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Biker Bids Features |
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(Q) What are Cross Promotions and How do I use them? |
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Cross-Promotion Connections
You can arrange with other sellers to cross-promote each others' items to increase listing exposure to prospective buyers. These arrangements are called "cross-promotion connections."
How a connection works
1. You request a connection with a seller you know and trust. Or, you receive a request from another seller, which you can accept or decline. If the request is accepted, an active connection is formed.
2. When a buyer bids on or wins an item belonging to you or the other seller, both your items and the other seller's items will be promoted to the buyer.
Arranging and managing connections
Use the Cross-Promotion Connections page to perform all your cross-promotion activities with other sellers:
• Request a connection with another seller.
• Accept or decline a request from another seller.
• End an active connection.
• Change your preferences: You can control which items from other sellers are promoted, or turn off the ability to make cross-promotion connections entirely. 1. You request a connection with a seller you know and trust. Or, you receive a request from another seller, which you can accept or decline. If the request is accepted, an active connection is formed. |
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(Q) How can I advertise on Biker Bids? |
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Reaching your target market has never been easier. Put your ad in front of all Bikers who visit our site each day. All you need is a Pay Pal account and a banner!
We offer advertising solutions for any budget. In fact, you can start advertising your products and services for as little as $10.00! Our program is based on pre-paid banner impressions. This ensures you only pay when users actually see your ad, unlike many monthly programs that you may have seen elsewhere.
Benefits of our program include:
* Pre-Paid Advertising: Never go over your budget!
* You choose where you want your ad to be seen/placed.
* Track the progress and success of your banner from your Member Area.
* You can pause your advertising at anytime, to extend your advertising campaign.
To start your advertising campaign:
1. Login to your Member Area (don't have an account? Create one--it's FREE!). 2. Click on the 'Banner Advertising' link in the My Account section.
3. Choose which zone you want your ad to appear in and upload your banner.
It's that simple!
If you do not have a banner, and would like us to create one for you, please contact us. |
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(Q) What does the symbol mean next to user listings? |
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Auctions listed by verified sellers have a symbol  or a verified icon next to their listings, this allows buyers to quickly identify which sellers are verified.
To become ID Verified member:
1. Login to your Member Area and click the PayPal link to send a $5.00 verification fee to us from your Pay Pal account (you will get this back in a $25 credit to your Biker Bids account). This verifies that you have an account with Pay Pal.
2. Once we receive the funds your status will instantly change to a verified member and you will receive all of the benefits listed in the May 1st announcement "Verified Member Benefits".
3. You will receive a voucher that will give you $25.00 credit in your account. This credit is only good for Advanced Listing Features. As always Biker Bids Basic Listing Features are free.
Note: If you do not have a PayPal account you can always send a check for $5.00 to Biker Bids P.O. Box 6822, St. Louis, MO. 63144 (Please allow us 7 days to verify your account) |
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(Q) Is my personal data protected against fraudalent use? |
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(A) At Biker Bids we take your right to privacy seriously and want you to feel comfortable using our web site. Please review our Privacy Policy for additional details. |
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(Q) How do I navigate through the website? |
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Biker Bids features a clearly laid out category browsing system. This allows you to go directly to your chosen auction hall. We call this "3 clicks and your there" navigation. |
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(Q) How do I perform a text search? |
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We offer the ability for users to do a simple keyword search or an advanced search. Simply enter your search criteria in the toolbar and click "Go". If no results are found you are taken to the Advanced Search page where you can search by Storename, Username, Location, Country, Auction Start date, Auction End date, Buy It Now items, Reserved Items and text. |
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(Q) I've heard alot about Swap Auctions, what exactly are they? |
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Biker Bids is the first auction website to include Item Swapping. The seller of an auction has the option to choose whether or not they want to accept swap offers. If they do, then buyers have the option to propose a swap deal instead of a bid. The seller then has the option to either accept the swap deal or reject it and continue the live auction. |
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(Q) How do I know if a seller or bidder is a good auctioneer? |
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Users can leave feedback for each other. The feedback system is "tick" based allowing users to rate other members by choosing a suitable tick rating (1-5). Colored stars also automatically appear next to a username whenever they reach a new feedback number. |
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(Q) What are some of the benefit of using Skype? |
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Here are some ways Skype can help build your auction business: Include a Skype Buttonin your profile and email signature to show your buyers when they can call or send you a message. Call regular phone numbers anywhere in the world from Skype, with SkypeOut- it's not free but it is pretty cheapactually. You can also forward the callsyou receive on Skype to another Skype name or phone. It won't cost others any extra to call, and you simply pay the standard SkypeOutrate to call the number that you forward to. Phone numbers. Get a SkypeInnumber so your buyers can call a regular telephone number to reach you on Skype, wherever you are. Let's say you have a Chicago-based SkypeIn number, but you're temporarily away… Your Chicago area buyers - or anyone else - can just dial your SkypeIn number to reach you. And they'll only pay whatever their phone company charges them for making a phone call to Chicago. You can have up to ten SkypeIn numbers associated with your Skype Name. SkypeIn comes with free voicemailso you never miss a call.You can conference call with up to 5 people at the same time, including those you call with SkypeOut. Skype Groupsmakes it easy to allocate Skype Credit, SkypeInnumbers and Skype Voicemailto all members of your business. And it's easy to print nice documents that will keep the people who care about the numbers happy, too. The Skype Email Toolbarbrings all your Skype and MS Outlook contacts together in one handy place. That means you'll be able to call your Skype contacts who email you and make SkypeOut calls to your Outlook contacts who aren't on Skype yet. Biker Bids integrated Skype in the auction listings on March 25, 2005 which was months ahead of eBay - June 20, 2005 |
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Registering |
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(Q) How do I register? |
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(A) To register click on the "register" link found on both the header and footer navigation sections |
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(Q) I'm under 18 and can't signup? |
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(A) In accordance with standard law under 18's cannot participate in auctions as they are legal binding contracts. |
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(Q) Is there a registration Fee? |
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No, it is completely free to register on Biker Bids and begin buying. For members wishing to sell we offer an initial Trial Seller membership. As a Trial Seller you are only allowed to list 5 items and several auction listing limitations are in place. Once the Trial Membership expires the seller is required to pay a one time $5.00 fee to become an ID Verified Member. IDV Member enjoy all the auction listing enhancements. Click here to compare Trial vs IDV Member benefits. |
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(Q) Do I have to register to place a bid? |
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Yes, to place a bid on an item you must be a registered user. Registration is free for bidders and sellers. |
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(Q) I've registered but never received an email confirmation? |
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An email confirmation immediately after you register. If you are having problems receiving emails from Biker Bids please update Safe Email list to include bikerbids.com. Here's how:
- In your hotmail account, click Options (on the right hand side of the window)
- On the left side of the page, click Mail, and then click Junk E-Mail Protection
- Click Safe List
- Type bikerbids.com, and then click Add
This will make sure that our emails are not filtered out and you can use our service without any problems. |
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Selling |
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(Q) How can I list an item? |
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(A) You must first be a registered member. Once you have registered simply login to your account and click on the "Sell" link. The first thing to do is select a general category for your item, note that you can choose a more specific category further into the listing process. You can then enter in your chosen settings and item description |
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(Q) How can I keep track of items I'm selling? |
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(A) You can keep an eye on everything you are selling by visiting your members area and selecting
the "selling" page. |
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(Q) Can I use HTML when listing an item? |
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(A) Yes you can, however we recomend you use basic tags as complex HTML descriptions may not display correctly. |
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(Q) What are the seller fees? |
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There are no seller fees during the month of October. Start selling today! |
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(Q) What is the Bulk Loader? |
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Biker Bids official bulk lister software enables you to list items on your auction site from windows application without having to visit your site. |
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(Q) What payment methods are available? |
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Sellers can accept payments from users via PayPal, Check or Money Order. Biker Bids preferred way to accpet payments is PayPal.
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(Q) Can I list Wanted Ads? How much does it cost? |
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Yes, We want you to find exactly what you are looking for. By posting a Want It Now! ad you can do just that. Biker Bids is the first auction website to include Wanted Ads. To offer this additional service we do charge a small fee for posting Wanted It Now!ads. Please see our Site Fees page for additional information. |
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(Q) When do I have to pay my seller fees? |
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We allow users to build up their account which is then paid off once a month. We have set a credit limit for each user to go. Once the credit limit is reached the users account is blocked until they make payment. This allows sellers to lists items without having to pay each time. Overall it works like eBay. |
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How to Bid |
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(Q) How can I place a bid? |
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(A) To place a bid on an item you must first login to your account. Once logged in a bidding box will be displayed at bottom of all auction pages. You can use this box to place you chosen bid |
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(Q) How can I keep track of items I'm bidding on? |
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(A) You can keep an eye on everything you are bidding on by visiting your members area and selecting the "bidding" page. |
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(Q) How do I know if I am outbid on an item? |
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(A) Our auction system will automatically notify you via email if you are outbid. |
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(Q) I have a question about an auction, how can I contact the seller? |
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Potential bidders can ask the seller a question directly from the auction. |
