Select your country, and click CONTINUE.
Verify that all your personal info is correct - name,
address, telephone, and especially email. Enter optional information if you
want.
If you use an email from Hotmail, Yahoo, etc., you will be
asked to provide a valid credit card to eBay at time of registration. This is to
verify your identity, and protect eBay members against fraud. Use ISP, company,
or school email address when you register if you want to avoid this. Email is
required because eBay will send you a message with instructions on how to
complete registration.
On this step of eBay registration you will see a summary of
the information you entered. Double check it, and click CONTINUE.
Now you need to create your eBay UserID. This is a very
important step, because you are allowed to change UserID only once at 30 days.
When this occures, your account status icon changes to .
1) Don't use your email or full name as your UserID.
2) Try to pick a name that will reflect on your intended eBay
business, such as GuitarMan or BasketballJim77 - something that contains your
eBay business related word + your first name + additional numbers (often needed
because of very many people registered at eBay). Such UserID structure helps to
identify your eBay business quickly. (Pay attention, that UserID becomes a part
of your "My eBay" minisite's URL).
Next, choose a password for your new account. Refer to eBay
Password Tips for some useful tips. Click CONTINUE.
On the next page, check 2 verification boxes. Be sure you've
read and understand the agreement!
Very quickly you'll receive an email from
registration@ebay.com with subject "eBay registration". Find a phrase "To
complete your registration, click on the link below…" and click the link.
Complete the form on appeared screen if needed. You'll see
the message "You are Ready to Bid and Sell!" or something similar.
This step of eBay registration is optional. Here you can
modify your eBay preferences. Just go to "My eBay", click the button
"Preferences/Set-Up" and find the link "Change my notification
preferences".
