My Account - Summary

This section allows a user a quick glimpse of their account activity. The following information is defined in the summary:

Bidding -  Action Needed

# Listings have not been marked as paid – The number of purchases by listing number that have not been marked paid by the seller (multiple purchases of the same listing count as 1)

# Listings you have been outbid on – The number of listings you have bid on, but are not the high bidder

# Listings need feedback left – The number of listings where you are the ‘buyer’ that need feedback

# Unpaid Invoices – The number of invoices set by the seller that have not been parked as paid (one invoice can include multiple items by one seller)

Bidding -  General

Currently watching

# listings – The total number of open and closed listings on your watch list

Currently bidding on

# listings – The number of listings you have entered a bid for

Currently winning

# listings – The number of listings where you are the high bidder (listings that have not closed)

Total Items won

#  The total number of items where you were the high bidder when the listing closed plus the number of instant Buy Now purchases

Listings -  Action Needed

# Listings are sold and awaiting invoices – The number of listings that are closed auctions, or fixed price sales, that need an invoice created

# Sales are paid and need shipment notification- The number of sales that have been marked as paid, but not marked as shipped.

# Listings need feedback left – The number of listings where you are the ‘seller’ that need feedback

# Listing templates were recently added – The number of listing templates that have been added within the last 12 hours.

 

Listings -  General

Currently

 # active listings – The number of current active (open) listings posted by this user

Currently

# listings are scheduled to go active – The number of listings that are scheduled for a future date (not active)

Total listings sold

# The number of listings that have closed with a winning bid or a Buy Now purchase

Total listing templates available

# The number of listing templates that are available for activation

My Account - Bidding

Watching

Price: The current price of the item

Seller ID: The user selling the item

Bids: Total number of bids the item has received, or the total number of items sold in a fixed price listing

Time Left: The amount of time until the listing ends (this time may extend if sniper protection/popcorn bidding is enabled)

Listing Number: The listing number is displayed in ( ) parenthesis

Listing Title: The listing title is displayed after the listing number

How to remove an Item from your watch list:

1. Check the box associated with the listing to be removed from the watch list.

2. Click the “Remove from list” button located at the bottom of the watch list.

View Sellers Other Items: This button allows a user to view the seller’s other items. If stores are enabled and the seller has a storefront, the user will be directed to this seller’s store.

Contact Seller: An email will be sent containing the message that is entered into the contact user form.

Bidding

Current Price: The current winning bid

Shipping Cost: The cost to ship the item as defined by the seller

My Max Bid: The maximum amount you have bid on a listing

Time Left: The amount of time until the listing ends (this time may extend if sniper protection/popcorn bidding is enabled)

Listing Number: The listing number is displayed in ( ) parenthesis

Listing Title: The listing title is displayed after the listing number

Won

Seller ID: The username of the seller

Sale Price: The amount of the sale (highest accepted bid or fixed price)

Quantity: Number of items you have selected to purchase

Total Price: The total price due including tax (if added by the seller)

Example

(Price x Quantity) + Tax = Total Price

Or

(Price x Quantity) + Tax = Total Price

Sale Date: Date the listing ended or item was purchased with Buy Now

Status: The communication status (by symbol) between the buyer and seller

View Invoice: This button is available if the seller has created an invoice for the sale (C2C only)

Pay Via PayPal: This button is available if the seller includes PayPal payment information when listing the item.

Contact Seller: An email will be sent containing the message that is entered into the contact user form.

Leave Feedback: Buyer is directed to their “Leave Feedback” section (this is available if the buyer has not left feedback for this transaction)

Remove from list: This allows a user to remove old completed transactions

How to remove a transaction

1. Check the box associated with the listing to be removed from the watch list.

2. Click the “Remove from list” button located at the bottom of the watch list.

Not Won

Final Price: The final selling price of the item

My Max Bid: The maximum amount bid on the item

Seller ID: The username of the seller

End Date: The date the listing ended

View Seller’s Other Items: This button allows a user to view the seller’s other items. If stores are enabled and the seller has a storefront, the user will be directed to this seller’s store.

Contact Seller: An email will be sent containing the message that is entered into the contact user form.

Remove from list: This allows a user to remove non-winning listing records

How to remove a transaction (Continued)

3. Check the box associated with the listing to be removed from the watch list.

4. Click the “Remove from list” button located at the bottom of the watch list.

My Account - Listings

Successful

Winner ID: The username of the Buyer

Sale Price: The final price of the item (does not include shipping or tax)

Quantity: The quantity of goods purchased

Total Price: The total due for the item (includes shipping and tax)

Sale Date: The date the bidding ended on an auction listing or the date a fixed price item was purchased with “Buy Now”

Status: The communication status (by symbol) between the buyer and seller

View / Edit Invoice: View previously entered invoice information or update the current invoice (e.g. to add a tracking number, C2C only)

Contact Buyer: An email will be sent containing the message that is entered into the contact user form.

Leave Feedback: The Seller is directed to their “Leave Feedback” section (this is available if the seller has not left feedback for this transaction)

Mark As Paid / Mark As Not Paid: Toggle the paid status of the item

Remove From List: Remove this sale from view (does NOT delete the information)

Copy Listing(s): Copy this listing to a listing template

Create New Invoice: Select the listings (checkbox) that need an invoice and click “Create New Invoice” button. This creates an invoice for each item selected. To add multiple items to an invoice, create ONE invoice for one item, and proceed to “Assign Items to Invoice”

Assign Items to Invoice: Select the listings (checkbox) that need to be added to an exhisting invoice. Choose invoice from dropdown menu, click “Assign Items to Invoice”

When creating an invoice, listings that accept PayPal cannot be combined with listings that do not accept PayPal (for a multiple item invoice).

Invoice

Buyer: The first and last name of the buyer, plus the username and email address

Amount Paid: Enter an amount if they have already paid

Paid Description: A description of the amount paid

Other Charge: Enter additional charges if applicable

Charge Description: A description of other charges

Item Details: Item number, quantity purchased, cost per each, subtotal (quantity x cost), shipping, and tax if applicable

Remove Item: Check this box, then save changes to remove the item from the invoice

Invoice Balance: The total amount due for the invoice

Notification: Invoice update and buyer notification for the changes made to the invoice

Unsuccessful

Number: The listing number

Title: The listing title

Highest Bid: The highest bid received

Reserve - The reserve price of the listing (auctions only)

# Bids - The number of bids the listing received

# Watchers - The number of users who have this item on their watch list

End Date: The date the listing expired

Status: Copied, or not copied.

List Similar: Create a new listing similar to this expired listing.

Remove From List: Remove this listing record from view.

Copy Listing: Select the checkbox and click “Copy Listing(s)” to add this as a new template

Active Listings

Number: The listing number

Title: The listing title

Quantity: The quantity available

Current Price: The current bid price (or the only price for a fixed price listing)

Reserve: The reserve price (auctions only)

# Bids: The current number of bids

# Watching: The total number of users who have this item on their watch list

Time Left: The amount of time until the listing ends (this time may extend if sniper protection/popcorn bidding is enabled)

Status: Copied or Not Copied

Edit Listing: Edit or add information to the listing

End Early: Cancel the listing before the scheduled end date

Copy Listing(s): Select the checkbox and click “Copy Listing(s)” to add this as a new template

Listing Templates

Create New Template: Select this to create a new listing template

Number: The listing number

Title: The listing title

Quantity: The quantity available

Current Price: The beginning bidding price or the fixed price

Reserve: The reserve price

Buy Now: The Buy Now price

Created: The date the template was created

Status: Copied or Not Copied

Edit Template: Change the listing information

Activate Listing(s): Activate a listing temple

Delete Template(s): Delete a listing temple (non-recoverable)

Scheduled

Number: The listing number

Title: The listing title

Duration: The number of days the listing will run when activated

Date Start/Time: The date and time the listing will become active

Status: Copied or Not Copied

Edit Listing: Change the listing information

My Account - Feedback

My Feedback: This section lists the users who left feedback, their comment, whether it is positive, neutral, or negative, date, and item number.

Leave Feedback: A user can only leave feedback once per listing number, and that user must be one of the two parties involved in the transaction.

To leave feedback

1. Check the box(s) of the listing(s) where feedback will be left.

2. Select feedback status (Positive, Negative, Neutral).

3. Enter comment.

4. Click “Leave feedback for selected users”.

My Account – Account

Account Details

Request to Change Username or Email Address:This is at the sole discretion of the site administrator. Enter the new username or email address, and a email notice is sent to the site administrator requesting the change.

Change Account Information: This section allows a user to update their personal information, change their email settings, and change their membership plan (if enabled).

Change Password: This allows a user to change their password at any time.

1. Enter current password (case sensitive).

2. Enter new password.

3. Confirm new password.

4. Click “Change Password”

Billing Details

Change Billing Info: This allows a user to change their billing address and credit card information (if accepted).

Make Payment: This is where a user can submit a payment for the charges they have incurred from using the website. The user must enter the amount in the field corresponding to their payment type.

View Invoice/Hide Invoice: The user can define the date range of charges/payments to view. Each transaction will have a status of either “completed” or “pending”. Pending transactions are not included in the total due.

Storefront

Quick Links: View Store - Brings the user to their storefront

Quick Links: Inventory - Brings the user to Selling > Active Listings in their My Account section

Quick Links: Recently Sold - Brings the user to Selling > Sold in their My Account section

Store Title: The name of the store

Short Description: This short description is shown on the main stores page beneath the store title

Upload Banner: The store banner is displayed on the user’s store page (suggested size is 468 x 60 standard banner)

Upload Logo: This logo is show on the main stores page for all randomly selected featured stores

About the Store: Information is displayed in the user’s store, accessible by selecting the “About the store” tab

Close Storefront: Disable the storefront feature

Confirm Changes

Correct Changes: This allows the user to go back to fix any errors before saving the new changes.

Cancel Changes: This cancels all new changes.

Save Changes: This saves all new changes

Public Profile: This allows a user to give more information about themselves or their business. This information is displayed alongside a users feedback. The link to a user’s profile will appear next to their username on their item listing pages.

General Help – Selling Process

STEP 1 of 4

Choose a category

STEP 2 of 4

Select Listing Format

Select Currency (if enabled)

Edit Item Location (if necessary)

STEP 3 of 4

Title: The listing title

Starting Price: Beginning bid amount

Reserve Price: Lowest acceptable sale price

Buy Now Price: Instant purchase price

Accept Payments with PayPal: Check if PayPal is accepted. Update & add PayPal email address to your account (Edit if necessary)

Payment Instructions: Enter payment instructions for the buyer

Detailed description: Item (listing) description

STEP 4 of 4

Listing Duration: Select the duration (in days)

Auto Re-List (one time free of fees if unsold):Select # of auto re-lists (if item does not sell)

Hit Counter Style: Select a hit counter

Home Page Featured: Listing option

Category Featured: Listing option

Gallery Listing: Listing option

Highlight Listing: Listing option

Bold Listing: Listing option

Upload Base Image: The main item image

Free Extra Images (4 in total including main image): Add more images

Premium Extra Images ($0.25 each): Add more images

ITEM REVIEW & SUBMIT LISTING

Review your item details and fees, and submit your listing or go back and make changes.

Start Date: Select the start date for your listing.

General Help – Item Details

Comments & Ask the Seller a Question - There are two ways to post a question to the seller (Contact User Form), by clicking the username or selecting “Ask the seller a question” from the listing details page. Only verified registered users can access this function. After submitting the Contact User Form, the message is posted on the item detail page and the seller receives an email notification. The seller must login to answer the user directly from the listing detail page.

Mail This Item to a Friend: Enter an email address into the “To” field of the form to send your message and a link to this listing.

Watch This Item: Selecting this option adds this listing to your “Watch List”. This is only available for registered users.

Bid History (Auctions and Dutch Auctions): Lists the username, bid amount, and date of bid. Since traditional auctions use proxy bidding, only the current winning bid is shown. Dutch Auction bid histories show the maximum bid by each user.

Purchase History (Fixed Price Listings): Lists the username, quantity, purchase amount, and purchase date.