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Create your own discount vouchers and distribute your voucher codes to gain more buyers. Every buyer loves a deal and if you have given them your voucher code, they'll instantly get your specified discount at the time of their buy-it-now purchase. All the buyer has to do is enter your code and they'll save instantly! We are in the process of upgrading the servers that eistuff.com uses. This may cause some issues as we do these upgrades. We apologize and are upgrading to make the servers faster. This is why we have 7 servers on standby coming into play as this upgrade gets underway.
eiAdmin Free Homepage Featured Has ended.
This Free Feature will Return at any moment. We have hit the max allowed for a set time for free. Have a great time ahead
Steven You can now import your feedback to your eistuff.com feedback. This is a second ebay feedback importer we have, one only does the score, the other does the score and feedback. Look in seller tools in My Stuff area.
eiAdmin As most of you can tell, eiStuff site is going through a wide array of changes. None of these changes will affect any listing. Over the next few months, You will see many changes with eiStuff
Auction Site. One of the things we will not change is the fee`s. We
WILL NOT charge to use eiStuff site.
We are adding store templates, more listing templates, chat rooms, blogs, groups and much
much more. We will notify members as we do the upgrades to the site. The
site will not go offline for the upgrades, we are doing them live so please bear with us....
We have just released the
eBay Importer. This will import your ebay items. We are creating a
How-To soon...
*The eBay importer will import
your ebay items with the following
defaults: *All imported eBay items will default to a 30
day
auction and be automatically listed in both store and site. {if you
do not have a store it will only list their items on site only} *All items imported to your site will automatically go in a default category
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the different structure of eBay category's and the many different structures
of eiStuff Category's, the importer has no choice but to
assign all imported items to a default cat" *This means that
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items your users import from ebay will not be in any category but
will be still search-able by search or view other items by sellers and
in their stores. *All
items imported to your site will have the actual location that is
indicated on ebay " the Country code will not import ". *All
templates [ auctiva, ink frog, custom templates, etc.. ]that are used
on eBay will be imported to your site with this importer.
eiAdmin Just a short News Letter for any members who has TWITTER you can now have your listings posted into your twitter account. What you need to do
1) Go to the Member Page 2) Click on Personal Information
There you will see your User information ONLY put information for your TWITTER account click Enable. Now put your Twitter Username and your Twitter Password in then click UPDATE,
your Item posting will now start to show in your TWITTER account. For 30 days
FREE homepage featured is back... This is for a limited time Most sites make sellers verify their identity in order for that member to sell online, but few have features that verify buyers as well. Anyone can come to eistuff and purchase an item, but how do you know that the purchase was valid? This addition allows admins to force buyers to verify themselves just like the sellers. At this point it is voluntary. This is a huge feature that protects the sellers from being scammed by malicious buyers. We are going to give the seller the option to block unverified bidders in the future. This builds that trust required between the buyers and sellers. A trusted site, with trusted members means a positive buying and selling experience for all members. Sellers that get verified to sell are also verified as buyers. Buyers who verify are not automatically verified sellers. PS: Once the bidder is verified, a small icon will be placed next to his username in all places where a username is visible. 
Never forget an important event again! - Remember birthdays, wedding anniversaries and other
important events that make our lives special. Get Organised! - Set up
reminders for everyday stuff like insurance renewals and car servicing.
Don't let life get on top of you, get on top of life! This service is
flexible, reliable and free... You can now create your own personal
event schedule. On the day of your scheduled event, we'll automatically
send you an email to help you remember to get done that which you may
need to do. In member Center / left side / in your "My Account" settings  Notice: The Automatic Feedback has been implemented.
A buyer/seller has 45 days from the date of the sell/purchase to leave feedback for one another. If one/both has not done so within this time frame, an email notification will be sent as a reminder, which gives each an additional 7 days to complete. If feedback is not left during this period, an automatic positive feedback will be placed for you.
The feedback that will be left:
For a Seller: Thank You! (Automatic Feedback) For a Buyer: Thank you for your purchase, I hope you enjoy it. Please come again soon! (Automatic Feedback)
Once these automated feedbacks have been issued, they can't be removed. We have currently added "Twitter Tweet This" to all listings pages. Any visitor to a item can add a Tweet to their Twitter page.
Recently Viewed Listings, One of the biggest drawbacks for buyers, is that they get lost in the site. They find an item they want to buy, see they need to register, complete the process, and once all said and done, they cant find that trinket that they wanted to buy.
This will cure this problem, as once they have viewed an item, it will follow them, in the footer of the site, everywhere they go, regardless if their a member or not. They'll have instant access to the items they've recently viewed, resulting in more sales.. We have been adding store themes in the past weeks. We will continue creating them until the end of the year.
In members, main store settings the list of them is on that page. Please understand we cannot put these in order until we are done creating them, at that time we will put them in order.
Have Fun...... We have upgraded the users Profile page. In this day and age, most people have their own Social Networking pages and they appreciate every effort that you make, to allow them to advertise those locations. This will allow all users to add their URL's for: Twitter, MySpace, Plaxo, Facebook and their Squidoo lense, Microsoft Live Messenger, ICQ ID, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Instant Messenger and Your Website URL.
This feature is in /member center/ about me / profile page
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.
When a user of eiStuff.com creates a listing, an instant "Tweet" (quite similar to a ping) will be broadcast to your Twitter Page (if he/she has it configured) and it will be broadcast to eiStuff.com`s defined Twitter Page. An excellent viral marketing tool for helping get your items to sell.
When a item is listed for sale a "Tweet" is sent to eiStuff`s Twitter page [ here ]
This feature is Online in members area / personal information. Best of all its FREE...
eiStuff Admin  We have just added FREE Store Counters for eiStuff.com Stores.
By default, a user has no idea how many visitors are coming to view their store.... There is now a hit counter which eiStuff Store users, can enable during the store setup process, or add at anytime after store setup is complete. Currently there is 40 custom counter styles to choose from. Buyer only Registration Added
For people who just want to buy items, this is for you. You only have to answer the most basic information.
Most of the data on the standard registration form should not be required from a Bidder, hence, the Quick Registration form for buyers has been made.

Importing your listings from eBay is a relatively simple process.
We have created a help file which should answer most any question about it that you may have...[get our lister beta program [in members area is download] .zip file]
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STEP ONE: Open your eBay Turbo Lister and select the auctions that you would like to export. Once you have all of the items that you want to export selected, click on: File, Export Selected Items (as shown in the image below).
STEP TWO: You will now be asked for your desired file format. Select: Turbo Lister Format (CSV File) and then click on Export as shown in the image below:
STEP THREE: You will be asked to Save the exported file as shown in the image below. Please make note of the filename that you save it as, and the directory to where you save the file, as you will need it for later use!
STEP FOUR: Your file has been exported and saved, and the process is completed, you should be notified of such, as shown in the image below:
You have now successfully exported your listings from the eBay turbo lister program! It is now time to import this file, into the eiStuff.com Bulk Lister.
STEP FIVE: Open the eiStuff.com Bulk Lister, select: File, Import, Ebay turbolister CSV Listing as shown in the following image:
STEP SIX: You are now presented with the following options, as shown in the following image:
STEP SEVEN: You first will want to click on the SETUP icon. This will allow you to select options which may not have been imported from ebay, as shown in the following image:
Once you have selected your preferred settings, click ok, and then your taken back to the original import screen, as shown in the following image:
STEP EIGHT: You need to select the file that you exported and saved when you exported your files from the eBay turbo lister. (You were supposed to remember the filename, and the file location, so do so now!)
STEP NINE: Once you have selected your file, click on the CONVERT button and it will now import your eBay listings. Once it has completed, you will be asked to set a Category for each item. Our category structure and eBays, are different. You must do this for each item.
Once done, your items have now been imported. (Photographs do not get imported, its not possible to do so). You can now go in, and edit each item to add photographs, or edit anything you may need to edit, and once you are ready, simply click the SUBMIT ALL icon at the top of the screen to submit your listings to eiStuff.com!
While its a pretty easy task, we understand some users may not fully understand this tutorial and may have additional questions. No problem! Feel free to contact us with your question, and we will be glad to assist you with it!
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A seller can now add shipping information for sold items. Buyers will see the information in their member center.
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It’s so frustrating to watch an auction for days only to find that you forgot the exact ending time and missed out on the opportunity to win.
With Auction Ending Reminder you will never miss the end of an auction again!
For buyers: they never need to miss an auction ending again. This allows buyers to set a notification alert via e-mail at selected timeframes long before the auction closes. Buyers can not be notified in time to take advantage of the final minutes of bidding! . For sellers: they can now optimize their auction by having this invaluable feature. Auction Ending Reminder will enable sellers to get higher bids from buyers that truly want that item by having a set notification reminder before the final minutes of bidding closes!
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You can login to [members area] and manage Reminders.
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. [05/11/09]
We have turned on the Seller Personalized Templates.
Sellers can enable or disable these at anytime.
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Personalize auction watch notifications that users will be receiving if your auctions will be watched by them |
| Bank Details Buyer Notification |
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Personalize email notification for buyers if you will change bank details |
| Offer Deleted Buyer Notification |
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Personalize email template for users when you will reject buyers offer. |
| Outbid Bidder Notification |
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Personalize email template for outbided bidders of your auctions. |
| Product Invoice Buyer Notification |
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Personalize email template for invoice sending to buyers |
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Personalize email template for buyers notification of successfully bought item. | [05/10/2009]
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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:
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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. |
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This is a very good item for sellers. You can submit your RSS feed to many places.
Each user will have their very own Store RSS Feed to showcase their items.
Here is a few places to submit your RSS feed
Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different search engines that your blog has updated.
Google FeedBurner
Discover feeds. All feeds. Any feeds. Find, save, tag, comment, share, read... you get the picture. Now in beta. Spread the word!
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At a glance, this will allow a user to see exactly how many views (clicks) their auction listing has had, likewise, exactly how many people are 'Watching' their item. . Will be viewable on:
- Summary - Current Bids - Open Auctions - Items with Bids - Closed Auctions
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. [05/07/2009]
The category structure and layout has been updated. Currently there is over 2000 categories and about 2900 to add within the week.
The Categories will not show up on the site until there is a item for sale in that category. This keeps users from getting lost in empty categories.
In the future we are doing the same category structure for our users stores.
eiStuff.com Admin
. [05/05/2009]
We are getting ready to turn on the secure server for the site
You may see a server certificate error, this is OK., we are using .securesites.com certificate until we get all processed and tested.
This may take a few hours, maybe longer. We will have this done very soon.
Here is the certificate information:
Issued To *.securesites.com
Issued By: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority
Valid From: 11-02-2007 to 02-01-2010
We are steadily working away behind the scenes modifying the site script. The end result will provide what we hope to be some of the best "END USER" Search Engine Optimization on any auction site.The category sections are now under construction, but if you think we've missed something, anything; do not hesitate to contact us through the contact form.
Future sellers, when listing, with a few mouse clicks, can now list in the exact category they've always wished for.
What does this mean? Well if you the seller have a particular size of dress or footwear you wish to list in an exact size range, you can now do so.
By the same token, buyers can surf and find exactly just what they're looking for with the greatest of ease.As mentioned this will seriously help the web crawlers and spiders, and, us such, you the seller or end user.
eiStuff Admin Hi
We are offering a FREE auction site to Buy and Sell. We are creating the help site, FAQ site, User Forum`s and a wide array of items to help you buy and sell.
Here is a list of FREE Items,
FREE Buyer and Seller Account
FREE Listings, Images for Listings
FREE Store for Seller`s
FREE Listing Templates
FREE Store Templates
And Much Much More......
Please Contact Us if you Have any Questions
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