Your eBay. Your way. (2025)

If you’re not registered yet, start by setting up your eBay account.

• Go to the eBay home page and select Register in the top left-hand corner.
• Enter your name and email address.
• Choose a secure password and select Create account.

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If you’re not quite ready to make a purchase, you can add it to your watchlist.

• Simply select Add to Watchlist on the item page to add it to your watchlist.
• Access your watchlist via My eBay.
• Track listing information through up-to-date alerts (e.g. price drops). Also, sellers might send you an offer or discounted price if you’re watching their item.

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If you see a store or seller you like, you can always save them in My eBay. This also comes in useful if you see a seller with a great feedback score displayed on their item or store page.

• Simply click the Save this seller link from an item or store page.
• Once you’ve done that, you’ll start seeing what they're selling in your feed.
• You can also unsave a seller, just click the same link on the item or store page.

Save your frequent searches and save yourself valuable shopping time! This works wonders when you’re searching for rare items that aren’t listed often.

• Click Save this search at the top of the search results page to add it to My eBay.
• You can then organize your searches—filtering by price, colour, or type of listing.
• We can also alert you when there’s something new added, so you don’t miss out when that hard-to-find item you’ve been looking for gets listed.

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Making an offer gives you the opportunity to negotiate your way to a great deal. You can also filter your search for “Accepts Best Offer” to find listings where this type of scenario is possible.

• Click Make an offer to enter your chosen amount.
• Select when you’d like the offer to expire and add a message to the seller (optional).
• Click Review offer and check all the information before submitting.

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Bidding on auction-style listings is also a great way to buy for a bargain price.

• Start by reviewing the starting bid amount, enter your chosen bid amount (must be more than or equal to the starting bid), and click Submit bid.
• Once the auction ends, the highest bidder wins, so you may end up bidding multiple times to secure the item.
• You can also use automatic bidding. Simply enter the highest price you're willing to pay for an item, and we'll do the rest.

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Want to know a little more about an item? More clarity on delivery? Returns, maybe?

• Click Contact seller on the item page.
• Select a topic, and see if you can find your answer from a variety of pre-filled questions.
• If you can’t spot the answer you’re looking for, click Contact the seller and send them a message.

You can learn more here.