Buying

If you've made a mistake when bidding on an item, you can retract your bid in certain circumstances.

Automatic bidding is the easiest way to bid on an eBay auction. Simply enter the highest price you're willing to pay for an item, and we'll do the rest.

eBay auctions will often have multiple competing bidders, but you can maximise your chances of winning by having a well thought out bidding strategy.

If you didn't win an auction, the seller might give you another opportunity to buy the item you wanted by sending you a Second Chance Offer.

Sellers often set a reserve price when selling in an eBay auction in the Motors category. A reserve price is the minimum amount the seller is willing to sell for, so if the reserve price isn't met, the vehicle won't be sold.

Waiting until the last few seconds of an auction to make a winning bid is known as bid sniping. This tactic is used to try and prevent other bidders from having a chance to react and place a higher bid before the auction ends.

You’ll find all your orders from the past 7 years in your purchase history. It's also the place to go if you need to return an item, pay for your purchases, or view your order details.

You'll receive an order number every time you make a purchase on eBay.

You can find listings you've browsed lately in your recently viewed items. However, if the listing isn't there, the item may have been purchased, or we needed to remove the listing.

Save valuable shopping time by creating saved searches for the items you regularly search eBay for.

You can find the listings for items you've browsed lately in your recently viewed items.

If you have your eye on something but are not quite ready to commit, you can add it to your Watchlist while you make up your mind.