HELPFUL TIPS that may improve your Ad and the response to your Ad:
(1) Well-written, DETAILED INFORMATION about your pet. You can enter up to 1200 characters in the Ad text so put in as much detail as possible. This large text area offers you an excellent opportunity to mention all the great points about your pet. If you don't put much here then visitors may quickly skip over your Ad to read the Ads that offer more pertinent information. Include the age, coloring, temperament, and special things about your pet such as registrations, vaccinations, your willingness to ship your pet, and what type of payment you will accept.
(2) Nice PICTURES of your pet. You can upload 4 pictures of your pet with each Ad. If you are placing a "Want Ad", it helps to upload a picture of a pet that you are interested in finding.
(3) The CAPTION should clearly describe something interesting about your pet.
(4) PRICE can also be a significant factor in determining response. A blank price will cause many potential buyers to skip over your Ad and look instead for other Ads that list the price. Therefore, it is important to post a price in the "price window" and to make it as reasonable as possible.
(5) CORRECT LOCATION. Make sure the City, State, and Country are entered correctly in your profile since this information will appear in your Ad. These are critical search criteria when someone is looking for a pet. If you have the incorrect information here, then your Ad may not be seen by those in your immediate vicinity.
(6) Consider your COMPETITION. For instance, if you are selling golden retrievers in Texas, then your competition is all of the other Ads for golden retrievers, not just the Ads for golden retrievers in Texas. Breeders in other states may be willing to ship their dogs to Texas, and, Texas buyers may be willing to drive to other states to purchase golden retrievers. So, if you are not getting as much response from your Ad as you want to receive, consider the above tips carefully and review all the Ads of your competition for ideas that will help show buyers that your pet is better than the rest. However, do not become discouraged because there are a lot of people who visit all the Ads and yet they contact only a few pet owners until they find the perfect pet for their needs. The great news is that many people are obviously interested in the breed of your pet, otherwise there would not be so many people viewing your Ad.
If you have found an item you would like to place a bid on, you can do so quickly and easily by following these steps: Login to your account. If you don't have an account yet, you will need to register then get verified, the whole process will take about 5 minutes. Visit the auction page you are interested in purchasing. Bids: Just below the gallery image towards the top of the auction page will be a "place bid" box (if there is not a bid box, then the auction is a "Buy Out" or "Buy Now" only auction). Enter in your bid and click on the “place bid” button. You will then be asked to confirm you bid, once you have done so your bid will be entered, if successful you will receive a confirmation message. If you bid fails to outbid the current high bidder you will be offered the option to place a higher bid.
Buy Now: If a seller designates a "buy out" price, you will see this option just above the auction description. Buy Out prices are set by the seller, if you agree with that price, you can click on the “buy out” button and proceed with your purchase. After clicking on the "buy out" button you will be re-directed to a confirmation page. After clicking the "proceed" button, you are now obligated to purchase this item at the designated price listed.
After I place a bid, can I increase my maximum bid (proxy bid)
Yes, return to the auction page and place your new higher bid. If you are the current highest bidder and you return to increase your maximum bid, the system will not raise your auction current bid, but will only increase your proxy bid. Why did my bid jump so high?
If another bidder has bid a amount higher than the current price, when you bid it will automatically raise the bid amount over the other bidder's bid. In a case where the other bidder has bid more than you, the bid will reflect the bid you have entered as your highest proxy bid.
How will I know if I am outbid?
You will receive an email informing you that you have been out bid. If there is still enough time left before the auction ends, you can return to the auction page and bid again.
Is it possible to cancel my bid?
Yes you can! As long as the auction has not ended and is still current. To retract your bid: log in go to your Bidding page, you will see the auction link for the item you have bid(s) on, beside each link is a "Retract" link. Just click that link.
You must have a valid reason to retract a bid once place abuse of the bidding to find max bids of other bidders will result in being banned.
Is there any way I can contact the sellers?
To contact the seller, click the item you are interested in, under the Auction Images you will have the following: Type in your question then submit. This should do it.
I won an auction, How do I contact the Seller?
To Contact the seller do the following:
login to your account. from the Members area, click on the Won Items link. click on the View won items Details link at the top of the page. from within this area access the Message Board. You can use this area to communicate directly with the Seller regarding payment instructions, shipping, etc.
What do I do if I cannot contact the Seller? I made payment and the seller will not respond or send my purchase!
We at MyPetBids do our best to keep such sellers off our site, but this problem does arise occasionally. We recommend that you send details of the transaction to: admin@MyPetBids.com Be sure to include auction number(s), sellers username, date and method of payment, and any other information that would assist us in our investigation.
We will do our best to find a resolution for you, but there is no way for us to recoup funds for you, or guarantee you any specific results.
We ask that you use "safe" payment methods when making purchases from buyers you are not familiar with. When we say "safe", we are referring to payments through Paypal or Credit Card methods, as you have the chargeback process available for such issues.
MyPetBids strongly recommend that you do not use cash, money orders, checks, or wire transfers to pay sellers you are not familiar with, or sellers that have limited feedback ratings. These payment methods leave little or no recourse for the buyer, in regards to recouping funds paid to the seller.
We will thoroughly investigate all such claims, and then take appropriate action against seller’s accounts that are not in compliance. We will also take steps to prevent them from signing up to sell on the site again.
We suggest filing complaints with the appropriate agencies below, should zBestshop not be able to resolve your issues.
To sell on MyPetBids you need to be at least 18 years of age, then first register for an account. Then activate your account by replying to the registration activation email. You will be able to list immediately upon completion of this step.Verification is an optional but advised. To verify your account, just click the SELL button located on the main header menu. You will then be directed to the verification page if your account is not verified. Once verification is completed, you will not see this verification prompt again.
How do I list an item?
To list an item do the followings:
Login to your account. click on the SELL tab on the top main menu. you will be redirected to the listing form. Fill up all required info.
Note: Make sure you enter enough info in the item description, for example:
Item description: Brand name. Detailed specifications. Item condition : New/Used/Refurbished. Never post an item without a current PICTURE. Items with poor description and no Pictures are hardly ever sold. How do i add paypal direct pay to my auctions?
The following are the steps to setup your account to accept payments thru paypal:
login to your account select Member area select My account select Manage Account Check Paypal Address Override Input all your informations under Direct Payment Settings input your paypal email address.
Your buyers will now be able to pay you directly through a paypal pay now button on the zBestShop site. This must be completed before listing items, and you must select paypal direct pay for each auction for this to work.
What if my item ended and was not sold, can I relist it?
Yes you can! When you post your item, you can select the relist option if you would like the item to be automatically relisted, you can have an item automatically relisted 1 time.
If you have failed to select the option at the time of listing, you can edit the item and add it, or, once logged into the Members Area, click on the Selling link. From here, all of your listings will be displayed. Simply click the relist link of the item of your choice, and it will be automatically updated!
My item sold - Where do I find the buyers Details?
Once the item is sold, an email notification will be sent to you and the buyer. You can obtain their details once you are logged into the Members area, by clicking the Sold Items link from the left menu, and then clicking on View Sold item Details at the top of the page that opens.
From this area, you can access a Message Board, which will allow you to directly communicate with one another regarding your payment terms... etc
How do I contact the Buyer?
Log into your account, then click the selling tab in the members area. This page will default to displaying your open auctions. Click the "sold" sub-tab to view your sold items. Click the "message board" link for the appropriate auction, to send your buyer a message or to view their contact info.
What do I do if I get no reply from the winning Bidder?
If you have not gotten any response to your emails, or to your Messages left for the buyer via the Message Board, you have the following options:
Buyer has a 7 days period to pay for the winning auction, unless buyer and seller had alternative agreement. If, after the 7 days, you are still unable to resolve the problem, leave the Buyer negative feedback, and contact us directly about it.
We employ a 3 negative feedback policy. If any user reaches 3 strikes, he/she is banned from further use of the MyPetBids Auctions.
Absolutely! To Create a Store perform the following steps:
Login to your MyPetBids account.
Click the "store" button in the members area.
Subscription Setup: Select the enable store option, then choose the only store subscription type, Basic stores are free st this time.
Main Settings: Enter your store name, store description (html allowed), and keywords for your store (used for search engine indexing). Find an image for your store, and then click the upload file button. The page will refresh with a thumbnail of your logo. Select a design template for your store. Then click the proceed button when your changes are completed.
Store Pages: Enter the number of featured, ending soon, and recently listed items you want displayed at the top of your store pages. Enter information for the about us, specials, shipping, and policies pages of your store. Then click the proceed button when your changes are completed.
Custom Categories: Create a number of custom categories that will be unique to your store. These categories can only be used for items listed using the "Store Only" option. After you add custom categories, you must click the generate categories button for the changes to take effect. Items listed in auctions will show in your store under the same category as listed for the site. To prevent having a bunch of categories in your store that do not contain items, choose only categories that you will be listing items in. If you don't select any categories for your store, all the site's categories will be available by default. Otherwise you will only be able to list items in the categories you have selected for your store. You can add or remove categories at any time in the future. Click the proceed button when your changes are completed.
You can direct buyers to your store by creating links on web pages outside of MyPetBids, or put your store link in emails you send to your current customers
Advertising on MyPetBids is a great way to reach your audience. You can either send us your banner for your site or our team will produce one for you free of charge. Our rates are as follows:
1 month on a top category $10.00 (appears every time the category is viewed) 3 months on a top category $25.00 (appears every time the category is viewed) 1 month on a sub category $5.00 (appears everytime the sub category is viewd) 3 months on a sub category $10.00 (appears everytime the sub category is viewed) 1 month on the title page $50.00 (appears on the main page everytime it is viewed)
Feedback is an important thing to sellers and Buyers. Without feedback, seller misses the opportunity on many sales. Many buyers wont buy from a seller not knowing about their integrity, and if a seller is new to a site, its a tough road for them and their sales.
Don't miss the oprtunity to leave your feedback for a sale or a buy! Your feedback is valuable.
We have set up a standard set of categories, to ensure we have a category for your item please fill in the suggest a category section when logged into the registered user area and we will add it to the list.
Before you start using the listing you will require the following information:
your username and password you used to register with at the auction site
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When the program first starts up you will be presented with a screen to enter your login details for the auction site.
Once you have filled in the necessary details you can click Apply and then Check Login button to verify you have the correct details set or if you are sure there correct click the Apply Button.
In either case you must click the Apply button once finished.
If you change your details online in the future you can always go back to the logon screen via theSetup button to set the new details for the MyPetBidsBulkUpLoader login.
Once you have successfully entered your details you can click the Update button to obtain automatic configuration and latest features for the auction site.
You must use the Update button to get the correct details for the auction site and to allow you to submit auctions to the site, and as long as your login details are correct the program will automatically be configured to use with the auction site.
This action only needs to be done again if your auction master informs you to update your configurations to take advantage of additional options or if you loose the program configuration files.
Opening existing or new session
Using sessions:
From the main screen of the MyPetBidsBulkUpLoader you either start a new session, open a previous saved session, import a comma separated listing or one of the other Importing options that the auction site supports into a new session.
Using the new session:
When you select new session you are prompted to enter a name to describe the session if you are selling different types of item categories then this name could be something that reminds you of what type of items are in the listing, such as Computing, Electrical or Wholesale etc.
Naming a session something like its content will allow you to easily use the open previously saved session option to load a listing into the program for submitting to the auction or to allow you to update or add to the listing.
These listings contained in the session can also be 'Saved As' a different name later on if you change your mind, they can also be exported into a CSV file so that you can if needed call the exported CSV file into a program you may use to keep track of your sales such as Excel .
From the export screen you will see the available delimiter preference that you can select.
Your custom editing program may require a specific delimiter and this can be set prior to clicking Export.
Once you click export you can enter the name of the file to save the exported data as.
Importing sessions
Importing sessions:
From the main menu you either import a comma separated listing or one of the other Importing options that the auction site supports into a new session such as import you current open auctions, closed auctions or even import EBay's TurboLister CSV listings directly into MyPetBidsBulkUpLoader.
Import CSV listing:
These listings contain comma separated data that can be imported directly into a session if they correctly follow the structure of the supplied example.csv with should have been supplied with MyPetBidsBulkUpLoader.
Simply use the Import Bulk CSV listing option and select the delimiter being used in the CSV file to import the file.
Import Open/Closed auctions:
Clicking Import My current or closed auctions will download from the auction site all the information needed including images that will allow you to edit or modify and at a click of a button submit the whole or partial list.
Import Ebay TurboLister CSV listing:
Clicking Import Ebay CSV listing will present you with a new screen where you can follow three steps to import the auction listing.
1) Setup you preferences, this is where you can setup details that may not be available in the CSV listing.
2) Select the Ebay CSV listing file that was exported from the TurboLister. "See format option image".
3) Clicking convert will display another screen where a list of Ebay assigned categories have been used and where you can assign the new categories that match the auction site being used. You will not have to set every item up, only each different category that is used, normally just a few. Once you have done this by highlighting the entry to assign selecting the category to use and then clicking set you can click the Finish button which will import the new listing into the main listing page.
The progress of this can be seen in the main screen status bar after Finish is clicked.
Exporting sessions
Importing sessions:
From the main menu you can export a comma separated listing of the current listing with a specified delimiter, simply click export and select your preferred delimiter to use.
You can then use your own preferred choice of another application to view, edit and modify the listing like Microsoft excel etc.
The main listing page
Using the auction items listing:
When you have either imported a session or added new items to your listing you will see in the listings screen all the details of each items that are available for submitting to the auction, you will see also there are images in the first column and these specify whether or not a photo has been assigned to the auction item.
Each item in the listing can be edited , previewed, duplicated or be removed from the listing using the buttons above the listing.
There is also a popup menu that can be used when highlighting an item and right clicking on the mouse to set various values to multiple or single selected items in the list.
If you delete an item from the listing the item will be remove from the listing and the saved session so be careful you don't delete items you want to keep.
You can view the details on any of the items in the listing by either selecting an item and clicking the View button or simply by double clicking on an item in the list.
If you wish to edit an item to amend or add to the features etc you can select the item and click Edit, this will transfer the details of that auction item to the item entry page where you can make the adjustments you want and then simply click the Update/Save button to update the item and return to the listing screen.
Using the Add item page
Adding new or editing an item:
Clicking Add or Edit from the listing screen will take you to the item entry page (if you have no session started then you will be prompted to open one). see Using add item options
In the item entry page you can enter the details of the item you wish to add to the listing for submitting to the auction, these include all the title, description any features you wish to set and any images you need to supply to promote you auction.
Please follow the on screen tips to help you enter the correct details required for the auction item to be added to the list, once a successful item has been added to the listing you can preview the item from the listing screen.
Once you have entered your items into the listing and feel your ready to submit your items to the auction site for listing as live auctions review the the listing and use either the Submit single or Submit all items button to continue.
If you make any alterations to the listing the session will save the settings on closing the lister.
Item listing option
Required information or selection
Adding to auction, store or both
Select either Auction, Store or Both to add your auction item to.
This option may not be available on all auction sites and would required your account to have opened a store.
Title
A short text description of the item.
Description
A text or html full description of the auction item.
Selecting main category
Select the category to list your auction item into by clicking the desired location until the box displays No further categories..
Selecting a second category to list in
Set the preferred second category to list your auction item as in above .
This option may not be available on all auction sites.
Select the auction type
Select either standard or dutch auction, standard auctions are limited to quantity of 1
Preferred listing currency
You can set which currency you wish the prices to be listed in.
Starting price
Set this price to the amount you wish the auction to start at.
Set a reserve
If you wish to set a minimum amount that you will receive for this item then set it here, not forgetting to also select the Use Reserve box.
Set a custom increment price
If you wish to set an amount that the item will increase in price when bids are made then set it here, not forgetting to also select the Use Increment box.
Assign a Buy it now price
You can where the site has this feature set a buy it now price that if pressed will allow a buyer to purchase the item without waiting for the auction to end and pay the preferred price you set.
Allow the Make an Offer option
You can where the site has this feature allow a buyer to Make an offer that is between a minimum amount and a maximum amount that you set.. Not forgetting to select the Make Offer box too.
Auction duration
Select the auction duration for this item to run as live.
Quantity amount available
Set the available amount of item you have for sale, you are only allowed to set more than one if you select the auction type 'dutch' as explained above.
Registered user details (location etc)
These details are automatically filled in by your registered information.
Featured options
Additional features can be added to your auction listing that might increase the chance of being noticed and gaining a sale. Additional costs maybe required for some features.
State payments accepted
Let the buyer know the payments that you will only accept upon purchase of the auction item by selecting the accepted payment methods you wish.
Setting relist options
You can set whether to automatically relist and item, and also to even relist if bids where placed on the item.
Using a discount voucher
You may have been awarded a discount voucher where you can get a discount on listing prices for your auction items, enter the code given to receive your discount.
Checking fees that may apply
If you are unsure on the prices charged for certain features click the 'View fees' button.
Accepting swap offers
On some auction that you list you may prefer to accept a swap offer of some kind, you can select swap offer if this is the case.
Setting who pays postage
Let the buyer know who is responsible for the postage costs of the auction item.
Setting the postage costs
Let the buyers know a specific cost applies for posting of the auction item
Insurance cover costs for the item
If you wish to give the buyer the option to pay for postal insurance cover for th auction item, then enter the costs they will have to pay.
Selecting the delivery service type
Select the dispatch method in which the item will be posted to the buyer.
Adding other postage information
You can add additional information that may give the buyer details about the posting of the item once purchased.
Ship international or not
Specify whether you will post worldwide or not
Accepting direct payments
If you have a direct payment method that you use such as Paypal then you can select this option and add the email address the direct payment method is setup with.
Adding images
Add the images that best shows your auction items condition and description here, taking notice to stick to the maximum allowed image size in KiloBytes.
Adding promotional video
Add the avi or mpg video that best shows your auction items condition and description here, taking notice to stick to the maximum allowed movie size in KiloBytes.
Once you are sure you have set the desired options and information about your item click the 'Add/Update' button
Submitting auctions
Submitting your items to the auction:
In the listing screen you will see two buttons, Submit and Submit all. Submit will submit the item in the listing you have highlighted and will only be enabled if you have selected an item, and then there is the Submit all button that will submit all items in the listing that have not already been submitted.
You can tell by the legend at the bottom that items in pink are items that have not been submitted and items in Beige have previously been submitted in maybe a partially submission.
The reason for this is that you may not wish you submit all items at once or you may have cancelled a previous submission half way though the list etc.
Either way the entire listing can be marked as not submitted simply by clicking the button to the right of the find keyword box and has a red cross xon it.
There is also another option to submit a single or selective group of auction items and that is by highlighting the preferred items and right clicking the mouse and choosing Submit selected items only.
By the way the Find keyword box is simply there to help you find a keyword in your listing if your listing grows to a long listing.
When you click the Submit or Submit all button you will be presented with the Submit screen, this screen simply allows you to starting sending your items to the auction and listing them as live auctions.
The actual submission process:
When presented with the submission screen you will see three buttons, Submit, Cancel and Exit.
Depending on which button you pressed in the listing screen the submission will start submitting the items or item to the auction site when you click Submit and you will see the status of the submission for each item in the form of a progress bar that will display the upload progress and show the current item being submitted..
If you decide that you do not wish to submit the entire listing once you have already started then you can click the Cancel button to end the submission.
You will at the end of the submission receive a confirmation of how many successful items where submitted.
On successful submission or partially submission once you close the submit screen you will see that the items that have been submitted to the auction have changed to a Beige color, you can as mention earlier return to that listing at another time and submit all and it will only submit the items still colored in pink, or you can reset them all again using the Mark all ( red cross x ) as not submitted button.
Once you have submitted partially or all of your items you can either use you browser to view the items you have submitted or go to the main screen by clicking the Internet button and view them from the MyPetBidsBulkUpLoader application.
Depending on your auction site configuration you will either see your auctions live or be able to go to your account and make the auctions live by making the payment required if the site is set as 'Pay as you go'.
