Chapter 4

Your Very Own, Private eBay

In This Chapter

arrow Making the My eBay page your control panel

arrow Keeping tabs on all transactions: buying and selling

arrow Organizing your data

arrow Rolling with your feedback

It may seem that eBay is this huge company that doesn't even know you exist, but they do. They know all about you, and they give you a space to easily manage your eBay business. eBay's My eBay page is viewed only by you and is the space for all your activities on eBay — sort of a “This is your eBay life.” I think it's the greatest organizational tool around, and I want to talk to somebody about getting one for organizing my life outside of eBay.

In this chapter, you find out how you can use the My eBay page to keep tabs on what you're buying and selling, find out how much money you've spent, and add categories to your personalized list so you can get to any favorite eBay place with just a click of your mouse. You gain knowledge of the ins and outs of feedback — what it is, why it can give you a secure feeling that you're in charge, and how to manage it so all that cyber-positive reinforcement ...

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