Starting Up An eBay Account

E-Bay has sites registered in many different countries. Your first step should be to sign up with the e-bay site for the country in which you reside. As an example, Americans should sign up with eBay.com, and Australians with eBay.com.au.

For simplicity we will follow eBay.com as a representation for starting an eBay merchant account. First of all, you have to got to the eBay website. You will notice several menu choices available in the right corner side at the top, such as Buy, Sell, My eBay, Community, and Help. You don’t have to worry about these choices right now.

You will see the eBay logo as well as the Welcome! Sign In or Register button on the left side in the top corner. You should click this button to join. This will bring you to the registration page.

The registration process will walk you through step by step in creating your eBay account. Certain information like name, home address and e-mail address are essential for doing business on eBay and as such are requested on this page.

Next, you will be prompted to create a username and password for your account on eBay. This is so that your personalized information can be recorded and tracked for ease of use on the site. So, be creative in your Username. If you are using eBay for only personal use or you want to sell products through this forum as an affiliate, relating your user ID to whatever you are promoting would certainly be a good idea. And, of course, if you want to connect your eBay account to an existing brick and mortar business keep this in mind when creating your User ID.

Individuals who are planning on selling items on a casual basis can choose any non-offensive used ID that they like. Again, remember that this name will be attached to your sales listings, and it is in your best interests to choose a name that inspires people to purchase your product, rather than something silly.

You have to pick a password. I suggest that you pick a completely different password that you have never used before. If you use the same password you typically use, then it could be too easy for someone to get into your account. So be smart about picking out your password. A mixture of letters and numbers make secure passwords.

The final step is to choose a secret question, to which you will know the answer without thought. In the event you forget your password, this will enable e-Bay to verify your identity and provide your password to you. Choose a question to which the answer will never change, for example the name of your first pet.

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