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Yes, I know. This is the most boring part of starting your business, but a very necessary one. Let's jump right in and get it over with so we can fill your new store with merchandise!

This step will guide you through how to register with E-bay, and how to gain your first positive feedback.

Opening a new e-Bay account

First off, we suggest you open a new E-bay account that you use solely for your business. They are free and E-bay allows you to have as many as you want. A new account will give you a clean slate and you will be able to demonstrate that you specialize in new, quality items only. Give it a professional name, after all, you will be selling a large variety of new items. People can't see you so they will have no idea that you are just starting your business. Make them think that you have a physical store and are established. I can't help you with the name, though don't think too long. The first ideas are usually the best. Don't over think or you will end up with a generic, non personable name. Nothing wrong with "Jerry's". You get the picture. You can use your existing account (if you have one) to sell used items and misc. goods, also to make purchases.

REGISTER for a new account here:
(Make sure you are signed out of E-bay by clicking on the "Sign Out" link on the top of the page. If there is a link that says "sign in" then you are already signed out. Now click on "Register" at the top of the page. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EBAY ACCOUNT YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER YOUR NEW ONE WITH A DIFFERENT E-MAIL ADDRESS. You can get free e-mail accounts from yahoo.com and hotmail.com)

Click your country below to register a new account:

E-bay USA	E-bay UK	E-bay Canada	E-bay Australia
E-bay Belgium	E-bay India

Getting you first eBay Feedback instantly

Next, we will get you some quick, easy and inexpensive feedback. If you are unaware of what feedback is, you may learn about it here. The difference between a rating of zero and a rating of one is like night and day. Let's enter a search in Ebay for auctions that people have set up solely for the sake of exchanging feedback. You're not the only one who needs it! If you search right, you will find them.

If these instructions are confusing, or you just don't want to deal with it, scroll down a little. I have created a banner with items that fit these search parameters.

• Click Here to open an E-bay page. When the new window opens, click on "Advanced Search" at the top.
  • If any of the following options are not available on the search page, you will need to click on the "Customize search options" link on the top left of the page and add them to the list of search options.
• On the "Items Priced" portion; put in "0" for the Min. and "1" for the Max
  • This will give you items priced between zero and one dollar.
• Next, under "show only" click the "Buy it Now" box.
  • This will give us auctions that we don't have to wait for them to end.
• Go ahead and click "search". Be patient, this will take a little while.
  • If your browser times out, try again only put a category in the category slot at the top, Art is a good one, then click "search" again.
• What you should end up with is a page full of categories with numbers beside them. This number represents how many items in that category matched our search query.
• Pick a category.
  • Digital Art is a good one.
• Look for items that don't require shipping. These auctions are usually in place solely to exchange feedback.
• If the prices are over $1.00 for some of the items, this is a glitch in the eBay search system. On the right side of the screen, re-enter $0 for the minimum and $1 for the maximum in the item priced section under "search options".
• Go ahead and purchase one of these and you'll have your first feedback!

Each individual Ebay seller can only increase your feedback rating by one, so if you would like multiple feedbacks, you must win auctions from different sellers. A couple of positive feedbacks will work fine.

IMPORTANT: Ebay has been known to shut down accounts that "buy" a lot of feedback in one day. We do not suggest that you get more than a couple a day.

Note: You cannot leave feedback for other members when you have a new account that is less than five days old. Don't worry about that right now, just leave them their feedback after you have had your account for three or more days.

If you are still having problems, contact us and we will see if we can help.