How to add bank

[filip_kollar2004]

I wanted to try selling an item on eBay to see if it would sell! Very small ($1) but when I had to add my bank account it says stuff like checking and routing number, what does that mean? I’ve never heard of those before:) I’m an immigrant living in USA

[mtgraves7984]

Oh, my. The routing number is the one on the left at the bottom of your checks and deposit slips; the account number is the one in the center at the bottom of your checks and deposit slips.

To explain more fully... each bank has their own routing number; each account (at that bank) has their own account number.

Welcome to America.

[redmodelt]

Without a checking account you will not be able to sell on eBay. That checking account attached to your account would also be needed if things go wrong after the sale and a refund to buyer was needed before the money gets to your account. Even with a checking account setup to receive payments, new sellers would have 14 days or more before any payouts would move to that account. 

There is a lot more to selling on eBay then just selling something, like shipping.

I would suggest going to the Help/Contact and reading up about selling on eBay.  

[12345jamesstamps]

You may not have checks...but you might have a debit card with a major bank.

You can go into your bank and ask the clerk in your bank what is the routing number connected to my debit card. Most people don't use checks anymore this days...I don't.

You can also open an account at a bank and get a debit card which will have a routing number.

[janet9988]

You will lose money selling items for $1.

[redmodelt]

To be clear the debit card would still need to be attached to a checking account, from the original post, does not know what a checking account or routing number is. 

[soh.maryl]

Frankly, you've not yet read enough about selling on eBay to start selling.

Why don't you do that first?

There are actual FEES for selling here.  For instance, if you were to sell that $1 item, the buyer would be paying you shipping and also paying for state sales tax, if applicable.  Your final value fee as a seller here is usually 13.25%.  And that is calculated on every cent the buyer pays you.

Do you have a bank account? That's the first thing you will need.