How does Ebay work? Things to know about the platform

Ebay is a successful platform whose goal is to let sellers and buyers get in touch with each other. You need to follow single rule if you want to use Ebay successfully - it doesn't matter if you want to sell your stuff, buy it or use the platform for both.

How Ebay works

There is the classic Ebay and also the eBay classifieds. Here, Ebay is intended for commercial transactions, while the classifieds are intended for private individuals.

• If you want to sell a product, you must first post an ad. In doing so, you have to choose from different product categories so that buyers can find your offers better.
• After that, you consider whether you want to offer your products as a buy-it-now or whether you would rather put the item up for auction. In doing so, you simply have to ask yourself with which concept you have chances of a better profit.
• Immediate purchase requires you to set a fixed price, while with an auction you only enter a starting bid and the duration of the auction. However, you also have the option to combine both variants.
• In addition, you must specify how you want to ship the goods. Once a purchase or sale is completed, you can rate or be rated.

Your ratings are important

Although it may not seem relevant at first, it is necessary that you honestly evaluate your buyers or the sellers. Because the ratings are necessary to make a statement to other users of Ebay. This possibility is, so to speak, the quality control that Ebay offers to its users.