At the very bottom of the eBay home page is an unassuming group of links providing ways to get to some seriously handy pages. Here are some brief explanations of what you can expect to find at the other [more…]
Despite everyone’s best efforts, sometimes eBay items get damaged or misplaced during shipment; that’s where shipping insurance comes in. You should offer to get insurance from the shipper if the buyer [more…]
A major benefit of buying a car on eBay is that you are covered by eBay Motors Vehicle Purchase Protection against certain losses associated with some types of fraud. To qualify [more…]
Aside from safety, PayPal now offers an even better reason to pay through its service: PayPal Buyer Protection. If you’ve purchased your item through a PayPal-verified seller, you’re covered for your original [more…]
If you own intellectual property that you think is being infringed upon on the eBay site, you should take advantage of the eBay Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) program. Owners of trademarked or copyrighted [more…]
Escrow.com, eBay’s official escrow service, makes it more comfortable for an eBay buyer to proceed with transactions over $2000, which is the upper limit for PayPal buyer protection. Buyers gain peace [more…]
It’s a good idea to insure the merchandise you sell on eBay against loss or damage; whether you self-insure an item or insure it through a major carrier generally depends on how much the item is worth. [more…]
eBay provides some smooth management tools on your My eBay All Selling page. You can track both items you currently have up for sale and items you’ve sold. The All Selling page is a quick way to get a [more…]
It’s easy to create an About Me page on eBay, even if you don’t know HTML. An About Me page lets bidders know about you and the products or services you have to offer. [more…]
Even though there are millions of eBay members, eBay’s powerful search engine can help you find other members in seconds. This is useful if you want to find a user’s About Me page or other contact information [more…]
If blogging is the key to the new Web, your My World page is the hub of your eBay user interaction. Your About Me page is there for customers; the My World page is mostly used by the eBay community. People [more…]
eBay’s announcement boards are the most important place to find out what’s going on (directly from headquarters) on the Web site. Whenever eBay introduces new features, policy changes, explanations, or [more…]
If you ever have specific eBay questions to which you need answers, several eBay discussion boards on the Community: Connect page can help you. You can also go directly to the chat rooms to pose your question [more…]
If you need an answer to a question right away, you can post your question on one of eBay’s Community chat rooms. Click the Community button in the upper-right corner of any eBay page and then look for [more…]
When you file a claim with UPS for damaged or lost eBay merchandise, the process is pretty straightforward and relatively painless. After they file and accept your damage claim, you get a check within [more…]
When you file a claim with FedEx for damaged or lost eBay merchandise, you have 15 business days to make your claim. (This extra time sure helps out when a package is delivered to your house and you’re [more…]
PayPal is a reliable payment service that allows eBay buyers to safely click and pay with a credit card, eCheck, or PayPal balance — directly from eBay — after they’ve won an auction or made a purchase [more…]
When you think of PayPal, you might think of it as just a payment service on eBay, but it’s much, much more. Did you know that PayPal has shops? Yes! It’s another place to sell your wares online. [more…]
Joining PayPal shops lets you sell your merchandise directly through PayPal. This is a great opportunity to expand your customer base, buy you need to meet the requirements of the application process. [more…]
If you're selling something on your Web site and accepting payment through PayPal, you can easily add a PayPal button to your site. First, log on to the PayPal Web site and then follow these steps to create [more…]
In order to pay someone from your PayPal account, you have to get the money into your PayPal account. You have several ways to fund the money you send to another party through PayPal, including instant [more…]
As a buyer who pays for eBay items through PayPal, you can be covered against fraud under the PayPal Buyer Protection plan. The maximum level of coverage varies from [more…]
The PayPal Protection plan covers eBay sellers as well as buyers. As a seller, you have some protection against unwarranted claims made on your eBay sales; it’s called [more…]
Good recordkeeping is important for an eBay seller. That’s why PayPal allows you to download records of your buying and selling activity, in either a monthly or quarterly format. [more…]
If you're making a lot of money from eBay, you'll want to keep records of your transactions. Even if you don't really need them, Uncle Sam surely will. If you have a PayPal account, you can download your [more…]