Chapter 16.Managing Customer Payments

How do you like to get paid? That’s an important question when it comes to your eBay business, and you have a variety of options.

When you’re selling on eBay, you can choose to accept any of a number of different types of payment from your customers. This may seem like an easy decision, but each type of payment needs to be handled differently on your end. You need to choose those payment options that work best for your eBay business.

Evaluating Different Payment Options

As any businessperson will tell you, not all dollars are the same. A dollar paid by one method might actually cost you more (or be more risky) than a dollar by another method. And you definitely want to minimize your costs, especially when ...

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