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Seller protection buttons for your listings
Many of our members have asked us if they can link to our site from their eBay listings. While we see the benefit (as a deterrent against bad bidders) it is unfortunately not permitted. According to eBay policies, you are not allowed to provide links to external sites such as RepXchange.com in your listings.
However, this doesn’t mean that you can’t tell bidders that you share your blocked bidder lists on eBay with other sellers. To that end, we’ve created 4 different graphical buttons (you can download smaller versions of these examples) that you can add to your listings:
Just be sure that you don’t add a link to RepXchange.com as well, as that’s when you are in breach of eBay policy. You can download a zip file containing each of the individual versions by clicking here or on the image above. Each button comes in a large and a small version so that you can pick the one that suits you best. It goes without saying that you should choose a version that you don’t think will be off-putting to your good customers.
June 16th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Do we have any recourse against bidders who do not heed the “shipping to US only?…It worries me that I may get a negative feedback if I don’t ship internationaly even though it is on my site…Thanks for this idea…it really helps to feel united as a seller…
July 1st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I have opted to write the following into my listings - right after my Guarantee Language:
“I am a memeber of http://www.repxchange.com. An online sellers organization dedicated too improving the ebay experience for Honest Buyers and Sellers. Please cut and paste the link into your browser for more information”
this is easy to put into an ebay insert when listing items. The buttons above were too cumbersome - dave
July 17th, 2008 at 11:56 am
To Dave Leibnitz and all sellers:
Dave, memeber should have read member.
Double check your spelling and grammer when you list and when you respond to questions. Do not rely on any spell checker. You sell yourself and your reliability in a listing. When a spelling mistake is made in a listing or in a response the mistake says “I do not double check my work” and this leaves the customer wondering if you, as a seller, would be reliable.
Linda
August 8th, 2008 at 10:36 am
spelling error was in this blog only - not in my listing
August 17th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
October 14th, 2008 at 6:39 am
It says we are not supposed to provide a link to this site in our listing - that it is against eBay policy. That’s why the buttons are provided. I plan to upload the buttons to my Photobucket account. If you do that, it provides an HTML code that you can copy into your listing and voila, the button will appear. (I use Auctiva to create my listings.)
November 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
I ve been reading along for a while now. I just wanted to drop you a comment to say keep up the good work.
Joan
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