Do eBay sellers see your address?

ebay sellers DON"T get your real name, your billing address or physical address, or any of your credit card information.

Can people see my location on eBay?

Only your user ID is given, besides the city you have registered with. The other info is general about your account, when you registered and things any member who has your user ID can find. Your name is not given, no specific address, or other contact info is available until you actually buy from the seller.

Do sellers see your name on eBay?

An ebay buyer does not know your name or address at all. On ebay they know you as an username.

Do I have to put my real address on eBay?

Your item needs a return address in case anything happens to your item or if there's a problem with clients address.

What info does a seller see on eBay?

Although the listing only shows the seller's feedback score and number of transactions, you can view the person's profile to see the person's join date, detailed seller ratings and feedback from previous buyers.

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Do sellers see billing address?

They will not give the seller credit card info other than the name on the card, expiration date, and possible last four digits. They may report if the address matches the card's billing address (mismatched addresses may mean fraud). Buying through someone like PayPal can provide the least information.

Are you allowed to give address on eBay?

We also don't allow members to exchange email addresses, phone numbers or other contact information, web addresses, or links within eBay messaging systems (for example, Best Offer or My Messages) or in any email communication managed by eBay.

How do I hide my shipping address?

Using a Private Post Office Box or Mailbox Rental. Sign up for a PO Box. This will allow you to receive mail and packages without giving out your real address. You can reserve a USPS PO Box at poboxes.usps.com.

Why is eBay asking for my address?

There have been may cases where buyers failed to update their address in ebay's records. Packages get shipped to old addresses and can't always be recovered. They just might want to confirm the address.

Do eBay sellers see your credit card number?

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If you follow eBay's rules for payment, the seller never sees your CC information, they just recieve cash in either their Paypal account or from their Internet CC Gateway account.

How can I be anonymous on eBay?

Use an alias, a past address and anonymous email address if you choose -- proof of identity isn't required to create or use the eBay account, only to authorize the initial creation of the seller's account.

Can eBay buyers see my email address?

In the majority of cases, we don't share buyers' personal email addresses. We replace email addresses with aliases for buyers and sellers to hide personal contact information.

Does eBay give out personal information?

eBay takes the privacy of its members very seriously so, generally, we don't allow user contact information to be published or displayed on our site.

Can eBay buyers see my phone number?

When you're opted in, buyers can find your phone number in 3 places on eBay: If the buyer selects Other on the Find answers page when they choose Contact seller, they see an option to view your phone number.

Can I use a PO Box address on eBay?

Home address is PO Box, It won't accept PO Boxes, put in physical address, not in USPS database. Yes this ↑. Use the physical address of the post office and enter your box number.

How do I find sellers address on eBay?

Check Your eBay Email

This is a standard message that is sent to the seller after every successful sale has been made. If it isn't in your inbox, then be sure to check in your spam as it might have found its way in there. The buyer's address will be in that message.

How do you write your address on eBay?

How do I make my address not public?

How do I hide my shipping location on eBay?

Sign in to your eBay account and click on My eBay. Click the Account tab, and then click Site Preferences. In the Selling Preferences section, Postage and packaging preferences and then click the Show link. Click the Edit link next to Exclude shipping locations from your listings.

What is a ghost address?

The alternate address prevents abusers from using public records to find their victims. It also blocks government employees from seeing a victim's actual address.

Can eBay ban you for life?

This suspension is permanent and means that you will not be able to participate in any buying or selling activities on eBay. In addition, any other accounts that you own, or that are associated with this account, will also be suspended.

Why is eBay suspending accounts?

Holds, restrictions, or suspensions are usually placed on accounts for one of the following reasons: You have eBay fees to pay. You need to reimburse eBay for a refund it made to your buyer. You have violated one of eBay's rules or policies.

Can eBay read your messages?

Does eBay monitor and store members' messages? We may monitor messages (together with any attachments) sent between members for fraud, abuse, spam, illegal content, and other policy violations. We keep a copy of all communications which can be used to help in these circumstances.

Do sellers see your credit card number?

The merchants you buy stuff from never see your credit or debit card numbers. Your account number is masked to the merchant. There's no cost to you as the purchaser. So when you buy something online from XYZ company, you pay the company through your PayPal account, not by typing in your credit or debit card number.