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How to Customize and Download PayPal Reports
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…]
Monitor eBay Auctions with the Watch This Item Link
The All Buying page is the hub for several features, including the ability to keep track of eBay bids that you’re watching. Have you ever seen an auction that made you think, “I don’t want to bid on this [more…]
Watch Your eBay Bidding Status with the Active Buying Section
When you place a bid, eBay registers it in the Active Buying area of your My eBay page, and displays a clickable link to the item. This part of your My eBay page gives you quick access to all the auctions [more…]
Exploring Your My eBay Summary Page
By default, when you view your My eBay pages, you land on the My Summary page. The My Summary page gives you a snapshot of your current eBay transactions. It provides data about your buying and selling [more…]
What an eBay Bidder Search Can Tell You about Other Bidders
Get to know your eBay competition! By performing a bidder search, you can find out information on bidders who’ve beaten you in recent auctions. For example, say meanguy123 outbids you in an auction for [more…]
Get Help through eBay's Emergency Contact Board
The eBay Emergency contact board is no Rescue 911, but if your computer crashes and you lose all your info, this board is the place to put out an all-points bulletin for help. [more…]
How to Join an eBay Group
If you’re the friendly type and would like an instant group of new eBay friends, you can click the Groups link in the Connect area of the main Community page [more…]
Researching eBay Bidders to Win an Auction
To find the best price for any item on eBay, you need to research the item to find out what similar items on eBay tend to sell for. But eBay shows you more than just the winning bid; you can gain some [more…]
Search for Misspellings to Find Deals on eBay
You can find some great buys on eBay by searching for misspellings. Many sellers are in a hurry when they set up their auction listings, and to err is human [more…]
Finding Your Destination with the eBay Navigation Bar
The navigation bar is at the top of every eBay page and lists five links that take you directly to different eBay areas. Hovering over some of the links reveals a subnavigation list with links to other [more…]
How to Use eBay Categories to Find an Auction Item
To keep track of the millions of items up for sale at any given moment, eBay groups items into categories. eBay's home page lists most of the main categories, but eBay also lists tens of thousands of subcategories [more…]
Tips for Improving eBay Search Results
When you click the Search button on an eBay page to look for items to buy, the keywords you use can have a huge effect on what results you get. Here are some ways to make your searches more effective: [more…]
Types of Advanced Searches on eBay
To conduct an advanced search on eBay, click the Advanced Search link next to the Search button. You’re whisked to the Advanced Search: Find Items page, which will have your search options in a box on [more…]
How to Do an Advanced eBay Search
Performing an advanced search on eBay is easy: Simply click Advanced Search on any eBay page, and you're brought to the Advanced Search page. On this search form, you’ll see about four dozen boxes. You [more…]
How to Search for Items by Seller on eBay
After spending time on eBay, you’ll find that you have favorite sellers. You can always access a seller’s other items for sale by clicking the View Seller’s Other Items link on the listing page. If you [more…]
How to Search for Items by Bidder on eBay
After you’ve lost an auction or two to another eBay bidder, you may want to find out more about their bidding habits to help you compete against them in the future. To do this, you can simply click Advanced [more…]
How to Refine Your eBay Search Results
When you perform a search on eBay, a search results page appears; the top links on the left side of the page are categories that match your search keywords. Below the Matching Categories area are check [more…]
How to Grade Collectible eBay Items
As an eBay buyer or seller, one of the keys to establishing the value of an item is knowing the item’s condition, typically referred to as the item’s grade. [more…]
Guidelines for Bidding on a Collectible Item on eBay
If you’re just starting out on eBay, chances are you like to shop and you also collect items that interest you. You’ll find out pretty early in your eBay adventures that a lot of people online know as [more…]
Examining a Collectible before You Bid on eBay
By studying what a collectibles expert looks for in a specialty collectible, you can get a good idea of what to ask an eBay seller before purchasing whatever it is that you collect. [more…]
How to Find Information about eBay Collectibles Online
If you’re a serious buyer or seller of collectibles on eBay, plenty of resources offer great information on every kind of collectible item. Here are some specialty publications you can check out: [more…]
Authenticate and Grade Your eBay Collectibles
If you buy or sell collectibles on eBay, then you may want to use an outside expert to authenticate (verify that it’s the real deal) and/or grade(determine a value based on the item’s condition and legitimacy [more…]
Multiple-Item, or Dutch, eBay Auctions
A multiple-item, or Dutch, auction on eBay allows a seller to auction multiple identical items. You can bid on as many of the item as you want. To place a bid in a Dutch auction, you must input the amount [more…]
Reserve-Price Auctions on eBay
Unlike a minimum bid, which is required in any eBay auction, a reserve price protects sellers from having to sell an item for less than the minimum amount they want for it. You may be surprised to see [more…]
Restricted-Access and Private eBay Auctions
If you want to sell items on eBay that are of an adult nature, or big-ticket items where you don’t want to disclose your bidder’s financial status, then either a Restricted-Access or Private auction is [more…]
