ohiotreasurehunter
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posted on August 10, 2006 09:18:19 PM
Do you think it is better to have one seller id with high feedback but selling a huge variety of items...or ...to have several id's each which sells a specific type of product?
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roadsmith
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posted on August 10, 2006 09:23:37 PM
I have one ID. I sell collectibles and books.
A couple of years ago I had to get a second ID to sell old stuff a relative thought was family stuff. It was awfully hard to start over with feedback on that second ID. After selling most of the old stuff I had lying around, I dropped the second ID and kept my first one. Whoosh, there went about 200 +feedbacks, 100% rating. Shucks.
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sparkz
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posted on August 10, 2006 09:37:40 PM
Create as many as you need to fit your particular business plan. I have 2, and use the second strictly for consignment sales. If I feel it will help me, I will create a 3rd account in the future.
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mikes4x4andtruckrepair
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posted on August 11, 2006 12:12:49 AM
I'm up to 6 at last count. 1 is for buying only and 3 for use in selling different products. The other 2 get used from time to time.
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DrArcane
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posted on August 11, 2006 03:36:31 AM
Five.
I one use two regularly, ubt you never know ehwn you might want a spare ID with established feedback.
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neglus
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posted on August 11, 2006 05:49:31 AM
I just have one - buying (husband does most of the buying) and selling. I tried to set up a buying id for DH but he couldn't remember the password (SIGH - what are you going to do with an engineer who can't figure out more on the remote than the channel changer and can't even figure out the alarm clock?).
Roadie - if you never intend to use your spare id again I think you can merge the feedback with your main ID.
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pat1959
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posted on August 11, 2006 07:53:22 AM
Four...
Two for selling, two for buying.
When I was buying a certain collectible regularly, I found I had "followers" who would out-bid me. Now I use a sniping system, but prefer to change-up the user IDs when running across an item that is ending in the last couple of minutes = no more followers, or lost bids!
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on August 11, 2006 08:30:01 AM
I have 2 - my main one is used for 99% of all sales. The second I sell on every now and then but most use as my buying ID (hubby's buying mostly).
roadsmith - why drop your second ID? It doesn't cost you anything and you never know when you may need it?
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on August 11, 2006 08:52:36 AM
I have 3. Two for selling and one for buying. I'm thinking of opening up a second for buying because it has almost 1000 FB. I think I buy too much!
Diane
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roadsmith
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posted on August 11, 2006 10:36:01 AM
Ladyjewels--I dropped my second account because I also had the two accounts with Vendio, and it was costing me more money. Also, I thought it was a pain in the neck trying to switch back and forth between the accounts, and sometimes I couldn't remember which account I'd listed something under. Too much hassle for me. I don't know how people with several accounts do it!
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on August 11, 2006 11:04:07 AM
I can understand that Roadsmith.
I don't use my second account very often and I do have 2 accounts with Vendio as well. What I did was I dropped all plans with Vendio on my second ID, delete photos etc so I wasn't being charged anything .
Now I store all my photos on my main ID with Vendio. If I want to list on my second ID, I copy and paste the photos directly to my second ebay ID. That way I don't have to pay ebay's crazy photo prices and I have the great photo from Vendio. It works pretty well for me and only takes a little extra time. I'm just hanging on to the second Vendio ID in case I want to really do a lot of listing on that ebay ID.
It sure would be much easier if Vendio would let us have more ebay ID's on one Vendio ID. I'd pay extra for that capability without a doubt.
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deur1
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posted on August 11, 2006 12:26:43 PM
I have 2. Just cuz
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irked
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posted on August 11, 2006 08:01:26 PM
I have one and wife has her own but usually uses mine to buy cause she doesn't know if buying with her account will let her pay with the Paypal account but I think ya can we have her email associated with it and ebay ID too. She says she uses mine so she doesn't look like a dummy if she screws up on trying to pay with the Paypal account. Go figure.
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sparkz
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posted on August 11, 2006 08:28:41 PM
Irked...Don't feel alone. Whenever my wife and I go shopping, she always prefers to pay out of my wallet instead of her purse.
If Murphy's law is correct, everything East of the San Andreas Fault will slide into the Atlantic
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mcjane
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posted on August 11, 2006 09:11:01 PM
I have two, but never use the second one.
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twig125silver
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posted on August 12, 2006 07:24:41 AM
I have one id......
And Mark shops out of MY account with MY money.........
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hhhh1
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posted on August 12, 2006 11:23:07 AM
ladyjewels2000-can you tell me how you cut and paste your pictures that you have with Vendio..I have wanted to do this so often, but i cant figure out how to do it..At them moment i have 2 ebay seller ids..One for designer clothing, the second for non-clothing odds and ends.I only post 2 pictures with the second one, using the ebay picture listing,but i would love to be able to use vendio listing instead.
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agitprop
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posted on August 12, 2006 02:35:40 PM
roadsmith wrote: A couple of years ago I had to get a second ID to sell old stuff a relative thought was family stuff. It was awfully hard to start over with feedback on that second ID. After selling most of the old stuff I had lying around, I dropped the second ID and kept my first one. Whoosh, there went about 200 +feedbacks, 100% rating. Shucks.
Actually you can salvage those 'lost' feedbacks and add them onto your main eBay ID by consolidating both accounts. (Check some older threads for details as to how to do it.)
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on August 12, 2006 02:44:38 PM
hhhh1 - If you go to your image files and check the ones you want to use then you can attach them to an auction (you want the HTML's or non-ebay). When you get to the HTML box, just copy it and paste into the description of the auction form. If you want a gallery photo, you will need to pick out the URL only for that photo (getting rid of the center tags etc). That takes a bit more practice but if I can do it - so can you.
Hope I've used the right terms and you can understand what I'm trying to say. lol
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pixiamom
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posted on August 12, 2006 10:56:23 PM
I tried to keep both a selling and buying ID but did not have the discipline to sign out / sign in when I found a great buy when researching on my seller ID. A bad habit - I risk bidding against good customers and leave a trail for obsessive folks that dig deep to find what I paid for cards. Haven't been caught yet- knock on wood!
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ebayvet
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posted on August 13, 2006 10:15:35 AM
roadsmith - You can merge that account into one. I had 3, but when I stopped selling on half, decided that I would merge that account into my second account. Now I have 2 accounts, one for my main selling, and one where I do wholesale lots.
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roadsmith
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posted on August 13, 2006 03:24:43 PM
Can I merge them even though I've closed one of them with eBay and Vendio? Can anyone point me in the direction of where I would do that? Thanks. I'd love to retrieve those +feedbacks!
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tonimar1
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posted on August 14, 2006 05:16:08 AM
Hi
I have 3 selling names, I use my main name for collectibles, tools, toys, and anything that is old, because my husband does the buying so I never know what I will be selling. Like this week its going to be Plumbing parts, a collection of model toy cars, Old Car test equiptment, What a mixed up mix of stuff. He never sticks to one type of item. This name I use for all my buying.
My second name I use only for Sterling & Gold Jewelry which I Like keeping separate. These two names I use all the time.
My 3rd name I started when I was selling ladies clothing and then turned it over to my daughter when she was selling so it gave her a nice start with feedback.
Toni
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birgittaw
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posted on August 14, 2006 06:36:26 AM
One main original account for selling. One for selling awful discards and posting on discussion boards, and when I forget who I am, sometimes buying. One main buying ID. Yes, I think it's very helpful not to co-mingle certain activities or lines of merch.
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on August 14, 2006 08:54:27 PM
3
Need to as you never know when ebay will unjustly NARU one of them.
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classicrock000
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posted on August 15, 2006 03:22:12 AM
Stone-if one of your accounts is NARU arent the other ones to?
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on August 15, 2006 07:28:09 AM
How would you like this ID as a seller ID?
jerrybandersnatch
[ edited by ST0NEC0LD613 on Aug 15, 2006 07:30 AM ]
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classicrock000
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posted on August 15, 2006 12:51:35 PM
LOL!
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on August 16, 2006 01:02:40 PM
Stone-if one of your accounts is NARU arent the other ones to?
Simply put. Nope. Yes ebay has a policy, but like all of their policies, it is not inforced.
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