> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dexflip.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Linking eBay

> Connecting your eBay seller account, the sign-in prompt, and unlinking

DexFlip publishes to your own eBay account. You sign in on eBay's page and eBay gives the app access to list for you. The link is stored on this phone only.

## Where to link

| Place                 | When                                                              |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| The last welcome page | **Link eBay**, on first launch                                    |
| Settings              | **Link eBay account**, any time                                   |
| Publish               | The setup sheet opens on your first publish if you are not linked |

The setup sheet from Publish has two steps: **Link your eBay**, then [Selling preferences](/docs/setup/selling-preferences). If you are already linked it opens on the second.

## Linking

<Steps>
  <Step title="Tap Link eBay account or Continue to eBay">
    iOS shows its own alert asking whether DexFlip may use eBay's site to sign in. Tap **Continue**. Tapping **Cancel** closes it. Nothing is linked and no message is shown.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in on eBay's page">
    The page is eBay's, inside a secure browser sheet. DexFlip never sees your password. If Safari is already signed in to eBay, you may skip straight to the next step.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Agree to the access">
    eBay lists what DexFlip may do: manage your listings and inventory, manage your account's selling policies, and read your username. Agree to continue.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the status line">
    Settings reads **Linked to eBay** and your username.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**The link does not move to a new phone** and is not in iCloud Keychain. Link again on each phone.

## When the link expires

eBay ends a link after a long stretch, or when you remove DexFlip's access on eBay. The next publish then fails with **Sign in to eBay again in Settings**, and the setup sheet opens as **Sign in to eBay again**. Sign in and tap **Retry** on the failed rows.

## Unlinking

**Unlink eBay account** in Settings asks first. **Unlink** forgets the link on this phone. **Keep linked** changes nothing.

* **Nothing changes on eBay.** Live listings stay live. Your policies stay on your account.
* **DexFlip's access is not withdrawn at eBay.** The app simply stops using it. To withdraw it, remove DexFlip from the third-party app permissions in your eBay account settings.
* Your chosen shipping and returns policies are cleared in the app. Your ZIP code and default price stay.
* You cannot unlink while a publish is running. Settings says **Wait for the publish to finish before changing the account.**

## Linking a different account

Unlink, then link the other account. The app clears the policies it remembered, because they belong to the old account. Choose them again in [Selling preferences](/docs/setup/selling-preferences). Listings already live stay on the old account.

## Notes

* DexFlip lists on eBay US only.
* Sign-in problems are in [Troubleshooting](/docs/setup/troubleshooting).