IP changed, but still banned! Why is that?

This is a common question. If you are using a DSL service, every time you turn on your computer youy IP address is changed. But this does not mean that you are not still banned on eBay, on a forum or on site you got banned before.

Why is that? The answer is very simple: you are still in the same subnet. Meaning that your new IP address is not very different from the one that you got banned with. For example, you got banned with 123.123.123.1 and your new IP address is 123.123.123.2. Forums or sites like eBay don’t ban only the exact IP, but the entire subnet.

What should you do?

Firstly, you could change your ISP (Internet Service Provider), create a new account and make sure you set up all new account information and do not link any old account information.

Secondly, you can try changing your IP address. You can find a lot of articles on this blog on how to do it.

If you need a US IP address you can read this post. Also, I recommend a product that I have recently discovered (IP Privacy – Download link) and that offers high quality US proxies. It seems to be designed especially for these cases. I will later write a post on this product.

Happy Surfing!