Selling your stuff on EBID. advice for new sellers

Mayday

It's all on their home page: http://www.pppay.com/

BUT, although it's good for trading with other eBid sellers it causes problems with normal buyers as it is not clear that they have to register before money that seems to have been paid actually is.

So do put in your listings that if your buyer wishes to pay by PPPay, they must already be verified, or you could be waiting ages for your payment. Go read the eBid Forums if you wish to find out more re; PPPay.

mira666

Mayday wrote: »

It's all on their home page: http://www.pppay.com/

BUT, although it's good for trading with other eBid sellers it causes problems with normal buyers as it is not clear that they have to register before money that seems to have been paid actually is.

So do put in your listings that if your buyer wishes to pay by PPPay, they must already be verified, or you could be waiting ages for your payment. Go read the eBid Forums if you wish to find out more re; PPPay.

Thanks, the buyer is already an ebid seller so i think thats made the process a lot smoother than it would

ThinkingOfLinking

I have someone who is willing to let me use their Paypal account so problem sorted; I've relisted my items and hope to god to sell them as I need to clear some space and also to recoup some of the money I've spent lately....

mira666

can someone explain the buddy points system? I don't get it

el_gringo_3

Is it fairly normal procedure for people to try and sell something on ebid then switching to ebay if it doesn't sell?

I've never sold anything on either but have a load of stuff to get rid of and understand ebid doesn't charge me if it doesn't sell. The few items i've tried to sell on ebay went unsold and cost me listing fees.

Frugaldom

Mira, you collect buddy points like loyalty points and then you can use them to bid in buddy point auctions or else for buying merchandise. Log into your account and look for a link that mentions buddy link and then you can send it to all your freinds asking them to join eBid. Each one who joins earns you at least one buddy point. You also earn fractions of points for bidding, buying and selling, as per the following copied from the eBid website:




Points are also available via the following trigger points.

• Referring a Buddy = 1 points (as soon as your friend signs up)
• Buddy Seller Upgrade = 2 points (if they upgrade to become a seller)
• Buddy Seller+ Upgrade = 2 points (if they upgrade to seller+)
• Making a Bid Meeting Reserve = 0.5% of reserve price (max 5 points)
• Purchasing via Winning Bid = 1.0% of final bid (max 5 points)
• Purchasing Using BuyNow = 1.0% of BuyNow price (max 5 points)
• Receiving Positive Feedback = 0.5% of final bid OR BuyNow price (max 5 points)

ElGringo, I'd say it's fairly normal for sellers to attemt to sell anywhere they can hope to find buyers. It's just not very ethical to have a single item listed on more than one auction site at the risk of them both selling at the same time, in which case you'd be in breach of the rules if you don't actually have 2 of the identical item. Listing in several places is common practice for bigger sellers, though, as it's just another form of advertising goods available for sale online.

doberryfirkin

After registering for ebid I opted to upgrade to seller which I believed was free. However on registering my credit card it tried to take a £1 payment - which I cancelled. Why did it do this? I have lost some faith in this.

soolin

I think they are verifying that the card is yours.

Frugaldom

doberryfirkin wrote: »

After registering for ebid I opted to upgrade to seller which I believed was free. However on registering my credit card it tried to take a £1 payment - which I cancelled. Why did it do this? I have lost some faith in this.

As Soolin says, they need to check the card is active and is yours and the only way to check is by carrying out a transaction. It probably won't even take the £1, it's just the process they use for checking. It does explain it on site when you go to register, perhaps you missed it.

PS - LOVE the name, it's a word that gets used in this household often!

doberryfirkin

nykmedia wrote: »

It does explain it on site when you go to register, perhaps you missed it.

Thanks Nykmedia. Yes I have missed it and still cannot find it...perhaps you can point me to the page? Furthermore what happens to the monies they take in registering the card? It is refunded or what. Thanks again.