Buying items on Amazon is very similar to many other buying sites on the internet. Before you can buy anything you must sign up. Signing up should take 5-10 minute. You must have a credit card nearby. It does not cost anything to sign up, but Amazon uses your credit card to verify your information.

Just like other sites, at Amazon when you want an item you put it in your cart. After it is in your cart you can check out and buy it.

The difference with buying on Amazon and ebay is the shipping. Amazon will have set shipping rates. With ebay it is the seller who chooses how much shipping is. For example on Amazon shipping for books and video games is $3.99. On ebay it is whatever the buyer chooses.