To buy and sell items on Sell2make.com you need to register. Registration is simple 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 with the age over 16 years are able to register.

The next step is to fill in all your information, failure to supply all the required information will result in an error.

You will then receive an activation email asking you to activate the account

Once you are registered you can bid for items that you see on the site If you have spotted 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 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 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 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.

Paying for items is easy using the PayPal online payment system. Once you are the winning bidder for an auction or Buy it Now you will directed to the payment screen. Just simply follow the on screen instructions and click on the "Pay" button. This will send the seller an Instant PayPal payment for the amount that you won the item for plus the cost of the postage. Both you and the seller will be notified immediately of the transaction by PayPal.

Once you have signed up for an account, you will be able to sell items through the site. Please note we only charge you when the item is sold.

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, but Sell2make may charge for adding additional pictures.

In order for your images to display, they need to be a maximum size of 400kb(kilobytes) and 500 pixels in size.

Your images will need to be resized accordingly, and saved in JPEG or GIF format.

Free software for resizing images includes

Microsoft Power Toys - Image Resizer

Note Sell2make is not responsible for external software links. Please scan files for viruses.

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 a confirmation page.

Selling effectively and securely

· Represent the items you are selling fairly and accurately. If you have a manufacturers description and specification, be sure to include these to help give your potential buyers a real sense of the item.

· Respond promptly to buyer questions. This shows that you are always reachable, giving your potential buyers confidence.

· Review your buyer's feedback. This will give you a good indication of how reliable they are for buying items.

· Clearly state your return policy in your listing. Show the terms of your "after sale" policies, so buyers are aware before bidding.

· Maintain records of postage receipts as proof the item was posted.

· Keep copies of any proof of your item's authenticity. If you claim it to be a limited edition, and proof is available, then let the buyers know.

· Verify payment before shipping items (including holding cheques until they clear). Before sending out the item, be sure to have the payment cleared. If you prefer to do this, make it clear to the buyer in the listing, so they know what is to be expected.

· Only ship items to the verified billing address on the buyer's credit card account (if applicable).

· Use extra caution with:

International payments

• Revised shipping information
  
• Unknown or new buyers
  
• Unusual bidding activity
  
• Orders shipped "rush" or "overnight"

When your auction comes to an end or a buyer makes a buy out choice on your auction, you will be notified by e-mail of the successful sale. When you have paid the end of auction fees you will be sent details of the bidder so that you can request direct payment.

If you use PayPal ensure that the return URL is set up on your PayPal profile to Sell2make.

On receiving confirmation of payment, you should dispatch the goods within 48 hours and send a confirmation of dispatch to the buyer.

The Members area is where you manage your buying and selling activity and organize payments and deliveries.

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:

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 contains the keyword in its name or description is 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 complete the sale.

Selling

There are three areas available on this page.

The “My Opened Auctions” area, where you will see details of auctions you currently have 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.

Feedback

From this page, you will be able to see the feedbacks you have received, and leave feedbacks to other users.

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 then the password will remain the same.

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.

Once a sale has been processed, both the seller and the buyer will be able to leave feedbacks for each other. The feedback rating is from one star to five stars, and a feedback comment can also be left. The feedback can be left from the “Feedback” tab from the Members Area. 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.

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.

The auction watch features notifies you of newly listed auctions which contain “keywords” you have chosen. For example if you are looking for a “Playstation 2” you could enter in those keywords from within your member’s area. Each time a new auction is listed containing the term “Playstation 2” you will be notified via this web-site. You can enter in as many keywords as you like.

PayPal is an account-based system that lets anyone with an email address securely send and receive online payments using their credit card or bank account. The company is a subsidiary of eBay and is the most popular way to pay for online auctions electronically.

It is becoming a cheap way for merchants to accept credit cards on their on-line storefronts instead of using a traditional payment system.

PayPal is the preferred way to send secure payments on Sell2make.

Buyers can use their bank account or credit card to instantly send a seller payment.

Register today for a PayPal account and make paying for your Sell2make purchases fast, easy and secure.

For more information check out http://www.paypal.co.uk

PayPal in English and other languages

To setup a PayPal account from Spain and keep it always in English, please follows this guide.

Go to www.paypal.co.uk

click on the button marked "Sign Up Now" in the top middle section of the screen.

From the next screen called "Sign Up for a PayPal Account" make sure the button marked "Personal account" is checked and if you are a business choose the business account button.

In the "Select Country" make sure you keep "UNITED KINGDOM" then click the continue button.

Enter your details here for your name and your Spanish address.

In the section marked "County" choose the name of the county you originally came from in the UK.

Enter your Spanish Post Code

In the section marked "Country of Citizenship" enter SPAIN

Enter your Spanish telephone number and current email address

Then complete the sign up sections of password recovery etc and follow PayPal’s instructions.

This will give you a PayPal account that you can use on Sell2make. When you use your account it will always be in English

To setup your PayPalaccount in another language eg German, French, Russian please follow exactly the same procedure as above just changing the "select country" to your own country of origin. This will give you your paypal account in your own language and you can use it here in Spain.

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!

Sell2make allows you to have your very own shop front at a reasonable cost.

Promote your products to thousands of people within your own shop front complete with your own logo.

To set up your shop:

1. Login to Sell2make.com

2. Under the members area menu, choose "Store"

3. Select "Yes" for Enable Store

4. Click on "Create Shop Front URL"

5. Fill in the text box below for your shop name

6. Fill in the text box below to add a description

7. Upload your company logo by clicking on "Browse"

8. Choose the categories you would like to be in your shop from the list below.

9. Click "Save Settings"

Your shop can be edited as many times as you wish, allowing you to update information as needed.