They do and you can use them. I use them. I also recently made a new account with an alias.
They can if they suspect too many proxies. Any VPN IP can be temporarily flagged so that could be another reason.
What threat model do you have where you really need to take such steps? In my experience, it’s never worth it to keep maintaining it. And if you do, then Amazon is the last place you should even think about using.
Which alias provider are you using? Because I use Proton Pass, and so far, my aliases keep getting rejected days/weeks after I add them. I don’t use I Amazon frequently. The last time I made an actual purchase was likely over 2 years ago.
Is that when you create an account with a VPN or when you use your account with a VPN after creating it with a regular IP?
My account was created with a regular IP, but I haven’t logged in with a regular IP in years.
I’ve never been asked to provide my number, but it’s possible that I gave Amazon one of my past numbers that hasn’t been mine in years.
Yes, you’re right. I don’t need an anonymous Amazon account. The point I am trying to make is that if you create an account under a fake name, if you regularly have things delivered at friends and family’s, especially family with whom you share a last name, then it’s likely Amazon has some idea of who you are.
Proton Pass worked for me.
I did make an account with a VPN. That worked too.
But your mileage may vary.
That’s interesting. Was your account created with a Proton Pass alias?
My Amazon account was created with a Gmail address and after many years, I added a Proton Pass alias, and made it my default address, but did not remove my Gmail address.
And yet, every time I log in with my alias Amazon doesn’t recognize it.
Well, maybe it is just Amazon treating your initial adresss as the login one, and the one you added as an extra one.
No, it isn’t. If it was, it would have recognized my alias and not suggest I create a new account with it. In fact, I just realized something I had forgotten. It’s even worse than I thought.
Amazon doesn’t let you have multiple email addresses for the same account. You can only have one. I had changed mine to a Proton Pass alias. Meaning that my Gmail address was no longer associated with my Amazon account. And yet, months later, when I tried to log in with my alias, Amazon didn’t recognize it. But somehow it recognized my Gmail address and let me log in with it, when it shouldn’t have.
At first, I thought it was maybe because I didn’t confirm the address change, but I had checked and I had received the confirmation email.
I’m now hesitant to change my address to an alias again, because I’m afraid of completely losing my account. I have friends and family addresses saved there that I don’t have saved anywhere else. I also don’t want to have created a new account, especially if it’s going to be hard if I use a VPN.
I’ll back up my addresses, and will try again with the hope that my account doesn’t get deleted. Otherwise, I’ll have to ask a friend to create an account for me.
I still don’t know how this has benefits. You haven’t done any explaining. Re:
