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yourbestdenimskirts
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:25 pm Post subject: sold tag |
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i forgt the site to get pick out my sold tag for when I sell an item..help please... |
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thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Sold items have to be marked sold and hidden. In your products file, click on the tab and mark it hide. Also uncheck the feature boxes if you have checked them.
Any item on eCRATER must be available for sale. That means you have to hide or delete them. I hide items for a couple of months and then delete them.
You can be suspended if you have sold items visable. |
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MoonwishesStore moderator
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:51 am Post subject: |
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You have no need for a sold tag at all as you don't want sold items showing. If you think you will have the very same item in stock you can leave it hidden after it sells until you can replace it, but if it was a rare one of kind item, you should be able to delete the listing as soon as the customer leaves feedback or sooner if you like. Unless you have a system of some sort, leaving sold items hidden for to long can make you forget you have them, so they become dead space. |
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elpereles
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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I used the sold tag, but it is better to have the Inventory Control. So you don't need to worry about buyers making a force sale. |
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zickit
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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elpereles wrote: | I used the sold tag, but it is better to have the Inventory Control. So you don't need to worry about buyers making a force sale. |
your store can get suspended from the site for having items listed that are not for sale |
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elpereles
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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The word "used" is in past mode. Please read carefully before activating false alarms. |
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thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have a category in my store called Zee end of zee line Sold. That puts it at the bottom of my list of categories. I mark all items sold, hide them and move them to the Zee end category.
If you go to my store and click on the Zee end category, it will show 0 items but in my admin, that category shows 12 items that have sold recently and I'm just waiting to make sure there is no problems before I delete them. |
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zickit
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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elpereles wrote: | The word "used" is in past mode. Please read carefully before activating false alarms. |
chill ... I am just stating the facts so others do not thing they can use sold images and keep the product listed. |
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old-friends-media
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat wrote: | I have a category in my store called Zee end of zee line Sold. That puts it at the bottom of my list of categories. I mark all items sold, hide them and move them to the Zee end category.
If you go to my store and click on the Zee end category, it will show 0 items but in my admin, that category shows 12 items that have sold recently and I'm just waiting to make sure there is no problems before I delete them. |
Wow! What a great idea. I was wondering what to do with my Sold listings. That sounds like a great way of managing them. Like you, I'm hesitant to delete them until the transaction can truly be called complete. (aka after the charge-back liability expiration date!) Thanks! |
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PegsBUTTONS
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | I mark all items sold, hide them and move them to the Zee end category.
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after the buyer receives the item can they still go to your site and view the item again?? OR do you give them the zee category link?
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MaggietheCatsMeows
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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No I don't send the seller the link. If they have a problem they can email me and it is easy enough for me to send it to them. Actually can't they click on the link they get in the order confirmation they get from Google or eCRATER? |
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elpereles
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:07 am Post subject: |
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thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat nice idea a hidden drop area for sold items.
bigtallmensclothing, no problem. It was the way you wrote it. |
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yourbestdenimskirts
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:41 am Post subject: |
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thanks everyone...i was thinking that I had to have the sold sign and then hide the item...thanks for responding |
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FoxAndFish
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:51 am Post subject: |
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yourbestdenimskirts wrote: | i was thinking that I had to have the sold sign and then hide the item |
Tho you do have to hide the item, you don't have to have a sold sign. That said, I think it's a good idea to have one, b/c links to your items may be sprinkled over the net and still attract viewers into your store. If you delete the item, the link will read "No such product," which is a dead end...and if you don't delete it, the "Buy Now" button says "On Hold," whose meaning may not be clear to the viewer.
One of the items I still get a lot of views on, oddly, is a piece of vintage kitchenware that sold in Sept 2010, nearly a yr ago. The link must be on a blog or somewhere, and people are still clicking on it...so they are coming into my store, and I want to keep them there, even if the chance is slim they'll buy something else. So I always put a sold sign on the item before hiding it...and sometimes I put a little blurb in the text redirecting viewers to the store homepage URL. I don't delete an item until it stops getting views for a month.
As for where to find a premade sold sign, which was your original question...I don't know, sorry. There must be royalty-free art of sold signs somewhere on the net that you can find with a search and download. I made my own with PhotoShop. |
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poopsheet
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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FoxAndFish wrote: |
That said, I think it's a good idea to have one, b/c links to your items may be sprinkled over the net and still attract viewers into your store. If you delete the item, the link will read "No such product," which is a dead end...and if you don't delete it, the "Buy Now" button says "On Hold," whose meaning may not be clear to the viewer. |
That's a good point. Since the hidden-but-not-deleted items still show up in Google it'd be nice if (a) the word "SOLD" could automatically be overlaid on top of the first image, and (b) the "on hold" button said "not available" instead.
I like that the items can still be found but it does cause some confusion with customers. |
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