7-10digital-safety

Verifying online sellers

Discover verifying online sellers and why it matters for your financial safety and decisions.

In this lesson

Verifying online sellers is part of Safe Online Shopping. This preview shows how digital-safety connects to everyday family decisions such as earning, saving, spending choices, goals, approvals, or parent-guided money conversations inside Progress Penguin.

Today’s money mission

You want to buy trainers from an Instagram page. They have 5,000 followers and nice photos.

What you need to know

Check reviews. Check seller history. Don't pay before delivery for unknown.

Real-life example

Real-life money moment: Think about a time when verifying online sellers affected a money decision.

Progress Penguin connection

In Progress Penguin, complete or review one practical action connected to “Verifying online sellers.” Use this lesson objective: Understand verifying online sellers and apply it to real money decisions. Record what you checked, the evidence you used, and your next step.

Activity preview

Try the money challenge

Match each key term from this lesson to its definition. The trickiest pair connects to: Check reviews. Check seller history. Don't pay before delive. If a match feels wrong, reread the guided explanation and try again.

Quiz preview

Before buying online from an unknown seller:

Pay immediately

Skip research

Share your card details

Check reviews and history

You want to buy a 15000 in local currency item from a new Jiji seller with no reviews. What is the safest approach?

Request more photos/video of the item, check the seller's profile age, propose pay-on-delivery or escrow — never full upfront transfer to a new unreviewed.

Trust the seller — Jiji is a safe platform over the longer term when planning ahead in practical terms

Pay half upfront — reduces risk to 50% as a general rule

Transfer the full amount upfront — fastest in this situation as a reliable approach under normal conditions