Yep, and if you dare put your phone# or email in eBay messages to your buyers their bots will likely smack down your account. Many reports on here and ecommerce forums of them doing that.
eBay has really been cracking down on off playform sales and are quite agressive about it.
Some members here have suggested you make up business cards with your info and send them out with your orders.
So if you selling an item which is local pick up only or any item which has postage too but the buyer ask to see the item in person before buying them what can be done ?
I've see no people leave their number/address in an image and put that in the listing BUT I'm not sure if that's even a viable option anymore. Might have to get creative.
Yep, and if you dare put your phone# or email in eBay messages to your buyers their bots will likely smack down your account. Many reports on here and ecommerce forums of them doing that.
eBay has really been cracking down on off playform sales and are quite agressive about it.
Some members here have suggested you make up business cards with your info and send them out with your orders.
Been doing the business card trick for years, helps with feedback as well
I think it's good way to deal with ebay new rules, but at the same time, new ebay seller wont have money for that kind of advertise
It costs about $30 to get 1000 business cards here. If you can't afford that, how are you going to deal with it when you need to refund, get scammed, lose a dispue, etc?
If you can't afford a few business cards, it's probably time to take a hard look at your business and cash flow.
OTOH, if you are really pinching pennies, then make your own cards out of cardstock/paper and cut them out. As mentioned above, it's also a good way to encourage your customer to leave you feedback.
then make your own cards out of cardstock/paper and cut them out. As mentioned above, it's also a good way to encourage your customer to leave you feedback.
Or you can add the phone # to the packing slip...
Or you can make a rubber stamp with your contact info and stamp it on the packing slip...
Basically don’t allow contact numbers in the advert. Some items buyers need to contact me.
Any ideas please
Thanks
I send out a Free vacation certificate or a $1000 Restaurant discount certificate with each order, customized with my contact information on them. They are only $199 to print out an unlimited amount for a whole year and nobody throws them away. It has worked for me for a long time. Same info as a business card but a lot less likely to be thrown away as they don't expire! I also save every email address and load them into a bulk emailer for free. Have to be creative..
I send out a Free vacation certificate or a $1000 Restaurant discount certificate with each order, customized with my contact information on them. They are only $199 to print out an unlimited amount for a whole year and nobody throws them away. It has worked for me for a long time. Same info as a business card but a lot less likely to be thrown away as they don't expire! I also save every email address and load them into a bulk emailer for free. Have to be creative..
I put my contact info directly into invoice. Its after sale after all so I don't see why it would be a problem. Its attempts to take sales offsite that cause issues. Mainly in eb messages.
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