong password.
• Click on the "Create Account" icon to finish the process.

Once your account is up and running it's essential to keep in mind that;

• All your different eBay accounts will be interlinked, a factor that can spell disaster for a multiple eBay account holder. In this context, if a single charge is suspended or banned, you should anticipate that the other accounts will also be closed since eBay sees such a seller as too much risk.
• The ban or suspension is quite rare unless the multiple account holder repeatedly breaches eBay's selling policies. For instance, if you partake in the sale of outlawed items, this could lead to your eBay accounts' loss. Also, if you have an unreliable dropshipper that forces you to make refunds often, the negative feedback associated with this practice may lead to your eBay account getting suspended.
• The creation of multiple accounts as a plot to evade buying or selling limitations is strictly prohibited on eBay.
• As a multiple eBay account holder, you're supposed to proactively and effectively manage your account to ensure a positive online buying and selling experience.

Alternatively;

If you're having trouble creating additional eBay accounts or needing assistance with restoring banned or suspended ones, you may contact the eBay customer care representatives for further assistance.