How to Use the Outlook Payment Request Wizard
The Outlook Payment Request Wizard lets you send a PayPal request to a customer through e-mail. After you follow the preceding link and download and install the wizard, you’ll see a new option at the top [more…]
How to Open a PayPal Account
If you want to be an eBay seller and you aren’t registered with PayPal yet (what’s holding you up?), eBay provides a convenient link on your My eBay All Selling page in the Selling links area. To register [more…]
Send Personalized Invoices to Your eBay Buyers
Although it can be helpful to automate your eBay business, you should take the time to personalize even your canned e-mail responses. If you decide to send automated responses, choose a program [more…]
Keep Your Buyer Informed about an eBay Purchase
You probably aren’t going to send out a payment-received letter for every eBay transaction, especially when they’re paid through PayPal. But it would surely be nice if you did. Staying in constant communication [more…]
Calculating Final Value Fees for Your eBay Auction Items
For each auction that you conduct, eBay takes a small insertion fee when you list your item and then a commission on the back end when you sell your item. This commission is called the [more…]
How to Download and Install the Outlook Payment Request Wizard
The Outlook Payment Request Wizard enables you to give the e-mail that you send to your eBay customers a more professional look by including a custom icon link to a PayPal payment page. If you’re using [more…]
How to Ship Your eBay Merchandise
Shipping can be the most time-consuming (and dreaded) task for eBay sellers. The best way to avoid shipping problems is to do your homework beforehand, determine which method is likely to work best, and [more…]
Using Software to Make eBay Selling Easier
If you do a lot of selling on eBay, there is a lot to keep track of — new posts, closing sales, feedback, shipping, and on and on. Fortunately, a number of applications have been developed to help make [more…]
Creating a Merchant Account for Your eBay Business
If your eBay business is bringing in more than $20,000 a month, a credit card merchant account may be for you. At that level of sales, discounts kick in and your credit card processing becomes a source [more…]
Using Costco Credit Card Processing for eBay Sales
If you're running an eBay auction business or store, you know that accepting credit card payments can be expensive. However, Costso offers some true discount credit card processing: a one-stop merchant [more…]
Alternative eBay Electronic Payment Options
eBay allows buyers to pay in several ways, and although PayPal is the most common payment method, other options are available. Person-to-person payment systems allow buyers to authorize payments from their [more…]
Selling on eBay with PayPal
PayPal allows eBay buyers to safely click and pay with a credit card, instant transfer, or e-check directly from eBay (or thousands of other online stores) after they've won an auction or made a purchase [more…]









