Lesson 3. Creating Your Own eBay Identity

In this lesson, you learn how to sign up for eBay and enter your personal information.

Signing Up for eBay

Before you can buy or sell anything on eBay, you have to become an official member of the eBay community. (You don’t need to do this if you’re just browsing—but you do have to do it before you place your first bid.) Fortunately, registration is free, easy, and relatively quick.

Signing Up for Basic Membership

Before you bid or purchase an item on eBay, you need to register for a free user account. Follow these steps:

1. From the eBay home page, click the Register button or link.

2. When the next page appears (as shown in Figure 3.1), enter your first and last name into the First Name and Last Name ...

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