Here's how to get started with Help Me Shop
Can't decide what to buy?
Get a little help from your friends!
Help Me Shop is a fun and easy way to get shopping advice from your friends. Just save items from any website to the Help Me Shop bookmarklet in your browser bookmarks bar, then invite your friends to help you decide what to buy.
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Shop on any website and find something you like.
Click on the Help Me Shop button in your browser bookmarks bar.
Your finds will be saved in your Help Me Shop list.
Create a shopping poll, then invite your Facebook friends to comment on, or vote for their faves.
FirstDrag and drop this button to your browser's bookmarks bar.
Then start shopping!1. Shop on any website and find something you like.
2. Click on the Help Me Shop button in your browser bookmarks bar. Your finds will be saved in your Help Me Shop list.
3. Create a shopping poll, then invite your Facebook friends to comment on, or vote for their faves.
If you're using Chrome: Show your bookmarks bar by clicking Wrench Icon> Tools> Always Show Bookmarks bar
Drag the Help Me Shop Button to you bookmarks bar Click the eBay Help Me Shop button while shopping on any website, your finds will be saved in your Help Me Shop stash. To install the button on your Internet Explorer browser, display your favorites bar by selecting Tools > Toolbars > Favorites Bar. Then right-click the Help Me Shop button and choose "Add to Favorites". Once the pop-up appears, choose "Create in: Favorites Bar."
Click the eBay Help Me Shop button while shopping on any website, your finds will be saved in your Help Me Shop stash. When you find something you'd like to save to your Help Me Shop Stash, click the Help Me Shop button you've installed on your bookmarklets bar (see previous question), and press the "add item" button on the widget. A green check box will appear to tell you the item has successfully been saved.
To create a poll you'll need to navigate to your stash to see the list of your saved items. You can get to this list either by clicking " go to my stash" after you've clicked on the Help Me Shop button, or by logging in through eBay.com/helpmeshop and selecting the "my stash" tab. Once on your stash, to create a poll click the boxes next to the items you'd like to include in your poll. You can select up to six items for your poll. Click the "Create a poll" button at the top of the list, and you'll be guided to invite your friends to vote in your poll.
There are two ways to invite your Facebook friends to vote in your poll: by private message, or by posting it publicly on your Wall.
To invite friends privately, start by typing the names of your Facebook friends you would like to invite into the text field. You'll see a list of matching names that you can select. Once you've selected the friends you'd like to invite, send your invitation. To invite all of you friends, simply post your poll on your Facebook Wall. Yes, you can invite additional friends to participate in an active poll. From the "My polls" tab click on the poll you would like to send out to more of your friends. Once the poll opens from your action dropdown you can choose to invite friend privately or post the poll to your Facebook wall.
When you invite Facebook friends by private message, they will receive their invitation in their Facebook messages inbox.
When you post your poll on your Facebook Wall, all of your Facebook friends will be able to view and vote in your poll. If you'd like to make sure that certain friends see your invitation, you can tag your post with their names in the comments. The items that you choose for your poll are not reserved and can be purchased by someone else. Remember that many items for sale on eBay are available in limited quantities and for a limited time, so take that into consideration when you create your poll.
If the winning item is from an eBay listing and is no longer available on eBay, we will help you find a similar item. The comments section is your opportunity to talk with your friends about the poll, make suggestions, or explain why you liked or didn't like a particular item featured in the poll. You can also post links to other items that you'd like to share with the poll organizer and your fellow poll participants.
To create your own poll, you'll need to install the eBay Help Me Shop bookmarklet so you can save items (from anywhere on the web), you'd like to ask your friends about. You can install it, and learn more about Help Me Shop at http://eBay.com/Helpmeshop.
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