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How to Sell - Step 2: Create a Listing
Posted by Thembisile Faith, Last modified by bidorbuy Marketing on 12 April 2021 01:16 PM
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When creating the listing of an item that you want to sell on bidorbuy, first choose one of the formats offered: auction, buy now, classified, and so on. Next, select the appropriate category for your item and the relevant sub-category.
Item details Enter a title briefly describing the item. Always ensure the title is relevant, accurate and truthful. Then specify the item details as prompted (condition, location, and so on). Select discreet listing if you do not want buyers' or bidders' user names revealed.
Pricing and quantity For a buy-now, enter the price at which you want to sell your item. For auctions, it is recommended to set a starting price at the minimum you are willing to receive for the item (rather than setting the optional reserve price). The bid increment is a required field for auctions and should be set at about 5% of the price you expect to receive for the item. You may opt to allow buyers to make an offer on your buy-now items. When creating an auction listing, you can state a buy-now price too. This is called Auction with Buy-Now. For both auctions and buy-nows you can optionally include a market price if you would like to give buyers an indication of their potential savings. Most listings will have a quantity of 1. You can set multiple quantities if you have the stock available. Bear in mind that multiple quantities are as a rule better suited to the buy-now format than to auctions.
Images Always include one or more images that depict your item accurately. If you use stock images, we advise that you search the internet for royalty-free images. Your images must be in JPEG, JPG, GIF or PNG format. You may either upload images saved on your device, or insert the URL of images already published on the internet. All image URLs must be HTTPS.
Tip: We recommend that you use images of the actual item you are selling, particularly if the item is second-hand or refurbished. To ensure fast page load times for your prospective buyers, images may be downscaled. Description An editor is provided in order to make it easy to create professional-looking descriptions for your items.
Warranty and guarantee options It is recommended to offer warranties and guarantees to your buyers. This provides an additional level of trust and security for your buyers. Shipping charges You can set up shipping charges in the Selling section of My bidorbuy prior to listing your items. In case you are selling only a limited number of product types, you may set up your shipping charges while creating the listing. Once you have set up shipping charges, you will be able to reuse them in all your future listings by selecting one or more of the options from the drop-down menu. The selected shipping options will appear in your item listing, under the Shipping and Payment tab. We recommend that you always offer insurance, or include it in your shipping fee.
Payment options Choose the payment methods that you will accept from buyers from the options available to you. Note that some payment methods are obligatory for all sellers. You only need to set up your payment options once and they will automatically apply to all your listings. See all payment methods available on bidorbuy.
Optional enhancements Enhanced listings help sellers promote their items by increasing their visibility on bidorbuy. A fee is charged for most enhanced listing options. Please read more about enhancement options.
Listing duration Select an opening and closing date and time for your listing. Auctions on bidorbuy cannot last more than 21 days. Buy-nows and classifieds can be listed for up to 32 days. Tip: Sellers usually list their items on auctions for three to seven days. Longer auctions make little sense, because experience has shown that most auctions get bidding activity only in the last few hours. However, it is a good idea to list rare and high-value items for longer, in order to give more people a chance to see them.
Automatic extension of auction If this option is checked, your auction will extend for a few minutes every time there are last minute bids. Since sellers usually want to have the auto extension, this is selected by default. If you do not want your auction to extend automatically with last minute bids, click the box to de-select this option.
Automatic relisting You may opt to relist what is not sold, or to relist the original quantity. If latter, make sure you have the stock at hand! In the relist count drop-down menu, choose how many times you want to relist your item. You may relist up to ten times.
Creating prompts Prompts are a selling tool that can be used in numerous ways. Here are several examples:
When you are happy with your listing, click on the Create Listing button. You will be directed to a confirmation page to review your listing details and fees charged (if any). To publish your listing, tick the I Accept the Terms box and click on the Save Listing button. You may edit a listing if there are no bids or orders placed on it. Please note that enhancement cannot be removed after a listing has opened. Some enhancements cannot be removed even if the listing has not opened (for example, paid promotions). However, you will be able to add more enhancements to listings that are open and have bids or orders placed on them. Video: How to create a listing How to Sell - Step 3: Buyers Place Bids or Buy Using Buy Now
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