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I just found this link. I was reading how ioffer buyers have 21 days to pay, and alot of sellers getting charged a FVF even though the buyer didnt pay, 21 days seems very long to wait untill you make an unpaid claim. But like I said I found this link, I dont know alot about ioffer...so can other sellers fill us in on this. What the heck is a Guest buyer?

Deferred Final Value Fees (FVF) for guest purchases — we don’t get paid until you get paid | iOffer Blog

I remember the having to wait 21 days to get your FVF back. I think they only gave you like a 7 day window to make the claim to. It was really weird. The one thing I did like about Ioffer was I was able to get paid through Google checkout.

''The one thing I did like''

so why your not with them anymore?

The product I was selling. They allowed a bunch of Chinese sellers to spam like crazy the site with their Vero products for quite a while. So it was near impossible to sell anything. I checked and it looks like they cleaned it up some. So now I am looking to possible get back on.

Don't use ioffer it was the main reason I got ristricted from Ebay due to unreal stuff, I was been told the stuff is authentic paid a lot of money to notice later from buyers they r not real they ruined my life :( as ebay is careless they don't care if I use this business for daily living or bring food for my children:(

Sadly, that reason has long been burnt to the ground by other sellers in the past

Anybody know if you can use a Vanilla Visa to verify a seller account on iOffer?

And if not, what does work?

I see people selling VCC's that say they work with iOffer, but then I read in this same thread that VCC's don't work. I'm just needing some clarity from someone who is familiar with present day iOffer requirements. I know you have to be able to tell them the correct amount of the small mystery charge they make to your card. Just don't know what type of card will work with this.

I've tried multiple VCC's for iOffer recently, and they haven't worked. Even the ones that used to work for me no longer work.

I'm also interested if anyone has a method that works.

Same here ,
I've contacted ioffer yesterday , they said they have some bug issues with credit cards verifications and they are working on it.

That's very good information, both of you thanks so much for sharing! I think iOffer has a ton of bug issues, including wrongful suspensions.. but still, gotta get back on there, lol, for me there's no other place like it unfortunately. I'm hoping we can find something that works soon!

Yes shay, i'm in the same position you are.
Although they are saying there tech fixing it -
2 days ago when i first contacted them about me unable to verify my cards , costumer support told me they had a bug and they fixed it - not in my case.

- then i'v contacted them again and i'm still waiting for updates.

Maybe we can help each other, I'll definitely share any bit of useful info I find. Actually you're in a better position than I am though.. you can at least login to your account to communicate with iOffer people, I can't even login anymore! When they (wrongfully) suspended me, they made it so my account is not even existant on their site. I've been trying to communicate to "the helpdesk people" over the phone, but all iOffer has is basically a "leave a message but we won't call you back" answering machine. Never can talk to a live person. Have you tried posting a mesage on twitter to ioffer_help? They used to answer back much quicker than the website helpdesk. They have also blocked me on twitter since I'm suspended, isn't that nice?

i dont have twitter account.
ioffer support is worse then any support i ever encountered.

ioffer has banned me form to bulk listing for 21 days - for the wrong reasons - i just desided to open a new account but i cant upgrade to seller account cause im getting error verfication with my credit cards. - strange is those cards work perfectly with other marketplaces. ioffer said they are fixing some bug , but i dont bealive they care.

It does seem that iOffer has very few people who run the site. They need a bigger staff, heck, it could be 2 people running the whole thing! Their tech support or webmaster doesn't seem to be very knowledgeable about how to set things up, much less fix things that go wrong. Have found urls that went nowhere in the past, 404 error pages that were only corrected after I reported them 6 or 7 times. Also they repeatedly used to tell me my credit card failed when it was set on auto-payment for paying my seller fees. Nothing was ever wrong with the credit card, they just were all screwed up with their urls and links, etc. So anyway, I would manually go and make a payment to them with the card, and then 2 or 3 days later the auto-payment would always magically start working and charge me again! Makes ya wonder.

iOffer had a back-room staff of four .....

Wow, they really need to put out a Help Wanted sign. Maybe two. Or three. Or thirty-seven. Maybe send up a flare or something----> :help:

Been the dream of its users for ages.

ioffer has no staff , only robots.
whatever you'll ask them, they will copy pasting same answer over and over again.

That's ebay too

:laugh:

i experienced both costumer support , can honestly say ioffer is worst.

:-)

LOL, so funny, and sooooooo true!! :lol: Sometimes I had even wondered if possibly they don't speak (or understand) English. Sounded like maybe they were using Google Translate. :confused:

They do get quite lazy - and automated.

has any one had success on verifying his card?

You had the misfortune to need to speak to them?

:argue:

I still haven't even had a chance to try a new one out yet. Every seller I've asked has currently been sold out of vcc's for iOffer. Hopefully waiting/wanting to hear some good news soon.

Did anybody else hear anything?

few days ago i bought vcc from one of the sellers here. verification didn't worked. - now i wonder if the vcc wasn't good enough or ioffer, still has a bug

Did you deal with your seller? Important to clarify the issue - quickly

yes sure, i received a refund.

Does anyone on here even get sales using Ioffer. I mean it looks like they cleaned it up. Last time I was on there Chinese sellers had spammed the crap out of it with fufu stuff.

I remember it taking like 21 days before you could try to get you fees back for a NPB. NPB rate was really high. It was pretty slow moving stuff in general. Was nice though because they were allowing google-checkout as a payment option back then.

they still do.

i got good sales with ioffer,
even with all the bugs they have and the bad to worst costumer service.

I do remember that. But I also remember when I first got booted off eBay it was a lifesaver for cleaning out some inventory.

Will have to check it out again. But definitely I remember thinking WTF when it took like 20 days to file a NPB to get fees back. It was like they wanted you to forget about it so you ended up paying them

yes.
you need to be stubborn.

I had asked this question on another thread but didn't receive an answer. Why is it that a Vanilla Visa won't work for verifying an account iOffer? Or will it?

Have you registered it to the zip code of the IOffer account address?

No, I haven't even bought one yet, lol, just was wanting to know if it might work before I spent the money.
Noticed other people saying they work on Amazon.. wondered if anybody had tried them on iOffer.

i bought avs vcc for ioffer. works.
on the other sied i cant bulk list my items on ioffer - dont know why - waiting for ioffer staff.

Did you just recently buy the avs vcc? If so, and if you don't mind, can you please pm me the place or seller so I can get one too?

I don't use bulk listing, but judging from past experience, I'm sure iOffer has some of their website code messed up somewhere. Good luck on getting that fixed, hopefully they'll figure it out before too long.

yes today.
check pm

I don't know how new is this rule but
as a new ioffer seller, ioffer placing account on hold after selling barely 6 items

message says -

"Your selling account is placed on hold for a lack of buyer feedback in recent transactions.

Temporary Account Review
Your selling account is placed on hold for a lack of buyer feedback in recent transactions. Your items have been taken down and you cannot accept any new offers for the time being.

**PLEASE NOTE: If you received positive feedback from your buyers, it may take up to 24 hours for the rating to be processed. Afterwards, your restriction will be automatically lifted.

Please be patient and wait until your buyers receive their purchase and provide feedback for their transactions. If you have tracking numbers for your shipments, make sure you mark the item as shipped and include the tracking number from the 'Items Sold' page.

Follow the tips below to encourage your buyers to provide further feedback AFTER they receive their item(s):

Respond to buyer comments in a timely manner
Use secure payment services
Provide verified tracking numbers
Ship items on time and provide estimated delivery dates
This temporary hold will be lifted after you receive an adequate amount of feedback ratings. However, your account may be placed on hold again for the same reason. To avoid this, please ensure that you resolve all disputes, provide valid shipping and tracking information, and rate your buyers.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter."

i had ioffer account but can't pay the FVF there after i updated my credit card ...i had asked them many times but no one can help, anyone here know what to do?