| Tips |
Examples |
| Do
Use at least 6 characters and a combination of letters and numbers.
Use multiple words without spaces.
|
Good Examples
fireman28a
5occerfan1963
mar23mbbd
bestjetpilot |
| Don't
Do not use single words that can be found in any dictionary.
Do not use your name, your spouse's name, your pet's name, birthday, favorite food, or any personal information that others can easily obtain.
Do not use words or phrases that relate to eBay or your favorite hobby.
Do not use a password that contains part of your User ID or email address. |
Bad Passwords
kangaroo
viperfan
fido (pet's name)
pezcollector
dvdseller
jimmy (while your ID is jimmyinjersey) |
Password and Account Protection:
There are a few things that you can do to protect your password. Please note that eBay employees will never ask you for your password.
- Do not share your password with others.
- Avoid using the same password that you use on your email account or other websites.
- Review the privacy policies of third parties that offer you services to determine how your information will be protected.
- If you believe that someone has obtained your password, change it immediately and contact eBay.
Safety Tips: Be cautious of emails that ask you to submit personal information such as your credit card number or your eBay password. Some members have reported attempts to gain access to their personal information through email solicitations that are made to appear as having come from eBay. These solicitations will often contain links to web pages that will request that you sign-in and submit information. At eBay, we identify these as 'spoofed' emails or websites. Remember, eBay employees will never ask you for your password.
If you receive or suspect you have received such an email, do not respond to it or click the links. Immediately send a copy of it to spam@ebay.com.
To be sure that you are signing into a genuine eBay website, look at the Address/Location field of your browser. At an eBay Sign-In or log-in page, the URL (link) that appears in the Address/Location field of your browser will begin with "http://cgi.ebay.com/" or "http://cgi1.ebay.com/" (see the following illustrations).
Please note that the above examples apply to the eBay.com website. Our international sites will have slightly different sign-in URLs. A more complete set of URLs is listed below:
United States Sites
| Site | Sign-In/Login URL |
| eBay.com |
http://cgi1.ebay.com/…
http://pages.ebay.com/…
http://cgi.ebay.com/…
https://scgi.ebay.com/…
https://arribada.ebay.com/… |
| Half.com |
https://scgi.half.ebay.com/ |
| Discussion Boards |
http://servlet.ebay.com/ |
| Live Auctions |
http://cgi1.liveauctions.ebay.com/
http://pages.liveauctions.ebay.com/ |
| SquareTrade (partner site) |
https://www.squaretrade.com/ |
International Sites
| Site | Sign-In/Login URL |
| Australia |
http://cgi1.ebay.com.au/…
https://scgi.ebay.com.au/… |
| Austria, Germany, Switzerland |
http://cgi1.ebay.de/…
https://scgi.ebay.de/… |
| Belgium |
http://cgi1.benl.ebay.be/…
https://scgi.benl.ebay.be/…
http://cgi1.befr.ebay.be/…
https://scgi.befr.ebay.be/… |
| Live Auctions |
http://cgi1.ebay.ca/…
https://scgi.ebay.ca/… |
| France |
http://cgi1.ebay.fr/…
https://scgi.ebay.fr/… |
| Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom |
http://cgi1.ebay.co.uk/…
https://scgi.ebay.co.uk/… |
| Italy |
http://cgi1.ebay.it/…
https://scgi.ebay.it/… |
| Netherlands |
http://cgi1.ebay.nl/…
https://scgi.ebay.nl/… |
| New Zealand, Singapore |
http://cgi1.ebay.com/…
https://scgi.ebay.com/… |
| Spain |
http://cgi1.es.ebay.com/…
https://scgi.es.ebay.com/… |
| Taiwan |
http://cgi1.tw.ebay.com/...
https://scgi.tw.ebay.com/... |
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