» Registering

Registration is easy and only takes a matter of minutes.
To start the signup process, click on the register link at the top of this page.
Only users 18 years and over are able to register by law.

Step 1:Sign up as a buyer or a seller or both. You will

Step 2:Complete your personal information.
"Failure to supply all the required information will result in an error"
Click the "Continue" button.

Step 3:Complete your valid email address, User ID, Password , Referral Bonus (if applicable) & view Terms of Service details.
"Failure to supply all the required information will result in an error"
Click the "Register" button.

By clicking the "Register" button at the bottom of the page, you will be redirected to a page to the confirmation page.

Your account requires you to verify your email address via the Account Activation Email sent to your registered email address.
Your eiStuff account will be activated instantly, you will then be able to purchase, list and browse eiStuff.

» My Stuff Area

Once you have successfully logged in using the login forms from the main page or from the login page (click on the login button from the page header), you will be redirected to the members area page.
This page is divided into eleven main areas:

1.My Messages

View and respond to messages received via eiStuff members & support staff. You can have messages displayed in auctions or left anonymous as desired.

» Received (0) Messages you have received.
» Sent (0) Messages you have sent.

2. All Bidding
Keep track of all your items being watched, bidded on, swaps offered, won, offers placed, personalized picks & report abuse.

» Current Bids Keep track of auctions you are bidding on.
» Won Items Keep track of auctions you have won, view sellers details, invoice, bank details, ask seller questions & remove auction.
» Invoices Received Keep track of invoices you have received for items won or bought using Buy It Now on eiStuff.
» Watched Items Keep track of any items you added to your watch list.
» Ending Soon Notifications Items you have set a notification to remind you of its time to end
» Favorite Stores Stores you have added to your favorites
» Keywords Watch Add or remove specific "Keywords" for auction listing notifications.

3. All Selling
Keep track of all your items Scheduled, Selling, Swaps Received, Sold, Ended.

» Open Auctions Keep track of auctions you are currently selling - Sell Similar, Revise, Remove or End Early.
» Items with Bids/Offers Keep track of offers you have received.
» Scheduled Auctions Keep track of auctions you have scheduled for listing.
» Closed Auctions Keep track of auctions that have ended (Relist, Relist ALL, Sell Similar, Delete, Delete ALL).
» Drafts
» Sold Items Keep track of auctions you have sold - Send/View Invoice, Submit/View Bank Details, My Messages, Leave Feedback or Remove.
» Invoices Sent Keep track of invoices sent to winners / buyers of your items.
» Fees Calculator eiStuff Listing fee calculator.
» Prefilled Fields Pre-fill fields for listings, saves time when using some of the same details.
» Block Users Add or Revise a blocked user.
» Suggest a Category Suggest a category to eiStuff.

If, after the seller has contacted the bidder, and no sale has been made, you can claim back the end of auction fee.
By clicking on the Claim back end of auction fee, a claim back request will be sent to eiStuff, and will be evaluated for fee refunding.

5. Seller Tools

» Import Feedback

As a seller, your Feedback rating is your life support system on any auction site. When a buyer is interested in making a purchase, most refer to a Sellers feedback to review their history. If you are new to our site, or have yet to establish a solid feedback history, you can import your Feedback Levels from other auction sites, to give you that added selling advantage. Its fast, free, and should be one of your top priorities.

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You can import feedback from:

eBay, Yahoo, BidVille, Bid-Alot, Wagglepop, Amazon, Overstock

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How it works:

You place a special Verification Code that we provide to you, on a specified page, on the site from which you want your feedback to be imported from. You enter the username that you use on the specified site, press the Retrieve button, and our spider will do the rest, automatically.

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below is what will show on a users feedback page:

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The feedback score(s) listed above have been verified and validated as authentic as of the date shown. We validate the score by having the user place a code we issue to them, which must be placed on a members only page on the site for importation. Doing so, allows us to confirm without question, the user is the owner of the account and it’s associated score.

» Import Your ebay items

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6. Reputation

» My Reputation Review your feedback received.
» Leave Comments Leave feedback for members.

7. Bulk Application

» Bulk Lister Download the software or view user instructions.

8. About Me

» View From this page, you can create a simple "About Me" page.
» Profile Page This is where you enable or disable your profile page. This is where you add your website url, Microsoft messenger ID, ICQ ID, AOL instant messenger ID, Yahoo messenger ID.

9. My Store

» Subscription Setup Enable or disable and choose your eiStuff store subscription.
» Main Settings Store main settings. Store name, description, logo upload, etc...
» Store Pages Create your store pages. About this store, store specials, shipping information, company policies.
» Custom Categories Create a number of custom categories that will be unique to your store. Customized categories can only be used for items listed using the "Store Only" option.

10. Want It Now

» Add New Submit a wanted ad
» Open View your currently posted wanted ads
» Closed View your closed wanted ads

11. My Account

» Personal Information Update or modify your Personal Information, Payment System Email Address, Change password.
» Manage Account View account activity, previous fees, credits & payments, manage & pay your account fees.
» Account History View your Fees history to eiStuff
» Mail Preferences Setup or modify your Mail Preferences, allows you to receive automated auction or system emails.
» Personalized Email Templates Create personalized email templates for customers. auction watch notification, outbid notification, item offer notification, print invoice buyer notification, sale notification, Payment / Bank information notification.
» Abuse Report File a report on another member or listing, we take action immediately.

If you have located an item you would like to place a bid on you can do so quickly and easily by following these steps:-

1. Login to your account. If you have not registered you can do so within minutes.
2. Visit the auction page.
3. Towards the bottom of the auction description page you will see a bidding box, you can use the shortcut link to the bidding box if you wish.
4. Enter in your bid, note you must bid above the minimum bid required.
5. Click on the place bid button.
6. You will then be asked to confirm your bid, once you have done so your bid will be entered, if successful you will receive a confirmation message. If your bid fails to outbid the current high bidder you will be offered the option to place a higher bid. Proxy bidding can aid your chances of winning an auction and help avoid you being outbid at the last moment. To place a proxy bid enter in the maximum price you are willing to pay for the item. If another user places a bid on the same auction automatic bids will be placed on your behalf in accordance with your maximum bid amount. With proxy bidding you will pay the lowest possible price until someone else places a higher bid.

There is another way of bidding:
Buy it Now auctions.
Buy it now prices are set by the seller, if you agree with that price, you can click on the Buy it Now button which is displayed on the auction details page.
After clicking on the button you will be re-directed to a confirmation page.

On a Standard auction that auction will end instantly as the item has been sold via Buy it Now.
On a Dutch auction, you can enter the amount of items you wish to buy (depending the quantity available).

If you purchase less than there are available in total, the auction will remain open with the number of items left available after you have purchased the amount you want.

Information on Categorys

When you list in *store only* you can list in both custom categories and main site categories you have assigned to your store, however the item will only be available in your store. For *both* you can _only_ list in selected main site categories because any custom categories you have created in your store do not exist in the main category menu and therefore the item you list would not be found anywhere else other than your store, in which case you were better served selecting store only.

Using your example below, if the store owner had the following categories setup in his store:-

Store Custom Cat 1 (store specific)
Main Cat 1
Main Cat 2

And then proceeded to list his item in store custom cat 1 using _both_, the item is only available to buyers in his store given that Store custom cat 1 doesn't exist as a main category, therefore it would have saved on fees to have listed in store only originally which is the main benefit of using that list-in type, there would be no reason or indeed benefit to listing in both because a) you would be paying fees covered by your store package and b) your item is only accessible in your store given that you selected your custom category.

There are also related fee implications:-

*_Auction Only_*

Standard fees apply (item listed in main categories only)

*_Store only_*

No fees apply - covered by the store subscription package (item listed in store categories only)

*_Both_*

Normal fees apply (item listed in corresponding main and store categories).