posted on May 23, 2000 07:50:33 PM new
Trying to set-up my first Yahoo auction. When I press preview at the end, I get this error: "Auction Data Failure: %s "
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Also there are 3 boxes at the bottom: "gift" & ?"bold" & something else: am I susposed to check one or what? Any help is greatly appreciated!
posted on May 24, 2000 01:49:47 AM new
tornwiii,
I'm not familiar with the error message you are getting (auction data failure:%s). I can explain the 3 boxes. These are fairly new features Yahoo put into play recently to help "boost" your sales.
1. gift: You can, for a fee, have a gift icon imbedded in your auction title, i.e. Father's Day, graduation, gift of love, etc. The fee for that is $1.00. To learn more about it, there is a clickable link to the right of it on the submit page.
2. Bold Text means your auction title will have a bolder text than other auction titles; therefore yours will tend to stand out more. The fee for that is $2.00.
3. Featured Auction: Featured auctions are listed at the top of a catagory. The more you pay to feature an auction, the higher up on the featured list you go. Minimum fee for that is $.25 per day.
If you want any of those features, you must first open a "Yahoo Wallet." This is a credit card account that keeps tabs on how much you spend for any of these "pay" features. You credit card is charged by Yahoo.
I have been auctioning on Yahoo for a year and a half. These pay features just went into effect, hmmm, in Feb. I think.
There is no cost to do a basic listing. I currently have about 1300 auctions running under 2 user names. I don't use any of the pay features. Guess I'm just "tight" with my money.
Good luck getting your auctions up and running! Hope you sell lots!!
posted on May 24, 2000 01:52:39 AM new
Oh, I'm sorry! I had your name incorrect...it's tomwiii, not tornwiii. These old eyes are tired...too long on the net...time to sleep.
Rose
posted on May 24, 2000 03:40:39 AM new
Thank you for the advice! Actually I tried 3 more times on AW (I love AW)--said fooey, and listed on Yahoo with no sweat via auction-woof/woof! Again thank you!
