Chapter 17

Social Media and the eBay Community

In This Chapter

arrow Looking at announcements and other important messages

arrow Using eBay message boards

arrow Sharing through Collections

arrow Filling out your eBay Profile

arrow Finding customers on Facebook

arrow Connecting on Twitter

eBay is more than just an Internet destination for buying and selling great stuff. eBay wants the world to know that it has created a community. When eBay first began, the community was very strong, with thousands of eBay users; Customer Service representatives attended the boards (mostly to keep everyone in line) and they were a fun place to be. As in real-life communities, you participate as much as works for you. With the advent of social media and the eBay community, you can get involved in all sorts of neighborhood activities, or you can just sit back, and watch the world go by.

As you've probably heard by now, one of the main ...

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