Thursday, March 5, 2009

How to Become an eBay Seller

Selling on eBay and becoming an eBay Seller is much easier than most people think. If you're thinking there's a huge process to get signed up and selling, it really isn't.

First, simply go to eBay and you'll see in the upper left it says "sign in or register" simply click on register. This will take you to a page where you need to enter your personal information (name, address, email phone etc) and create a user ID.

I highly recommend when creating an ID that you don't use your name or something personally identifiable, with identity theft out there it's just another way for someone to find more information about you. So choose something, if you have a business already maybe use the business name or something that describes what you sell (if you already know what you're going to sell).

Coming off as professional is going to play a major roll in your success so make it count.

Once you are done entering your information hit submit and check your email, verify you wanted to setup an account by clicking the link and your account is setup, just one more step.

You'll need a credit card, bank account or Paypal account to be able to pay eBay. So your next step to start selling is to simply put on of them on file with eBay so they can take the fees out automatically.

If you don't feel comfortable with this, get a credit card with a low limit or setup a separate bank account just for eBay.

eBay REALLY wants you to use Paypal since, they make make money when you use it since they own Paypal, so it makes the most sense to setup a Paypal account if you don't have one and use it for fees, since Paypal would also want a credit card or bank account to use, you might as well limit this kind of information to as few sites as possible.

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