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bat115
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:55 pm Post subject: Yet another "Hi, New here to ecrater" |
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I have been a seller on eBay for 10 years and thought I'd like to branch out and heard many good things about ecrater. So, here I am. Opened my store today. Will be adding more as the day goes on but hope I'm doing right so far.
any advice will be great appreciated. |
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thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome.
Some things I noticed.
All your items are shown as brand new but some obviously are not. Please check the used box when listing when items have been opened or used.
You must not have your items in subcategories as you have Google ads in your listings. If you use proper categories, those ads disappear.
Your shipping to Canada is out of line. Priority is overkill for such low cost items. First class gets here almost as fast.
Some of your descriptions are too much boiler plate and not enough description. Boiler plates are against the regulations for listing and for Google. |
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bat115
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:58 am Post subject: |
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thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat, Thanks for the reply!
The Canada S&H was an error, so thanks for bringing it to my attention.
about the categories, These are what they are under, not sure if I did them right...
Local Category DVD & VHS
Global Category Movies & DVDs
Global Sub Cat.... depending on what I'm selling at the moment: DVD or VHS |
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wtcollectibles
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:04 am Post subject: |
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I only see Google ads on 2 of them and I think it's because the photo is too small in those 2. If one side isn't at least 250 px long, Google ads appear. The other 3 items have larger photos and no Google ads.
Welcome and good luck!
Becky |
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bat115
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that tip, wtcollectibles, forgot to bring up the google ads in my last reply... I'm unsure about why they are there and how they got there... but, I'll see if just changing the photos works. |
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zickit
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: |
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Please take a moment to make your store look legit
You can start by completing your home page - it looks bare
http://bat115.ecrater.com/
Then complete all the rest of the text pages.
Descriptions like
Quote: | Be sure to see my store, buy more and save on shipping. Comes from Smoke free home enviroment. |
are against terms. They are boilerplates.
You need to remove them
CASH ON DELIVERY - please read
What is Cash On Delivery - http://community.ecrater.com/viewtopic.php?t=3756 |
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bat115
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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bigtallmensclothing, Thanks for letting me know. I had to step away from the computer for a while there but I'll get to that now. |
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bat115
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help! I'm up and running... and hoping I get a sale soon. |
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acread moderator
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have your shipping matrix filled out for all those countries you selected in Shipping Zones? If not you will be giving free International Shipping. You need to fill up shipping costs in the Shipping Matrix.
Or you can turn on your USPS calculated shipping in Options.
Please read: http://community.ecrater.com/viewtopic.php?t=2461
(The "Fixed Shipping to" option applies to only 4 destinations, namely: US mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada. For the rest you will be using the shipping matrix regardless of chosing "Weigh Dependable" option or "Fixed Shipping to" option.) |
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terrysgentlyused
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:15 am Post subject: |
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batt115 - hope you take the advice of BigTall and AC or you are going to be in a world of hurt on international shipping. The matrix may be a little intimidating but once you get it set up it is really simple. Even is you use calculated shipping you need the matrix as a fall back if usps is slow to respond as it will default to the matrix. Learned the hard way on that one and had to ship something for free (lost money on that one).
People here are very helpful if you get stuck.
Welcome and good luck. |
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bat115
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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for the time being I have removed the international option so I can get it figured out. That's the tricky part for me. Thanks all for the advice so far. |
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discountsbargainsstore
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