Bidding on ebay

If you are familiar with an auction,then you already know how eBay works. Someone puts up an item for sale on the site, and then buyers place bids on it. The highest bidder gets the item. eBay being an online auction makes a big difference, though. Buying and selling are not reserved for any elite. eBay accept almost any item, no matter how small, and will then advertise it on their sites all over the world. It's a powerful combination of an auction and a slightly chaotic marketplace. Bidding is the price you are willing to pay for the item as a bidder in the auction. On eBay, you place your bid on the site,and then eBay places the bids on your behalf. That means you could say you were willing to pay up to $1000 for something and only have to pay $500, if that was the highest maximum bid anyone else placed. The best way to get used to it is to give it a try.Go to the eBay website designed for your country. Now, on the front page you should see a big box marked search': just type in what you'd like to buy there. Now you should have a list of items that has been put up for sale,along with how much people are currently bidding for them and the time when bidding ends for each item. If you click one of these, you can read the description, and then - if you're happy with the item and willing to pay more than the current highest bidder is - you can bid! To bid scroll down to the bottom of an item's description page, and type the maximum you are willing to pay (your maximum bid) into the box. Then press the 'place bid' button.This step assumes that you are registered with ebay and have logged in.Otherwise you have to register yourself and login to place a bid. If someone has already bid more than you,on that item,then eBay will tell you and give you the opportunity to bid again. If thereis not,then you now the highest bidder for that item.Now wait for the auction to end.If nobody beats your highest bid,you get the item,if someone else outbids you, then eBay will email you and you can bid again.