ABOUT EBAY

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Ebay GUIDE

eBay is the world's largest online community of buyers and sellers and it is the place where you could get things cheaply, make money by selling things what you have, and even you may make a few friends while you are at it.

Registration
To be able to sell and buy things on ebay, you will need to register. Registration is easy and free and it's quite straight forward.

Buying things
You may search the stuff you want by using search bar. Before you buy the item, view the seller’s business reputation on eBay by looking at his or her feedback score particularly giving attention to "Negative Feedbacks". Because you may not want to buy things from a seller who has got few negative feedbacks. Look for the sellers with many feedbacks with positive feedback rate of more than 95%. And also read the feedback comments left by other ebayers to be sure that this is a seller you feel you can trust.

Carefully read the description of the item and if any question, you may ask the seller about the item. "Ask the seller" link is usually on the right side just below "Read feedback comments".

Selling things on EBay
Firstly you will have to create a seller account to be able to sell things on EBay. It is free and quite straight forward. You will need to provide a credit or debit card (sometimes may need bank account information).
Once you have verified your account, you will select the payment methods (e.g. direct debit, PayPal etc..) for the seller fees. I would like to recommend you to register with PayPal as many EBay customers have PayPal accounts and you will increase the chance of your item sold by registering with it.