Much has been written about the perils of trading. online. In existent fact, rading on eBay or your ain. website. Brings forth no greater protection scourge than. Getting your ain retail or wholesale business. When. Selling online, resting secure can be attained by. Utilising simple commonsense.
Passwords
As your eBay sales grow, you may need more than one person to access your eBay and PayPal accounts. Remember that anyone with your eBay password has the  ability to alter business-critical functions, and even has the ability to purchase items on the site. Keep a record of all employees/colleagues who know
your eBay password, but never put the password in writing or circulate it via email. The password should be a combination of letters and numerals, and a
mixture of upper and lower case. For added security, consider changing your passwords on the first of  every month. This means that only those employees who need to gain access to eBay on a daily basis will know it, and past employees, or those who have changed roles, will not be able to maintain access. In order to sell on eBay, all sellers must offer PayPal (the eBay-owned online-payment  mechanism). Your PayPal password should be guarded more carefully. Only those who are empowered to make financial decisions for your company should be  granted access to your PayPal account as, once logged in, they can transfer funds or pay for items bought online, and they may also be able to gain access to your bank
account and credit card information.


Financial accounts
In order to limit the threat of loss, it is advisable to open a bank account and a PayPal account and have a credit card all of which are only used for business purposes. Limit the amount of funds available in each so that if their security should be breached, your loss is limited to a low amount. Some banks now offer mobile phone password protection when transferring money to new accounts, while your
credit card’s TCV number (located on the back of the card) means a person must have the card in their possession in order to use it. Stay on top of your financial records. Always double-check your financial statements and query any unfamiliar amounts with your bank immediately. For PayPal, you can limit the type of access
your employees can gain if you open a business account. In doing so, different passwords allow different employees access to the areas of the site you specify. Again, if you see any activity on your PayPal account that looks questionable,  contact PayPal immediately.





Spoof mail
Spoof is an unfortunate reality of the online world. Spoof emails are created by criminals to try to trap you into entering sensitive or financial information online. Once gained, your information can then be used for fraudulent transactions. Recent developments have made it easier for law-enforcement professionals to track down online fraudsters, but the best way to avoid being the victim of online fraud is to use protection.


• Make sure all the computers you use for your eBay sales are enabled with security software.
• Never enter your personal or financial information into a website with which you are unfamiliar.
• If an offer or reward sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
• If you receive an email purporting to be from eBay, PayPal or your financial institution, and it asks you to enter your password via email, report it as spoof (forward it to spoof@ebay. com.au, spoof@paypal.com.au, or check your
bank’s spoof mail forwarding address).  
• When making an online payment, make sure the site uses a verified security gateway

• To avoid receiving spoof altogether, create an email address that is difficult to guess. Forexample, if your eBay user ID is ‘abc123’, don’t make your email address abc123@hotmail.com or your contact email info@abc123.com.au.
Online fraudsters have sophisticated software to help them guess your contact information, leaving you open to unsolicited email that can be a nuisance or a threat to running your business.