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Registration is simple and only takes a matter of minutes.
To start the signup process, click on the “register” link at the top of this page. Only users with the age of over 16 years are able to register.
The next step is to fill in all your information, failure to supply all the required information will result in an error.
By clicking on the “Register” button at the top of the page, you will be redirected to a confirmation page.
The next step is to confirm your email address, the one you have just used to register.
You can only log in when you have confirmed your email address so its best to write everything down. email address, username, and your password. If you have spotted an item you would like to place a bid on you can do so quickly and easily by following these steps:.
(1) Login to your account – If you have not registered you can do so within 5 minutes
(2) Visit the auction page.
(3) Towards the bottom of the auction description page, you will see a “bidding box”, you can use the shortcut link to the bidding box if you wish.
(4) Enter in your bid, note you must bid above the minimum bid required
(5) Click on the “place bid” button
(6) You will then be asked to confirm your bid, once you have done so your bid will be entered, if successful you will receive a confirmation message.
If your bid fails to outbid the current high bidder you will be offered the option to place a higher bid. Proxy bidding can aid your chances of winning an auction and help avoid you being outbid at the last moment.
To place a proxy bid enter in the maximum price you are willing to pay for the item. If another user places a bid on the same auction automatic bids will be placed on your behalf in accordance with your maximum bid amount.
With proxy bidding, you will pay the lowest possible price until someone else places a higher bid.
There is another way of bidding: Buy it now auctions. Buy it now prices are set by the seller, if you agree with that price, you can click on the “Buy Now” button which is displayed on the auction details page.
After clicking on the button you will be re-directed to a confirmation page.
On a standard auction that auction will end instantly as the item has been sold via Buy it now.
On a Dutch auction, you can enter the number of items you wish to buy (depending on the quantity available). (1) Once you've signed up for a free account, you'll be able to sell your items through our site.
In order to do that, you will have to click on the “Sell” link, on the HOME PAGE or the RED SELL an ITEM link in your member's area.
You will be redirected to a Choose were to list your item page, (1) Auction (2) Shop or (3) in both at once. If you have created your FREE SHOP then numbers 2 and 3 apply.
Information on how to set up your free shop is set out in a link below.
Click NEXT STEP.
you can then select the main category of the product or service you want to sell.
This feature has been made in order to ease the subcategory choosing process.
No items can be sold by choosing only the main category; you will have to choose a subcategory for it.
(2) The second step is entering the auction details, settings, payment methods available, and choosing a category. You can add up to 10 free images at the moment as well.
On the Auction Settings tab, you can choose the type of auction, the start price, whether to activate buy now or set a reserve price. Also, you will be able to choose what type of bid increment to use, the progressive one implemented into the site (that can be edited from the admin area), or a custom one.
If you choose the custom one, you will have to enter an increment value.
You will also be able to choose whether to feature the item and the duration of the auction.
(3) After setting the location, shipping and payment, and subcategory, and by clicking on the “Next Step” button, you will be redirected to Step Three, where you can review the auction before submitting it.
If everything is in order, you can click on the “Submit” button and you will be redirected to the payment or a confirmation page, if no fees apply to the listing, the auction is activated, if fees do need to be paid, the auction is only activated once the payment is confirmed by the payment gateway..
TIP! you can always edit a listing once you've listed it so dont worry if you make a mistake on your buy now, reserve price or description, just go to your members area and click on open auctions and edit the listing. If the option is available you can use “Buy Now” to purchase the item immediately without having to place a bid.
Some sellers offer such an option that can be used at any time until a bid has been placed over any applicable reserve price.
The “Buy Now” option will appear on the item details page, you will be asked to confirm your intention to buy the item now before the sale is concluded. Buy Now’s cannot be retracted. The item watch features lets you keep a close eye on any auction without having to place a bid on it.
This feature means you can be kept up to date on how an auction is doing and prepares you to place a winning last minute bid.
You can watch any auction by clicking on the “Watch this item” link on any auction page. The auction watch features notify you of newly listed auctions that contain keywords you have chosen.
For example, if you are looking for a new Digital Camera you could enter those keywords from within your member's area.
Each time a new auction is listed containing those keywords you will be notified via email. To upload an avatar you first need to login to your member's area.
On the left-hand side panel if you scroll down you will see a section called My Account, click on Personal Information.
This will bring up your main account details, Scroll down until you see Select your Avatar.
An avatar must be 50px x 50px choose an image file from your computer and click update.
Your avatar should resize automatically but if it fails to upload it is probably too large of an image, most digital images are too large for the internet these days.
You can get images from searching on google and resize them your self or search for free 50px x 50px avatars on google.
copy any images to your desktop or image folder on your computer so can find it when you need to upload it.
To set up your free unlimited shop there are 2 methods, First you need to login to your member's area or register.
(1) Scroll down the left-hand side links to My Shop then click Shop Settings
(2) Put your curser over the tools link on the website header & you will see a drop down window, click on My shop settings
You will see Shop Status Disabled, You need to enable this for your free shop to become live.
You need to have a shop title and description so fill these in with your details.
Next is an image for your header, you can upload an image now or later, max size 1270px width.
Choose shop design then click proceed. and that's it, if you go to the top of the page you will see that every shop has its own website address.
You can paste this into Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks to promote your goods and share
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When you've finished setting up your shop you can go back to the tools link and you will see a new link appear "My shop front", this will take you to your free shop.
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You can list unlimited items. You Can Create 2 Different Types of Discount Vouchers.
Create a seller voucher to give your customers an extra % off an item.
(1) Multiple items discount voucher where listings are already live & you can add a % discount code on listings, the customer can apply it at checkout. Click here Discount Vouchers.
(2) A special discount voucher for a single item can be created during the list a new item process.
This is for Buy Now only listings.
Once you've generated your voucher code, your customer will be able to add it at checkout & get a % reduction. |