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Authors: Marsha Collier
Tags: General, Computers, Internet, Business & Economics, Electronic Commerce, E-Commerce, Internet auctions, Auctions - Computer network resources, EBay (Firm)
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You can also place feedback and respond to feedback left for you — all in one friendly location.
Downloads: Here’s a place where you can download some of eBay’s handy software. It’s a link to eBay-supplied selling-assistance software. (See Chapter 20 for more on these programs.)
Gift Certificates & Gift Cards: Send someone an eBay gift certificate for any special occasion. You can print it yourself, or eBay will send it to any e-mail address you provide. The gift certificate is good for any item on the site for the value you specify, and you can pay for it immediately with PayPal. If the person you give the gift certificate to bids higher than the value of the gift certificate, he or she can make up the difference using another payment option.
Jobs: Click here if you want to work for eBay instead of through eBay.
Affiliates: If you have your own Web site and want to make a few bucks, click this link. If you sign up for the program and put a link to eBay on your Web page, eBay pays you money for any new user who signs up directly from your Web site (plus other bonuses).
Developers: So are you a geek too? If you are, you can enter eBay’s Developer program and get access to the eBay API for fun and profit.
The eBay Shop: This link enables you to browse and buy eBay merchandise from the eBay company store.
eBay Mobile: They’re really pushing using a cell phone for eBay. Trust me. A computer works a lot better.
About eBay: Click this link to find out about eBay the company and to get its press releases, company overview, and stock information. You can also find out about eBay community activities and charities — and even apply for a job at eBay.
Announcements: Visit the General Announcements Board when you want to know about any late-breaking news.
Learning Center: Click here to see eBay’s featured educational tools.
Security Center: This link takes you to a page where concerns about fraud and safety are addressed. It’s such an important eBay tool that I dedicate an entire chapter to this program. Before buying or selling, it’s a good idea to check out Chapter 16.
Resolution Center: When you have an issue with another person on the site, click here to get some action.
Policies: This is a good place to visit to brush up on the site’s policies and guidelines.
Government Relations: Here’s where your eBay membership can make a real difference. Join eBay’s Main Street Member Program and become involved with important legislation that may affect your online future. If you sign up, you will receive important updates.
Site Map . Another way to reach eBay’s very handy road map of links.
On other eBay pages, the bottom navigation bar looks a little different. It often includes even more links so you can cruise the site quickly without necessarily having to use the top navigation bar.
Chapter 4
My Very Own, Private eBay
In This Chapter
Making the My eBay page a space to call your own
Keeping tabs on all you’re buying and selling
Organizing your data
Rolling with your feedback
I know eBay is a sensitive, touchie-feelie kind of company because it gives all users plenty of personal space. Long preceding Facebook.com, eBay’s My eBay page is your private space for all your activities on eBay — sort of a “This is your eBay life.” I think it’s the greatest organizational tool around, and I want to talk to somebody about getting one for organizing my life outside eBay.
In this chapter, you find out how you can use the My eBay page to keep tabs on what you’re buying and selling, find out how much money you’ve spent, and add categories to your personalized list so that you can get to any favorite eBay place with just a click of your mouse. You gain knowledge of the ins and outs of feedback — what it is, why it can give you that warm, fuzzy feeling, and how to manage it so all that cyber-positive reinforcement doesn’t go to your head.
I do want to preface this chapter by warning
Downloads: Here’s a place where you can download some of eBay’s handy software. It’s a link to eBay-supplied selling-assistance software. (See Chapter 20 for more on these programs.)
Gift Certificates & Gift Cards: Send someone an eBay gift certificate for any special occasion. You can print it yourself, or eBay will send it to any e-mail address you provide. The gift certificate is good for any item on the site for the value you specify, and you can pay for it immediately with PayPal. If the person you give the gift certificate to bids higher than the value of the gift certificate, he or she can make up the difference using another payment option.
Jobs: Click here if you want to work for eBay instead of through eBay.
Affiliates: If you have your own Web site and want to make a few bucks, click this link. If you sign up for the program and put a link to eBay on your Web page, eBay pays you money for any new user who signs up directly from your Web site (plus other bonuses).
Developers: So are you a geek too? If you are, you can enter eBay’s Developer program and get access to the eBay API for fun and profit.
The eBay Shop: This link enables you to browse and buy eBay merchandise from the eBay company store.
eBay Mobile: They’re really pushing using a cell phone for eBay. Trust me. A computer works a lot better.
About eBay: Click this link to find out about eBay the company and to get its press releases, company overview, and stock information. You can also find out about eBay community activities and charities — and even apply for a job at eBay.
Announcements: Visit the General Announcements Board when you want to know about any late-breaking news.
Learning Center: Click here to see eBay’s featured educational tools.
Security Center: This link takes you to a page where concerns about fraud and safety are addressed. It’s such an important eBay tool that I dedicate an entire chapter to this program. Before buying or selling, it’s a good idea to check out Chapter 16.
Resolution Center: When you have an issue with another person on the site, click here to get some action.
Policies: This is a good place to visit to brush up on the site’s policies and guidelines.
Government Relations: Here’s where your eBay membership can make a real difference. Join eBay’s Main Street Member Program and become involved with important legislation that may affect your online future. If you sign up, you will receive important updates.
Site Map . Another way to reach eBay’s very handy road map of links.
On other eBay pages, the bottom navigation bar looks a little different. It often includes even more links so you can cruise the site quickly without necessarily having to use the top navigation bar.
Chapter 4
My Very Own, Private eBay
In This Chapter
Making the My eBay page a space to call your own
Keeping tabs on all you’re buying and selling
Organizing your data
Rolling with your feedback
I know eBay is a sensitive, touchie-feelie kind of company because it gives all users plenty of personal space. Long preceding Facebook.com, eBay’s My eBay page is your private space for all your activities on eBay — sort of a “This is your eBay life.” I think it’s the greatest organizational tool around, and I want to talk to somebody about getting one for organizing my life outside eBay.
In this chapter, you find out how you can use the My eBay page to keep tabs on what you’re buying and selling, find out how much money you’ve spent, and add categories to your personalized list so that you can get to any favorite eBay place with just a click of your mouse. You gain knowledge of the ins and outs of feedback — what it is, why it can give you that warm, fuzzy feeling, and how to manage it so all that cyber-positive reinforcement doesn’t go to your head.
I do want to preface this chapter by warning
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