Auction Power Guide

2 days ago I was trying to sell (Ebay) my P90X Videos that I had purchased to get some money back? A couple of hours before it was to end the auction was removed by the rights owner saying it was not authentic. It is very authentic!!! Not sure what to do. Others are selling theirs and not being kicked off. What are they doing so special that I’m not. HELP! (By the way P90X kicks #@$)

Ebay has rules for sellers that must be followed. Here is a copy of the seller rules from ebay that should help explain things better. I have been selling on ebay for over two years and the companies who own the patent rights to any product have the right to tell ebay to take down any listing they feel is fake or not authentic. It has happened to me and I had to prove to ebay and the company in question that the item was really theirs and once I did they allowed the listing and I sold the item and the buyer was contacted by ebay and asked if they were happy with the sale and if they felt the item was real. The buyer told them she was on both issues.

Rules for Sellers – Overview
eBay’s policies are rules and guidelines that help to create a safe, fair and enjoyable trading environment for all eBay members. As a seller, you are responsible for reviewing and understanding eBay’s selling policies, as well as all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the User Agreement.

Learning about eBay’s selling policies before you list an item will help you to avoid unintentionally breaking rules. eBay’s selling policies are updated to respond to marketplace, Community and security issues, so it is important to check them regularly for changes.

Violations of these policies may result in a range of actions, including:

Listing cancellation

Limits on account privileges

Account suspension

Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings

Loss of PowerSeller status

Every seller must know and follow:

Rules about Prohibited and Restricted Items – What items can and cannot be listed

Rules about Intellectual Property – Items and listings that have the potential of violating certain copyrights, trademarks, or other rights. Intellectual property owners can report listings as part of eBay’s Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program.

Rules for Listings – Actions that are not allowed in listings

Rules for Accepted Payments – Forms of payment that sellers may accept from buyers

In addition to the above rules, here are some additional policy violations not permitted on eBay:

Seller Non-performance – Sellers must honor the transaction contract. Sellers cannot fail to deliver an item for which payment was accepted, significantly misrepresent an item by not meeting the terms and item description outlined in the listing, or refuse to accept payment for an item at the end of a successful sale.

Shill Bidding – Sellers must not bid on their own item, or have family members, roommates or employees bid on their item.

Unpaid Item/Final Value Fee Credit Abuse – Sellers may not file for a Final Value Fee credit on a transaction where the buyer paid for the item.

Tax Policy – Sellers must pay relevant fees and taxes.

Both buyers and sellers cannot interfere with a transaction or offer to buy or sell listed items outside of the eBay site (see Rules for Everyone – Overview).

To report a policy violation:
Locate and review the policy page that deals with the violation.

Click the Report link at the bottom of the page. For example, see Excessive Shipping and Handling policy.

Enter the item number(s) of the listing that you want to report.

Click the Send button to send your message to eBay Customer Support.
You can also report a violation by clicking the Contact Us link on the left side of any Help page, selecting Listing Violations and choosing the appropriate topics.

Note: Only report a case once. Multiple emails about the same case slow an investigation.

After your report is received:

eBay will consider the circumstances of an alleged policy violation and the user’s trading record before taking action.

Disciplinary action may result in listing cancellation, limits on account privileges, account suspension, forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings, and loss of PowerSeller status.

If a complaint can’t be proven with certainty, eBay may take no action.

Due to privacy issues, it’s not possible for eBay to discuss the results of an investigation.

Posts made in eBay’s Want It Now area must also comply with eBay policies. For more information, see the Want It Now Policy page.

To learn more, you can take the tutorial on Shill Bidding and other Trust and Safety tutorials.

Ebay has provided some amazing opportunities for many people to earn online. This widely popular auction site has become the primary destination for users who wish to purchase anything, ranging from tangible products to digital items, hence making eBay a website visited by millions of people every day. Because of the volume of transactions happening in its pages, eBay has also become a virtual market place where thousands, if not millions, of dollars exchange hands on a daily basis as well.

Do you want a piece of that big, big pie?

Then you must first have to establish an eBay store.

Now, this is not a strong recommendation. This article is not meant as a sales pitch for a membership with eBay, rather, it seeks to present the advantages and disadvantages of building your own eBay store. You must remember that eBay isn’t the only place where you could peddle your goods. It is a good place where you could sell your items, but there are other alternatives you could consider. Should you settle with eBay? Or should you explore the alternative options? Let’s study the matter more closely.

There are most certainly a lot of benefits that could be gained from establishing your own eBay store. Let’s take a look at them.

You’d be able to sell in a hotly visited environment. You’ll be able to expose your products to a wide array of prospects.

Once you have upgraded to a Featured Store, you’d be given $30 worth of PPC keywords per month. This means that your store would appear prominently in the results for the particular keywords that users will search for. Such would most certainly drive more traffic to your auctions.

A Featured Store would also deliver some advanced reports for your auctions. You could use the statistics delineated therein to improve the way you construct your sales pages, and the way you present your items for better efficiency in your future offers.

A Featured Store will also allow you more eBay pages, which would mean more exposure for your products. It’s still a numbers game. The more auctions you have running, the more earning opportunities you could capitalize on.

A Featured Store would allow you to reduce the size of the eBay banner appearing in your every auction. This would give you the chance to work on your page and bring the focus of your visitors to the items you will be selling.

Ebay provides a certain level of seller protection and dispute resolution for potential problems you might encounter with your buyers.

Though these are great advantages for your online business, please bear in mind that they do not come without cost. There are also other disadvantages that are attached to having your own eBay store.

Ebay stores don’t come free. A basic store setup would cost $15.95 per month. A Featured Store status would cost an even higher $49.95 per month. And the king of all kings, an Anchor Store, would require you to spend an onerous $499.95 per month.

Having your own eBay store would pressure you to perform well when it comes to your sales. Though some may consider this as a benefit since such will motivate the seller to plan his course of action, the dangers will be experienced when you fail to earn enough profit to cover the cost of your subscription.

People go to eBay expecting the best deals in the online market. You have to compete at this level, otherwise, the moment people would see the going rate for your auction, they’d immediately hop to the next item up for sale.

You’d be bound by eBay’s selling policies. You cannot go around some of these restrictive policies, otherwise, you account can get suspended, or worse, terminated.

Establishing an eBay store is a solid choice for a business model. But you have to determine your goals as well as your marketing plan. Would an eBay store help you accomplish them? Or would selling your own goods in your own website, or through some affiliate automation program like be better for your online business?

The choice is yours.

Saleem Rana
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