ack in the ‘old days' of PayPal. You might want to click
eBay, getting payment for ‘Edit Preferences', however, to
the item was entirely left either select or de-select the
up to sellers: you had to choose ‘tell buyers I prefer PayPal
your payment service, sign up for payments' box - you don't want to
it and then send links to your tell people you love PayPal when
buyers. Now, though, eBay handle you only tolerate it. If you're
most of the complexities of selling Buy it Now items, you can
payment for you with their also tick the box to require
checkout. immediate PayPal payment for
them.
How Do I Offer the Checkout?
Money orders and cheques: tick
The checkout will be offered to these boxes if you want to accept
your buyers automatically. When the more ‘traditional' payment
they win an item, eBay send them methods. Your address will be
an email with a ‘Pay Now' revealed to your buyers so that
button that takes them to the they can post the payment to you
checkout, and they can also - you should make sure eBay have
access it through their My eBay the correct address.
page.
You may also tick credit cards to
It is in step 4 of the ‘Sell accept, which you should do if
Your Item' process, the payment you have your own merchant
and shipping step, that you can account or an account at
choose which kinds of payment you somewhere like NoChex that you'd
want to accept through the like to use.
checkout and which you don't.
It's also worth writing any
PayPal: You should be accepting instructions that might be needed
in the box on this page, such as Remember to wait for payments to
who to make cheques out to or a clear before you send anything.
warning that international
non-PayPal payments might take a That's it - the role of the
long time. checkout is over. You just
configure the checkout; it's the
What Happens When Buyers Use It? buyer who deals with it the most.
You might have noticed, though,
Once you've set the checkout up that you can configure the
on your items, buyers will be checkout differently for
able to choose which way they different items. This is
would like to pay you out of the sometimes worth doing if you some
options available, and eBay's of the items you sell are worth
checkout will take them through more than others, and you'd
the process step-by-step. This prefer not to accept PayPal for
will save you the trouble of the highly-valued ones, for
having to explain things. example.
When the buyer pays or agrees how By now, you might be a little
to pay, eBay will send you an sick of going through the ‘Sell
item letting you know what Your Item' screens each time you
happened. If might tell you that want to list something. The next
the money is now in your PayPal email will show you how to use
account and you should send the eBay's automated listing tools.
item, or it might say that
they've put a cheque in the post.
About the Author:
Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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