I currently use paypal shopping carts on my website, 1 Madd Max.com. I am going to be releasing some new products but will offer them as an add on to existing items. What I need is a FREE paypal button to add these items to the shopping cart. Currently I cannot do this as the shopping cart needs a currency value to work.

I have a small ebook I'm trying to sell by using some Google AdWords adverts (and other links), but for the life of me, I can't seem to get any of the people who come to the information page for the book to convert into buyers. Are there best practices with these targeted pages?

After a meeting with my IT group a question was raised that received a split vote. Could you steer us in the right direction? The question: Should a web based company make customers register before making a purchase? If so, why?

I am amazed how many people on eBay and such sites can sell dozens if not more of gift cards "claiming" to be worth a mystery amount, is this a scam? Also, I see people bidding on them for $500 dollars that reach near that amount and the sellershas dozens of them? How can anyone afford to lose money and purchase such high dollars amounts? where is the profit in that. I am tempted to bid but but something is fishy about those auctions. Where do they get all those gift cards? thanks for your time, dave

I buy and sell on eBay quite a bit, so it's really a pain to worry about possible phishing attempts from delinquents trying to get me to reveal my eBay account and password. How do I easily ascertain if a specific message is from eBay or a phisher?

I've been looking for phones online these days and i've found someone on ebay selling one. We talked out the price and everything. He asked me to transfer money through Western Union and put the receiver's name as a fake name where he can't get the money until I get my product, then once I get my product I would change the receiver's name back to his name. Is there anything to lose for me? You know, I'm scared to shop online as a first timer. Would you say this is a safe method of payment?

I'm a happy Amazon shopper - even for your books, Dave! - but I've always been curious: when I see a review and have the option to vote whether it's useful to me or not, does it actually matter what I click? I'm just wondering if there's some secret backroom feature that it enables or something?

I have been recommended a new eBay-approved product called Nabit which is supposed to let you do your eBay tasks directly from your PC desktop. However, I am nervous with new software. Viruses, I guess. Can you tell me if you've heard of this software, and if so, if it's any good?

Dave, I've just started getting into eBay and finding out about the terrific deals available on the site, but I'm not sure what strategies I should be using to get the best price on things I want to buy. Can you advise?

Dave, help, how I would go about adding an eBay search field to my homepage, one that I could enter a search term in and get the results popped up on the eBay website?

What are the most popular items sold on eBay? My wife wants to start selling on eBay but dont know what is a good starting point.

I sent a money order for payment to a seller on Ebay, I STILL have not received the DVD/VCR player that I paid for. What can I do? I sent the payment on or about May 31st.

I'm just starting out with eBay auctions and one thing that I just can't figure out is the best strategy for setting an opening bid on my auctions. Do I set it to be the same as other auctions of the same item? To be lower than my competitors? Or ?

Dave, this might be a bit of a daft question, but I buy lots of books at Amazon.com and I'm curious how you move from being a reviewer to being a rated reviewer? Can you tell me how that works?

Dave, I heard from a friend recently that eBay offers some capabilities that let you check your credit score and that of other people who might be buying your products? I find it hard to believe and poking around eBay I didn't see anything to substantiate what my friend is saying. What's the story?

Dave, I've been happily using Paypal as a merchant account and shopping system for years now, and would like to turn on a few of my colleagues to this fast and simple system. If possible, I'd like to get some sort of commission or referral bonus. Does Paypal offer such a thing?

Dave, I've just joined eBay and I'm trying to figure out what eBay's Refer a Friend program is all about. More specifically, I can apparently earn eBay Anything Points but I just don't see what they're for. Is this really a way for me to make a few bucks helping other people learn about eBay?

Dave, how would you go about selling jewelry? Does Ebay have any appraisal service? Would I have to pay to get it appraised first and then submit the information along with the listing? It it necessary to have an appraisal for jewelry that is under $200?

Dave, quick! What is the quickest way to set up and sell something on Ebay (without reading a book!)?

Dave, I've just started selling stuff on eBay and am having a great time. One question I haven't figured out, though, is whether it's okay with eBay if I want to offer bonuses with my auctions to motivate buyers to bid. I might offer a bonus with an item because the two go together well, but I also want to be able to offer a bonus if bidding reaches a certain threshold too. Are those legal?

On another forum I'm involved with, someone's asked a great question: I want to sell products on eBay, but I want to include photographs with my items. How do I do that? What kind of camera do I need, and what settings should I use?

A friend of mine who is just getting involved with the fun and crazy world of online auctions just recently found something she wanted to bid on at eBay. That's good, but she decided not to bid because she's heard too much about scams, rip-off artists and other untrustworthy characters. Rather than just bail on auctions, though, she asked me for some tips on bidding on eBay safely.