Usually I can spot the catch right away but not with auctiva.
As no organization does anything for free can someone please tell me where the money is made?
Thanks to any who answer.
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quote:Originally posted by wendi789:
Usually I can spot the catch right away but not with auctiva.
As no organization does anything for free can someone please tell me where the money is made?
Thanks to any who answer.
Hey There!
Welcome!
Suthrnjewl<---just like the welcome person at Wal-Mart
Anyhoooooo...Magie Noire started an excellent thread and it has your answers.
Please come visit again!
https://community.auctiva.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/107...731016441#6731016441
Peace,
Donna
Thanks Donna. That was an interesting read.
I only found out about Auctiva by checking out a few powersellers to see what they were doing.
The moving auction marquee was like Vendido but because Auctiva was free it caught my interested.
I only found out about Auctiva by checking out a few powersellers to see what they were doing.
The moving auction marquee was like Vendido but because Auctiva was free it caught my interested.
Or Wicked Uncle Ernie (Keith Moon) from the rock opera "Tommy".quote:Originally posted by Suthrnjewl:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by wendi789:
Usually I can spot the catch right away but not with auctiva.
[QUOTE]
Welcome!
Suthrnjewl<---just like the welcome person at Wal-Mart
i.e. the answers you want to hear.quote:
Anyhoooooo...Magie Noire started an excellent thread and it has your answers.
quote:
Peace, through the destruction of our enemies,
CB
Oh puleeeeeeease. Anyone can go get an UPic insurance policy (if you do please use me as your referral, thank you, lol.) After about 6 months of high volume and no incidents you can get a flat rate. Let's say, $6.95 per month. Now, you start a biz that let's auction sellers launch and yadda yadda their auctions onto FeeBay. Hey, get them to sell, sell, sell, insurance. Give them a kickback of let's say, .25 per whatever. If you're paying a 'flat rate' monthly billing under $10.00 -- well you get the picture. Now, get these dandy auction sellers to sell mucho grande insurance and bingo you're generating money. The buyer is insured and happy, the seller gets a .25 kickback to offset the gallery fee or whatever and on top of it -- a FREE listing service.
Oh my friends, this is just the beginning. Now, join forces with Sellathon and whoever, wherever and share the love. Yes, Virgina FREE exists in the hearts and minds of those who choose to believe. So start believing ... or not.
I mean, I charge a flat rate of $7.00 for most items and more for heavier things. I include the delivery confirmation (free) and insurance (I have an UPic policy) and I still make a good $2.00 per sale. So far, no complaints from my buyers. And I don't even have a flat (monthly) rate - yet.
Believe me, Virgina - Auctiva has a sweet deal with UPic. They do all the work and you get a .25 kickback to boot. I have no idea how the Sellathon works but I'm sure it's a doosey.
Personally, I think, Jeff has a great idea. It's a win, win situation. The customer's insured and happy, the seller gets a kickback, a 'free' lister (actually your buyers are paying for Auctiva via their insurance, ain't it grand?) and UPic is happy as well. So everyone find a way to make insurance madatory, lol. Woohoo!
Upward and onward. I'm sure if y'all who wanna pay keep moaning about it, Auctiva will give in and come up with a paying model for everyone. Lol, or maybe just for those who 'want' to pay.
Okay, now I'm getting goofy.
PS - Auctiva Staff I recommend making these boards UNavailable to crawlers. We really don't need our buyers knowing everything about us, lol.
Oh my friends, this is just the beginning. Now, join forces with Sellathon and whoever, wherever and share the love. Yes, Virgina FREE exists in the hearts and minds of those who choose to believe. So start believing ... or not.
I mean, I charge a flat rate of $7.00 for most items and more for heavier things. I include the delivery confirmation (free) and insurance (I have an UPic policy) and I still make a good $2.00 per sale. So far, no complaints from my buyers. And I don't even have a flat (monthly) rate - yet.
Believe me, Virgina - Auctiva has a sweet deal with UPic. They do all the work and you get a .25 kickback to boot. I have no idea how the Sellathon works but I'm sure it's a doosey.
Personally, I think, Jeff has a great idea. It's a win, win situation. The customer's insured and happy, the seller gets a kickback, a 'free' lister (actually your buyers are paying for Auctiva via their insurance, ain't it grand?) and UPic is happy as well. So everyone find a way to make insurance madatory, lol. Woohoo!
Upward and onward. I'm sure if y'all who wanna pay keep moaning about it, Auctiva will give in and come up with a paying model for everyone. Lol, or maybe just for those who 'want' to pay.
Okay, now I'm getting goofy.
PS - Auctiva Staff I recommend making these boards UNavailable to crawlers. We really don't need our buyers knowing everything about us, lol.
...in black magic: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus L.L.C."quote:Originally posted by Magie Noire:
Yes, Virgina FREE exists in the hearts and minds of those who choose to believe. So start believing ...
CB
"...you'd better not pout, you'd better not cry, you'd better not shout, I'm telling you why...Santa Claus is coming...with the grape Kool-Aid..."
I have a question.....I'm new here, in the lounge. I haven't done sellathon, mainly because I don't want an exposed counter and I don't know if sellathon has a hidden counter option, but I feel that the numbers are for my benefit not for the benefit of my viewers. Initially, I made insurance an option. BUt now that I realize THAT is the way you make your money, I KNOW I must require it for all of my auctions. How does payment to you and me work? How do YOU get your insurance amount and how do I get my 25 cents? Do I have to utilize sellathon to make this all happen? I want YOU to make the money you are entitled to for making these wonderful services available to me and making miracles in creating the illusion that I really know what I'm doing. 
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Thanx for EVERYTHING and I hope I can lose the other counter company I use and stick with you guys all the way. Adrienne aka NyceNYer
)Thanx for EVERYTHING and I hope I can lose the other counter company I use and stick with you guys all the way. Adrienne aka NyceNYer
quote:Originally posted by Capt. Binghamton:...in black magic: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus L.L.C."quote:Originally posted by Magie Noire:
Yes, Virgina FREE exists in the hearts and minds of those who choose to believe. So start believing ...
CB
"...you'd better not pout, you'd better not cry, you'd better not shout, I'm telling you why...Santa Claus is coming...with the grape Kool-Aid..."
Black Magic is a state of mind. Usually, negative, grumpy people sharing their knowledge and so forth and so on.
Magie Noire on the otherhand is a purfume made by Lancome.
Please tell Santa I prefer Fruit Punch, lol. Grape is so boring. Kinda fitting, for all of us fruitcakes, aye?
Now get busy it's the first of the month! Send - Jeff your green, lol.
No! No! Don't do it out of kindness.quote:Originally posted by nycenyer:
BUt now that I realize THAT is the way you make your money, I KNOW I must require it for all of my auctions.
Do it because it's a teriffic deal! I take the calculated risk of insuring every shipment at no charge to the customer because it's cheap (a buck-five per $100) and if offering it gets me just one extra bid per auction...well...I'm in the money. Another great feature IMHO is that if you follow the rules, you can insure certain types of shipping that the USPS won't, such as International Air Letter Post. And, if you would rather charge for the insurance, (I think most people do) you pick up at least enough for a semi-decent cigar with every sale.Sell-a-thon has nothing to do with it. Auctiva gets their insurance through U-pic. You should be able to get what you need to know in the Help section: Help>Account>Checkout Settings>Auctiva Shipping Insurance. In a nutshell, you put a few bucks in your account and every time you designate a shipment for insurance (after the sale) Auctiva deducts the amount, say a buck-five, from your account. In the mean time, the customer pays you the regular amount, in this case, a buck-thirty.quote:How does payment to you and me work? How do YOU get your insurance amount and how do I get my 25 cents? Do I have to utilize sellathon to make this all happen?
Careful: to some, profit is apparently a bizarre and abstract concept.quote:I want YOU to make the money you are entitled to for making these wonderful services available to me
I think that's a God-given instinct in all of us eBayer's!quote:creating the illusion that I really know what I'm doing.
CB
Hmmmm. You ought to put that one in Wikipedia.quote:Originally posted by Magie Noire:
Black Magic is a state of mind. Usually, negative, grumpy people sharing their knowledge and so forth and so on.
Purfume, huh? That explains it. Is a Lancome a species of salmon?quote:
Magie Noire on the otherhand is a purfume made by Lancome.
You mean my food stamps??quote:Now get busy it's the first of the month! Send - Jeff your green, lol.
CB
"even Carlos Santana's gone off the deep-end these days..."
In Canada we get $100 Cad worth of insurance included on all small parcel items under 1 kg for free. Anything over 1kg and $100 Cad costs $1.30 CAD. Of couse inherently breakable items are not insurable. Proof of purchase of the item and proof of shipping is reqired.
quote:Originally posted by Capt. Binghamton:Hmmmm. You ought to put that one in Wikipedia.quote:Originally posted by Magie Noire:
Black Magic is a state of mind. Usually, negative, grumpy people sharing their knowledge and so forth and so on.Purfume, huh? That explains it. Is a Lancome a species of salmon?quote:
Magie Noire on the otherhand is a purfume made by Lancome.You mean my food stamps??quote:Now get busy it's the first of the month! Send - Jeff your green, lol.
CB
"even Carlos Santana's gone off the deep-end these days..."
You mean the - Koolaidpedia.
Lancome is an overpriced department store brand by way of France. Nice fragrance - spicy.
Send Jeff whatever rocks your world.