The
first thing we need to do if you haven't already got them is to set up an
account for ebay and amazon for your country. I am based in the UK so obviously
I have signed up for www.ebay.co.uk and www.amazon.co.uk!
I
will base all of my examples on the UK but it is the same for your country so
don't worry. If you encounter any problems just let me know.
Ebay
account first:
Go to www.ebay.co.uk and you will see the option to sign in or register...
Click on register and you
will need to enter your details, so enter your name and address and email
details then choose an ebay user id. Think of a good name that will reflect
your ebay identity...for example Steve's Collectables. You will need to click
the box to see if the user name is available and if not keep trying different
ideas until you get accepted.
Now
choose a password and make a note of it. I usually set up a folder on my
desktop when I am starting a new project so just set one up now – perhaps call
it Cash Jukebox – open a notepad file and enter all the details
you have entered for your ebay account. Save the file in this folder as ebay
account details.
Back
to the form...
Select a secret question
and answer (update your ebay details notepad file as you go), enter your date
of birth and type in the Captcha as in the image below...
Read
the user agreement and tick the box to say that you agree to the terms.
Click
continue....if all of your details are correct then you will receive a
notification to check your email for a confirmation code.
Go
to your email and find the email from ebay, click on the link in the email and
enter the confirmation code for your account.
That's
it all set up and ready to go on ebay!
Fairly
soon you will receive a welcome email from ebay.
Now
for an Amazon account:
Go to www.amazon.co.uk
Click on where it says “New
Customer? Start here”
Enter your email address
and select the No, I am a new customer. Then click the sign in button.
Now
fill in your details as I have done....your details though not mine doh!
Click
on the continue button.
You will be taken to a new
page, scroll to the bottom and click on Sell on Amazon
You now have a choice to
sell a little or sell a lot. At this stage unless you plan to sell more than 50
or so CD's or DVD's choose the sell a little option as you can always sign up
to the other option once you have got established.
As
you can see here it will cost you £0.86 per sale plus a referral fee for this
option. When you are selling more then you won't have to pay the £0.86 fee per
item but instead pay a monthly fee of £28.75 a month. For example if you sell
100 items in a month it would cost you £86 with the first option but only
£28.75 with the second option.
Click on the Start Selling
button and you will see this page...
So there you go, you are
now set to buy and sell on either ebay or amazon.
Exciting stuff as this is
the real start of your business.
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