Auctane Shipping Manager Multiple Accts

[zoneout]

Originally Posted by GhostWhoWalks

Oh man so many things to watch out for. Ebay should just let us have stealth accounts if we arn't ripping off people! And put like 30 day hold on the money with paypal. So there would be no risk really. Their rules are so lame, they only make money off of you with 1 account some on here got like 5 to 30 or 100 even. So ebay makes 5 to 100 times that money back. Why should they worry? They are so lame! I swear.

Actually they seem to prefer the outright cons and scammers over honest sellers. Had a bloke in France rip me off before xmas along with 5 other sellers for over $6,000 worth of high end clothes, electronics, watches and cameras. His account is still registered.

[zoneout]

Originally Posted by zoneout

OK, so here is an interesting tidbit. Was looking into Inkfrog today. Guess what? The `Smartshipping` function they have is actually Auctane integrated into their system.

This raises a couple of points worth mentioning.

1) Auctane is a REALLY user-friendly shipping software for USPS only. Somehow the Inkfrog integration avoids the accounts being linked when dropping your ebay tokens. I will have to see this in action on a trial account but I assume the tokens get dropped by the inkfrog server and not your client as happens when you use the real Auctane. So this is the workaround for avoiding linking when using Auctane!! AND it only costs $5/mo more and you get all the other Inkfrog crap thrown in. THIS IS A GREAT DEAL!

UPDATE: Auctane supports USPS AND UPS - NO FEDEX

UPDATE: You drop ebay tokens from the Inkfrog window for each ebay account you want to use. To be safe I would change the IP before dropping each token.

Originally Posted by zoneout

2) Of course there is no free lunches.... With real Auctane you get 1 master account with subs for your other ebay accts. This means you only fund postage into the primary and the subs feed off of it.

However, it appears in the Inkfrog version all the ebay accts are handled as separate Auctane master accts. This means postage has to be funded separately in each acct. For Stamps.com the minimum postage you can buy is $25 a pop. So for alot of stealths you could have alot of funds tied up in postage. If you dont need FCM or regional rate priority you could just use Express1 for postage which takes a $10 minimum deposit instead.

The other thing I dont know yet is if the Stamps.com account is free. With real Auctane you have to pay $15/mo for the Stamps.com account. If it is free, this makes it an even better deal than originally thought. I will have to play with the trial and report back.

UPDATE: Stamps.com account is not free. You can use yours if you have one already.

UPDATE: You only fund your postage once and all your ebay accounts feed off it. So it behaves same as the Auctane version.

[GhostWhoWalks]

Originally Posted by zoneout

Actually they seem to prefer the outright cons and scammers over honest sellers. Had a bloke in France rip me off before xmas along with 5 other sellers for over $6,000 worth of high end clothes, electronics, watches and cameras. His account is still registered.

Dude I would seriously call up Ebay about it and give them the customer numbers and names and if they were all from France you got scammed big time!

I am sure ebay could see this and do something about it. Get on the phone about it man. I had some new buyer off ebay open a case after 3 business days claiming he didn't get his product and he was from Australia and my stuff in the states.

They closed it in my favor. I called paypal.

[rockitaway]

Originally Posted by zoneout

However, it appears in the Inkfrog version all the ebay accts are handled as separate Auctane master accts. This means postage has to be funded separately in each acct. For Stamps.com the minimum postage you can buy is $25 a pop. So for alot of stealths you could have alot of funds tied up in postage. If you dont need FCM or regional rate priority you could just use Express1 for postage which takes a $10 minimum deposit instead.

The other thing I dont know yet is if the Stamps.com account is free. With real Auctane you have to pay $15/mo for the Stamps.com account. If it is free, this makes it an even better deal than originally thought. I will have to play with the trial and report back.

Each account on inkfrog can use the same stamps.com account, so only necessary to fund ONE account. Stamps.com is $15/ month and separate, though postage can be purchased from within the inkfrog shipping modules once the account is linked with a stamps.com account.

[Laritha]

What printer do you guys use to print First Class Mail postage?

[zoneout]

Originally Posted by Laritha

What printer do you guys use to print First Class Mail postage?

Any printer will do, i use a canon inkjet

[Laritha]

Originally Posted by zoneout

Any printer will do, i use a canon inkjet

How? When you have to have a printer that prints stamps?

[zoneout]

No, just print directly on the envelope.

Are you talking about a letter or a package?

[ninex]

I use self adhesive two part labels. peel and stick. Of course Im printing right from PayPal's website for each account that I use.

Does Inkfrog import your tracking info to each perspective paypal account you shipped an item from or do you still have to log into each account to update s/h info?

[Laritha]

Originally Posted by zoneout

No, just print directly on the envelope.

Are you talking about a letter or a package?

A package. In order to use First Class mail through Stamps.com, you need a special label printer that can print the First Class stamps, right?

[slim jim]

No you need a regular inkjet or laser printer and a special netstamps label sheet from stamps.com which you can order. They give 1 or 2 free sheets with signup

[zoneout]

Originally Posted by ninex

Does Inkfrog import your tracking info to each perspective paypal account you shipped an item from or do you still have to log into each account to update s/h info?

No, this is a paypal limitation I believe not inkfrog.

[zoneout]

Originally Posted by slim jim

No you need a regular inkjet or laser printer and a special netstamps label sheet from stamps.com which you can order. They give 1 or 2 free sheets with signup

I just use generic 4x6 labels or you can even print on regular paper and tape it to the box in a pinch.

[slapped]

Originally Posted by zoneout

I just use generic 4x6 labels or you can even print on regular paper and tape it to the box in a pinch.

Im on the same "Page", so to speak,,,check out these guys:

HouseLabels.com - Dymo, Avery, Brother and Zebra Compatible shipping and address labels

Good prices,

[slim jim]

i don't understand, you can print regular stamps on a 4x6?

[zoneout]

No, but why would you want to use stamps on a package?

[slim jim]

wow, read it again and just saw package. ok, time for a break