E-Bay has sites registered in many different countries. Your first step should be to sign up with the e-bay site for the country in which you reside. As an example, Americans should sign up with eBay.com, and Australians with eBay.com.au.

I will walk you through the registration process on eBay.com which is the United States eBay platform site. So, locate eBay.com in your web browser and you will notice a plethora of menu options at the top of the page to the right (Buy, Sell, My eBay, etc.). For right now, these options are to be ignored.

You will see the eBay logo as well as the Welcome! Sign In or Register button on the left side in the top corner. You should click this button to join. This will bring you to the registration page.

The registration process will walk you through step by step in creating your eBay account. Certain information like name, home address and e-mail address are essential for doing business on eBay and as such are requested on this page.

The next section will request that you make up your eBay user ID and a password so you can come back later on and get into the site as well as also show your sales listing, feedback and various eBay pages. Pick out an eBay user ID and password that you like. If you are considering having your own Internet business or you desire to connect to an offline business then your eBay ID should be something like your offline business, such as abctextiles123 might become your user id for ABC textiles. This is related to the name of your offline business.

Individuals who are planning on selling items on a casual basis can choose any non-offensive used ID that they like. Again, remember that this name will be attached to your sales listings, and it is in your best interests to choose a name that inspires people to purchase your product, rather than something silly.

Your next step is to choose a password. The best choice is a non-personal password that is not easily guessed. Including both letters and numbers makes your password more secure. Although e-Bay is a secure site, it is always best to choose passwords that are not easy to hack.

Finally, as an information retrieval method in case you forget or lose your User Name and/or Password, you will be prompted to choose several security questions. When choosing questions it is imperative to have only one definite answer. Utilizing this tip will assist you in your User ID/Password retrieval. Ultimately, the key is to pick questions that have concrete and solo answers so as not to lose your account details forever.