| Setting up Your eBay Seller AccounteBay has sister | | | | on eBay and want to be taken seriously, I'd advise you |
| sites in many countries, I would encourage you to first | | | | to go with a proper names and not |
| sign up with the eBay site relevant to the country you | | | | "mickeymouserocks" or "sexybabes123". I can |
| live in. For example, I live in the UK so I would register | | | | guarantee you that your listings won't be taken |
| at bay.co.uk, for Australia you would register at au/ | | | | seriously. |
| and for America you would register at | | | | You need to choose a password. I would advise using |
| For ease we'll use as an example of setting up an | | | | a brand new a different password to what you |
| eBay seller account. First things first, you actually need | | | | normally use here. If you use a password you |
| to go to eBay. In the top right hand corner you'll find | | | | ALWAYS use, then your eBay account will be very |
| some menu options listed, Buy, Sell, My eBay, | | | | easy to hack into. So choose this wisely. A |
| Community, and Help. You won't be needing those | | | | combination of letters and numbers make quite strong |
| options just yet. | | | | passwords. |
| In the top left hand side corner you'll find the eBay logo | | | | The Secret Question: |
| with "Welcome! Sign In or Register. You'll want to click | | | | You will then be asked to pick a secret question like |
| on the the register text. This will take you through to | | | | mother's maiden name or pet's name.Select a question |
| the registration page. | | | | that you know the answer to without even thinking. |
| The registration page is an easy to fill in form | | | | This is a further security question just in case you lose |
| requesting such details as your name and address, | | | | some log in information in the future. This may be |
| telephone number(s) etc. It goes without saying that | | | | years down the line and in this instance, choosing a |
| you need to enter the correct information into these | | | | question that is very easy for you to answer without |
| fields. | | | | even thinking about it is the key here. |
| Go with a proper names and not "mickeymouserocks" | | | | The last section is asking for your date of birth. Simply |
| or "sexybabes123" | | | | enter the correct details in the drop down menus. |
| The second section will ask you to create a "eBay | | | | Make sure you fully read the user agreement and |
| user ID and password" so that you can log-in in future | | | | privacy policy, confirm you are over 18 years old and |
| and will also displayed on your sales listing, feedback, | | | | click the register button. |
| forums and other eBay pages. From here, select an | | | | Check Your Email For a Confirmation Message |
| eBay ID of your choice. If you're thinking of operating | | | | You've now completed a simple process of Setting Up |
| your own on-line store or you want to link it to an | | | | An eBay Seller Account. You'll need to check your |
| offline business then it will probably be best to make | | | | email for a confirmation message from eBay that will |
| your ID similar to your offline business, i.e. ABC textiles | | | | verify that it was actually you that filled in the form and |
| could be abctextiles123 as your user id. This directly | | | | no someone trying to scam their system. |
| corresponds to your offline business name. | | | | Before you can start selling on eBay I believe you |
| However, if you're an individual and you want to start | | | | need to purchase around 10 items and have a PayPal |
| selling the odd item, then you can make up your own | | | | account linked to your eBay account. This is something |
| user ID here (just make sure it's non-offensive). If you | | | | I'll discuss in a different article and way to speed up |
| know in advance that you're going to be selling items | | | | this process which is completely legal. |