For an unlimited time the Seller Verification Fee will be optional. But bear in mind, the sole action of verify your account's identity could, and will, help you with your reputation as a seller here in Reddib.com.
In an effort to reduce fraud, in the future we will require that all Sellers verify their identity via our seller verification process. This process requires that you make a small payment via your PayPal account in the sum of USD 5.50 - This allows us to validate your identity, that you are who you say you are, and ensures a more secure, safer experience for our buyers.
Once you have verified your identity, we will credit your account with USD 2.00 to use towards incidental site charges, in addition to providing you with your first positive feedback on Reddib.com. Likewise your profile will be given a badge which shows other users that you have successfully verified your identity with Reddib.com.
Many laws, regulations and policies, in a variety of jurisdictions, regulate the goods and services that may be bought and sold. For your convenience, bellow is a list of some of the types of prohibited and restricted items the advertisement for sale of which is not permitted on Reddib.com.
Reddib.com users remain responsible for complying with all applicable laws, regulations or restrictions on items, services, or manner of sale, payment or exchange, that may apply to transactions in which they participate -- including but not limited to those imposed by the state of Florida, where the Reddib.com service physically resides. We encourage you to research the applicable laws and regulations that may apply to your transaction.
Partial list of items for sale and services the advertisement of which is not permitted on Reddib.com:
Obscene material or child pornography.
Offer or solicitation of illegal prostitution.
Weapons and related items, including but not limited to firearms, disguised, undetectable or switchblade knives, martial arts weapons, scopes, silencers, ammunition, ammunition magazines, BB guns, tear gas or stun guns.
Items issued to United States Armed Forces that have not been disposed of in accordance with Department of Defense demilitarization policies.
Fireworks, including but not limited to "safe and sane" fireworks or any destructive devices or explosives.
Controlled substances or illegal drugs, substances and items used to manufacture controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.
Alcohol or tobacco products.
Prescription drugs and medical devices, including but not limited to prescription or contact lenses, defibrillators, hypodermic needles or hearing aids.
Nonprescription drugs that make false or misleading treatment claims or treatment claims that require FDA approval.
Blood, bodily fluids or body parts.
Household pets of any kind including but not limited to dogs, cats, primates, cage birds, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fish. Re-homing with small adoption fee OK
Pet animal parts, blood, or fluids - including but not limited to stud/breeding service
Restricted or regulated plants and insects, including but not limited to noxious weeds, endangered plant species, or live insects or pests.
Pesticides or hazardous substances, or items containing hazardous substances including but not limited to contaminated toys, or art or craft material containing toxic substances without a warning label.
Illegal telecommunications equipment, including but not limited to access cards, password sniffers, access card programmers and unloopers, or cable descramblers
Stolen property, or property with serial number removed or altered.
Burglary tools, including but not limited to lock-picks or motor vehicle master keys
False identification cards, items with police insignia, citizenship documents, or birth certificates.
Counterfeit currency, coins and stamps, tickets, as well as equipment designed to make them.
Counterfeit, replica, or knock-off brand name goods.
Material that infringes copyright, including but not limited to software or other digital goods you are not authorized to sell, warez, bootlegs (without consent of the band).
Airline tickets that restrict transfer, and tickets of any kind which you are not authorized to sell.
Coupons or gift cards that restrict transfer, and coupons or gift cards which you are not authorized to sell.
Gambling items, including but not limited to lottery tickets, sports trading card 'grab bags', raffle tickets, sweepstakes entries or slot machines.
Used or rebuilt batteries, or batteries containing mercury.
Used bedding and clothing, unless sanitized in accordance with law.
Non-packaged food items or adulterated food.
Bulk email or mailing lists that contain names, addresses, phone numbers, or other personal identifying information
To
create your account choose the “Register” link on the header
navigational bar or use any of the links available on the home page.
When
registering you will be asked to complete a short form which includes
standard information such as your contact details, preferred login
credentials etc.
A Dutch auction is a type of auction where the auctioneer begins with a high asking price which is lowered until some participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price, or a predetermined reserve price
(the seller's minimum acceptable price) is reached. The winning
participant pays the last announced price. This is also known as a
"clock auction" or an open-outcry descending-price auction.
This type of auction is convenient when it is important to auction
goods quickly, since a sale never requires more than one bid.
Theoretically, the bidding strategy and results of this auction are
equivalent to those in a sealed first-price auction. The Dutch auction is named for its use in the Dutch Tulip Craze.
A reverse auction is a type of auction
in which the roles of buyers and sellers are reversed. In an ordinary
auction (also known as a forward auction), buyers compete to obtain a
good or service, and the price typically increases over time. In a
reverse auction, sellers compete to obtain business, and prices
typically decrease over time.
In business, the term most commonly refers for a specific type of auction process (also called procurement auction, e-auction, sourcing event, e-sourcing or eRA, eRFP, e-RFO, e-procurement, B2B Auction) used in government or private sector procurement.
In consumer auctions, the term is often used to refer to sales
process that share some characteristics with auctions, but are not
necessarily auctions.
The reddiB.com auction system allows sellers to operate their own private Stores. They can customize the appearance of the store and the categories used within it and include detailed information about their business and their stock.
To get started with stores, go to the My Store section of the Members' Area and select Subscription Setup
At
the top, you will see a summary of your store subscription status,
showing subscription payment dates and the number of items presently
listed. If you have not had a store before, the Store Status will be
Disabled.
To setup a store, ensure the Enable Store check box is checked
Select the type of store you wish to operate
Click Proceed to activate the store and confirm your choices
Your
store is now ready for use, although you should probably consider
adding some further information to it using the Main Settings, Store
Pages and Custom Categories sections, which are explained below.
The auction watch features notifies you of newly listed auctions which contain keywords you have chosen. For example if you are looking for a new Digital Camera you could enter in those keywords from within your members area area. Each time a new auction is listed containing those keywords you will be notified via email.
The item watch
features lets you keep a close eye on any auction without having to
place a bid on it. This feature means you can be kept up to date on how
an auction is doing and prepares you to place a winning last minute bid.
You can watch any auction by clicking on the “Watch this item” link on
any auction page.
To list your item simply click on the “Sell” link found on the header navigational bar. The listing process is split up into several main sections, notably:
Category selection
Item Details
Auction Settings
Shipping and Payment
Listing preview
Listing confirmation
The listing process is developed in such a way that you are guided through every step seamlessly.
The first part of the process, "Category selection", is where you choose the category you wish to list your item in, this can be revised at any time by using the “Previous Step” navigation button.
Step two, "Item Details", enables you to enter your item title and description, a full wysiwyg editor is in place to enable you to use HTML descriptions.
If you have a voucher code to redeem this can be entered just below the description field.
Moving on to step three, "Auction Settings", this is the biggest stage of the listing process. On this step you can set the following:
· Auction type:
- Standard Auction: This is a single quantity auction
- Dutch Auction: Dutch auction enables you to list a multiple quantity auction, for example if you have 100 pens to sell you can list all of these together in a single lot. Bidders will be able to select how many they wish to bid for.
· Currency:
- You can select your preferred auction currency using the drop down menu available
· Quantity:
- This field is only active if listing a Dutch auction, please see above for an explanation of this listing type
· Auction Starts At:
- This requires you to enter the minimum bid you are willing to accept, you can also set a reserve price to ensure you do not sell the item for this amount. Please see below for more information on this.
· Reserve Price:
- Enabling a reserve price affectively means you will not sell the item for less than the amount set, for example you can set the start price at 5.00 but only accept winning bids over 50.00, should a bid be placed for 49.99 the item will close without a winner.
· Buy out (if available):
- Buy out allows you to set an amount you are willing to sell the item for – straight out. For example you can set the start price to 10.00 but offer interested parties the option to buy the item immediately for 100.00.
- You can also list buy out only auctions, these auctions remove all bidding options meaning the listing can only be purchased for a set amount. To set a buy out only auction you need to set the buy out value to be exactly equal with the start bid.
· Offer-Range (if available):
- You can set a price bracket in which you are willing to listing to offer, for example if you set the price brackets from 15.00 to 100.00 interested parties will be able to offer you an amount within these brackets, you can opt whether to accept or decline these offers at any time via the members area.
· Bid increment:
- This option can be used to set your own custom bid increment if preferred.
· Item featuring (if available):
- The following options are available to you (fees may apply), these will highlight your item on site to ensure they reach more visitors:
- Home page featured
- Category featured
- Bold text
- Highlighted background
· Set start/end time:
- You can either opt to list your item right away and set a defined number of days for it to be live for or you also have the option to define your own custom start/end time.
· Private Auction:
- Private auction will hide the bidders identity on the item details page
· Image upload:
- To accompany your item you can either upload images from your local computer or enter the URL of an image(s) hosted elsewhere
· Media upload:
- In addition to images you can also upload media files, please note only .avi/.mpeg/.mov are supported.
· Auto Re-List:
- For convenience you can opt to have your items automatically re-listed for you, options are available to allow you to select whether the item should be re-listed if sold and how many re-list attempts should be made.
On the next step, "Shipping and Payment", you can set your shipping and payment preferences including your shipping rates and available methods of delivery.
Proceeding on, "Listing preview", this is where you can then review the listing and make changes if required, please note you can still edit your listing once live via the members area.
The final step, "Listing confirmation", provides you with listing confirmation.
Placing
a bid on an item you are interested in couldn’t be easier, when viewing
the item details page you will have two areas from where you can place
your bid, one next to the item details and a second at the bottom of the
page.
To place your bid simply enter the amount you wish to bid e.g. 50.00. Please note no currency symbols are required.The bid will be placed in the auction currency.
Once
done you will be asked to review your bid and you will also be able to
view vital item details such as the shipping conditions before
confirming your bid.To submit your bid simply press the “Place Bid” button.
If
your bid is high enough to take the lead in the auction a confirmation
message will be displayed to you, however if your bid has not taken the
lead be it due to a higher proxy bid or not meeting the reserve price
you will be invited to make a further bid.
Should you decide to retract your bid this can be done via the “Current Bids” section of the member’s area.
You can also place a proxy bid, proxy bidding allows you to place your “High Bid”.At all times you will only pay the lowest required bid should you win the auction.For example, if the current bid on an auction is 500.00 you can place a proxy bid of 2,000.Should you remain the only bidder you will only pay 500.00.However
should the item receive other bids the site will automatically re-bid
for you (upto 2,000 in this scenario) to ensure you remain in the lead.
If the option is available you can use “Buy Out” to purchase the item immediately without having to place a bid.Some sellers offer such an option which can be used at any time until a bid has been placed over any applicable reserve price.
The
“Buy Out” option will appear on the item details page, you will be
asked to confirm your intention to buy out the item before the sale is
concluded.Buy out’s cannot be retracted.
