Chapter 1. How to Get Smarter About Buying and Selling on eBay

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Signing Up and Choosing an ID

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Learning More About eBay

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Creating Your Own About Me Page

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Avoiding Scams and Spams

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General Advice

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We’ll start things off with a variety of tricks that can be used by any eBay member—buyer or seller. These tricks will help you get started as a new eBay user, and get you up to speed on a variety of important operations.

Signing Up and Choosing an ID

One of the most important parts of signing up for eBay is choosing your user ID. This is the name that everyone will know you by, whether you’re buying ...

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