The users who tried to buy something or to sell by means of eBay Internet service are already familiar with the principles of auction trade. To beginners such procedure of purchase of goods seems to quite difficult, however, this practice several centuries. Just with development of the Internet became possible to make the auction, without leaving the house.
Before decides to buy something at an auction, it is necessary to study attentively information as about on the sale goods, that and about the seller. If in the course of search the necessary goods are found, open the page and attentively view all information. Each page about goods should have three obligatory sections:
- General information on terms of trade: the installed rate, time before the end of reception of rates, the address and the place where there are goods offered for sale, the rating of the seller and some other details.
- Information on the sold goods: the short description, the photo, the instruction from the seller, payment methods, transfer conditions, an insurance, an order of payment of taxes and conditions of return of goods.
- Information on the auction: current bid (price) and the minimum sum for a goods price raising.
If you accept the offered goods, but there is no information on it, you have the right to order optional data with eBay. But only it is necessary to do it before the end of the auction and also until your participation in the auction.
On eBay the following formats of holding auctions are accepted:
- Standart is when for a commodity unit (or groups of goods) the highest price is quoted, it passes to the buyer who offered this price.
- Dutch Auction - the so-called "Dutch auction". It when from group of identical objects can be bought some part or one commodity unit. And to buy at the price different from the price for the similar goods bought by other buyers.
- Reserve Price Auction – one more type of an auction in which from buyers the minimum price which is backed up by the seller for which he is ready to sell the goods is hidden. If as a result of the auction the buyers, by a raising of the price overcome the backed-up price, then the goods will be sold. If is not present – the goods will be considered not sold, and the auction - cancelled.
It is also possible to order with eBay mailing on goods which are on sale according to the scheme "Buy Now" — Buy it Now. For purchase it is enough to pay the price specified in the sent price list Buy it Now. But, as well as when biddings, it is necessary to make sure that the sold goods approach your requests.
Besides, view information on the seller (in the visitors' book - Feedback), its rating whether delivery terms suit you, whether transfer cost is justified, and whether accept you the payment type specified by the seller.