Shill Bidding Policy

Introduction
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Thanks for taking our tutorial on eBay's Shill Bidding Policy. This tutorial will show you:

  • What Shill Bidding is
  • How Shill Bidding harms other members
  • What could happen as a result of violating eBay’s Shill Bidding policy
  • How you can avoid violating the Shill Bidding policy

Understanding Shill Bidding is sometimes tricky, so we want to help you understand some of the basics. This tutorial has 13 questions and should take 15-20 minutes to complete. Shill Bidding is bidding that artificially increases an item’s price or apparent desirability, or bidding by individuals with a level of access to the seller’s item information not available to the general Community. Shill Bidding is prohibited on eBay.

When you're done, you should have a much better idea how to avoid violating eBay’s Shill Bidding policy. Let’s get started.

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