posted on March 24, 2006 10:22:10 PM
Saw this on the ebay announcement board and thought I should post it here. Note that if you use checkout redirect in vendio it looks like there will be some changes.
***eBay Express Update: Checkout Redirect, Canadian Sellers and an Opt-Out***
March 24, 2006 | 12:02PM PST/PT
Chung Cheong
Hi, this is Chung Cheong from the eBay Express team. We’re getting closer to launching eBay Express! As you've probably heard by now, eBay Express will be a new specialty site that delivers a more conventional shopping experience for buyers. Most of the items on eBay Express will be new items at fixed prices.
Since Bill Cobb first announced that eBay Express would be coming this spring (read A Message from Bill Cobb posted in January), the eBay Express team has been gathering input from members. I'd like to update you on a few points that answer some of the top questions we've received.
Support for Sellers Using Checkout Redirect
If you currently use Checkout Redirect through eBay's API, you need to also use the new Checkout Integration API to have your listings be eligible for eBay Express (assuming you meet the other seller and item eligibility criteria). Buyers who purchase your items through eBay Express will go through the standard checkout process on eBay Express, instead of your custom process. Of course, if they buy from you on eBay.com, they'll be redirected to your custom checkout process as usual.
For more details, check out this post on our Developers Program blog. If you use a third-party service for your checkout process, please contact them to make sure they'll support this feature when it launches in early April.
Limited Canadian Support on eBay Express
Many Canadian sellers have asked whether they will be able to sell items through eBay Express at launch. You will, under certain conditions. If your item is physically located in and shipped from the United States, and your listing is on eBay.com, it will be eligible (again assuming you meet the other seller and item eligibility criteria).
Opt-Out Preference for eBay Express
eBay Express is designed so that sellers whose items qualify will automatically get this additional exposure by default. For sellers who would rather not receive this exposure, we've added an Opt-Out preference in My eBay. Go to your Selling Preferences within My eBay to remove your listings from eBay Express. If you opt out after eBay Express launches, your listings will disappear within a few hours. Also, you can always choose to opt in again later. (Please note that it may take up to 2 weeks for your items to appear in eBay Express after you have opted back in.)
To learn more about the categories that will be supported on eBay Express at launch, please refer to our earlier announcement. Also, as you prepare your listings for inclusion, make sure to check out our seller checklist here and review our updated FAQs.
Sincerely,
Chung Cheong
eBay Express Team
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
[ edited by mikes4x4andtruckrepair on Mar 24, 2006 10:23 PM ]
posted on March 25, 2006 06:23:53 AM
Thanks for this info. my sales rep called and gave me the same message. Now if they would just call Vendio and tell them!
The last year on Vendio has been a nightmare.
The Vendio customer reps try to gloss it over but i spend at least 2 hrs per day with the work around to get this system to work.
And it has become a waste of time to even post problems as they try their best to blame us rather than just fix it. Maybe they need to work some overtime and get this thing working.
sorry for the rant on your topic but i am just out of mind on the lack of concern they have to get this system working right again. I know it can as it was for years past.
I had a long discussion with my e-bay account rep. i hope she rats them out.
posted on March 25, 2006 09:48:58 AM
I still do not understand how Ebay Express will be viable for long.
Customers will get Shipping sticker shock after they load up their shopping cart, checkout with $100 worth of merchandise and their shipping total is $120 because each of the items comes from a different seller.
And then there is the feedback. First item to arrive will probably get a +, but pity the seller on the other coast who's item arrives 3 days after the fist item. Instant neg for slow shipping. Or worse, buyer gets one item out of an order of 10 that is packed poorly, or broken. All sellers on the order get a neg.
posted on March 25, 2006 08:42:24 PM(Please note that it may take up to 2 weeks for your items to appear in eBay Express after you have opted back in.)
So my FP items that have the 7 day listing will show up on Express 7 days after the listings have closed.
Ok, not that stupid. But with Ebay, you never know.
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Many misleading tricks in 2006. The new Demomoron slogan.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
[ edited by mikes4x4andtruckrepair on Mar 24, 2006 10:23 PM ]