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IDV Membership Benefits |
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On Biker Bids, people are putting up cash and property against the faith and integrity of other users, so it is imperative that we do what we can to insure the integrity of our users. We believe that the high caliber and accountability of our sellers is worth the trouble of ID Verification. And our sellers feel the same about IDV Buyers. Become an IDV Member today for only $2.50.
ID Verified Members enjoy the following features: • Receive a $15 account credit just for becoming an IDV Member • Featured auction listings on the Home or Category Pages. • Select from multiple Auction Types – Standard, Dutch • Define a custom Auction Start & End Times • Select Auction duration: 1/3/5 days, 1 week, 10 days, 2 weeks or 1 month • Accept bids from ID Verified Members only • Add Free Subtitles to your listings • Use the Free Listing designer theme to enhance your listing • Highlight your items using the Free Listing Icons. • Accept Swap Offers • Free Picture Gallery • Bid Increments –use our increment table or you can define your own. • Upload Attachments (Video and Sound) • Automatically Relist your auctions • Shipping Calculator based on Real-Time rates
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IDV Members Payments options |
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IDV INSTANTLY WITH PAYPAL 1. Login to your Member Area and click the link Want to sell? Start by having ID Verified! Click to proceed... link. Click on the PayPal link link to send a $2.50 verification fee to us from your Pay Pal account (you will get this back in a $15 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 for ID Verified Members. 3. You will instantly receive a voucher that will give you $15.00 credit in your account. This credit is only good for Advanced Listing Features or Storefront subscription fees. As always Biker Bids Basic Listing Features are free.
IDV BY MAIL 1. Login to your Member Area and click the link Want to sell? Start by having ID Verified! Click to proceed...link. Click on the link to request the IDV form to be sent to your mailing address. 2. We will mail you the IDV form. In the form enter your code in the ID Code Box provided and mail the form back to us with payment of $2.50. Mailing Address Biker Bids P.O. Box 6822 St. Louis, MO. 63144
3. We will cross-check the IDV codes you entered on the form and process your payment.
4. Once the payment is processed (usually 5 business days) your status will instantly change to an IDV Member and you will receive all of the benefits listed for ID Verified Members. You will instantly receive a voucher that will give you $15.00 credit in your account. This credit is only good for Advanced Listing Features or Storefront subscription fees. As always Biker Bids Basic Listing Features are free.
Note: Mail is checked regularly and will be processed in a timely manner. If you wish to receive instant verification please follow the PayPal process above.
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Registering |
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Registration is simple and only takes a matter minutes. To start the signup process, click on the "Register" link at the top of this page. The next step is to fill in all your information, failure to supply all the required information will result in an error. By clicking on the "Register" button from the bottom of the page, you will be redirected to a confirmation page. A confirmation email will be sent to you to verify you membership. Your account will be not become active until you click the link supplied in the email. Note: Only users with the age over 18 years are able to register. |
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How To Sell |
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Once you have signed up for an account, you will be able to sell items through the site. In order to do that, you will have to click on the "Sell" link, and you will be redirected to a page, you can then select the main category of the product or service you want to sell. This feature has been made in order to ease the subcategory choosing process. No items can be sold by choosing only the main category; you will have to choose a subcategory for it. The second step is entering the auction details, settings, payment methods available, and choosing a category. An image that will come with the auction is free of charge. On the Auction Settings tab, you can choose the type of the auction, the start price, whether to activate buy now or set a reserve price. Also, you will be able to choose what type of bid increment to use, the progressive one implemented into the site (that can be edited from the admin area), or a custom one. If you choose the custom one, you will have to enter an increment value. You will also be able to choose whether to feature the item, and the duration of the auction. After setting the location, shipping and payment and subcategory, and by clicking on the "Next Step" button, you will be redirected to Step Three, where you can review the auction before submitting. If everything is in order, you can click on the "Submit" button, and will be redirected to the payment page, or a confirmation page, if no fees have to be paid. The auction is activated once the payment is confirmed by the payment gateway, or instantly, if no fees need to be paid. |
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How To Bid |
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If you have spotted on 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 5 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 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.
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 Now auctions. Buy Now prices are set by the seller, if you agree with that price, you can click on the "Buy 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. |
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Members Area |
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Members 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 four tabs: 1. Bidding On this page, you will be able to see the items your currently bidding on, as well as the status of the bids, items you have won, and watched items. By clicking on the "Auction Watch" link, you will be able to add keywords for auctions your interested in. An email will be sent to your email address every time an auction that will contain the keyword in its name or description will be submitted. By clicking on the "View Details" link from the Won Items area, you will be able to see the details of the seller, and make contact with him in order to perfect the sale. 2. Selling There are three areas available on this page. The "My Opened Auctions" area, where you will see details of auctions you currently has open; if no bids were submitted yet on an open auction, you are able to edit the auction. The "My Closed Auctions" area, where you will see the auctions submitted by yourself, and that were closed. You can choose to edit, delete or re-list a closed auction. On the "Sold Items" area, you will see the items you have sold, and by clicking on the "View Details" link, you will be redirected to a page where you will see the details of the buyer. If an end of auction fee is set from the admin area, then the seller will have to pay for the end of auction fee in order for you to see the buyer details. 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 the site?s administrator, and will be evaluated for fee refunding. 3. Feedback From this page, you will be able to see the feedbacks you have received, and leave feedbacks to other users. d. Personal Info You can edit your personal information using this page, except for your username. You can also change the password for the account. If the password and confirm password fields are left empty, and then the password will remain the same.
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Auction watch |
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The auction watch features notifies you of newly listed auctions which contain "keywords" you have chosen. For example if you are looking for a "Rear Brake Caliper #90-748" you could enter in those keywords from within your member's area. Each time a new auction is listed containing the term "Rear Brake Caliper #90-748" you will be notified via this web-site. You can enter in as many keywords as you like. |
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Item watching |
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The item watch features lets you keep a close eye on any auction without having to place a bid on it. This feature means you can be kept up to date on how an auction is doing and prepares you to place a winning last minute bid. You can watch any auction by clicking on the "Watch this item" link on any auction page. |
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Feedback / Reputation system |
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Once a sale has been processed, both the seller and the buyer will be able to leave feedback or for each other. The feedback rating is "checkmark" based system allowing users to rate other members by choosing a suitable checkmark rating (1-5), and a feedback comment can also be left. Colored stars also automatically appear next to a username whenever they each a new feedback number. The feedback can be left from the Feedback tab from the Members Area. Note: The feedback can only be left once, and it cannot be edited afterwards. The site admin will reserve its right to delete malicious or untrue feedbacks. Increase your reputation by leaving feedback for every item sold or purchased. A good reputation goes along way with fellow Biker Bidders & Sellers. |
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Wanted Ads |
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Wanted It Now ads are a new and increasingly popular feature. As an advertiser you can list adverts for items you want and sellers can submit offers for items they are selling. It's a quick, simple and hassle free way of sellers being able to meet buyers demands. Advertiser (Buyer) List a new wanted ad and wait for sellers to contact you with offers. If you receive an offer your happy with you can bid on the item!
Sellers Browse the wanted ads and if you see one that matches an item your selling make an offer and tell the buyer you have just what they are looking for!
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Dutch auctions |
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On a Dutch Auction, the auctioneer has more items of the same product for sale. The bidder will enter a maximum bid he is willing to pay for an item, and the number of items he wants to purchase. The highest bidder(s) will receive the number of items they have bid on, and the remaining bidders will receive the number of items still available. Buyers are able to bid more than once for the same item. |
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Cross Promotion Connections |
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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. |
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Cross Promotions May Increase your Sales! |
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If you have listed several items for sale, cross-promotions can contribute to your success in one of two ways: How effective a cross-promotion is, depends on which items you show to the buyer in a particular situation. Use Biker Bids's cross-promotion features to show buyers the right items at the right time. |
