Readers, please note, this is about buying items from
ebay.com (international site) not from
ebay.in. Buying from ebay.in requires only a shopping Debit card from VISA or Master-Card
Problem Description : Buying from ebay.com is essential in case of buying electronic gadgets, mobile phone service parts, and other gadgets as the price differs hugely comparing ebay.com and
ebay.in. A 32,000INR valued mobile phone is just sold at 24,000 (conversion of USD) at
ebay.com. But ebay gives support only for
credit cards from citi-bank or Federal bank and never supports debit cards from any banks for payment. This creates a big sad, angry situation in some youngsters (Including me).
A new way has been devised to pay ebay.com legally and hence to buy any item from ebay.com (customs duty has to be taken care off self, as the customs may charge 10% for electronic gadgets above 30k and sometimes they dont even charge anything for a high priced item (My nexus 5 and playstation 5 are examples)
Let me explain the method in detail. Follow the exact steps to successfully buy any item...
Step 1: Registering yourself in entropay.com
Entropay is a service which gives you virtual credit cards of VISA (legal card) with a charge on any transaction and top up you make to or with the card
The minute you complete your signing up/registration, and confirm your mail id, you will get a virtual credit card, which can be used to purchase from anywhere you want.The card looks like below
Step 2: Top up your entropay card
Next step is to top-up the card with any debit card of your choice. I prefer federal bank/citi debit card as the transaction is swift. Sadly, SBI/SBT debit cards wont work here due to a temporary issue on paying to america
Login to the entropay, click on the button, Top-Up card, and select fund by credit card option
You will be presented with a window like this
Select the amount you want to top up, enter your card number in select payment method and add it (you can see my card is being auto selected here mastercard-4305)
After paying with debit card, your credit card will now show some balance
(around 1$ would be taken as transaction charges while top up or purchase, so make sure you top up for enough amount)
Step 3: Create account at paypal
Even if you have a virtual card created as above, ebay wont accept unless you pay through
paypal.com/
paypal.in, so never try to pay without doing this step
select an account for Individuals, Register at paypal, confirm email and then add your virtual card using My account-profile-Add/Edit Card option in paypal window.
Step 4: Create ebay.com account (If you have one, skip this)
Sign up/Register can be done in easy steps. After verifying email id, just sign in and check whether it works. sign out now
Step 5: Purchase items
- Login to ebay.com and add any desired item to cart, click on proceed to checkout and select option, pay with paypal.
- A login window for paypal would be shown at ebay.com itself, login using paypal username and password and click ok
- Click on pay button when confirmation is asked
- Done!!
- Wait for your item, as international shipment takes around 20 days to india
Advantages on using paypal
- If you didn't get the item, you can file a case (or request) to ebay and they will refund you the amount to your virtual card within 3 working days
- If you get a damaged item, same thing applies
If you have any doubt, feel free to ask at the comments section
Thanks
Vighnesh Aravind
