| 1. |
Do
I need to create an account to purchase items? |
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| a. |
Yes. You will
need to create a gently-used.com account
to purchase items. This will allow you
to keep track of your purchases and
leave seller feedback information. |
| b. |
You will also
need to open a PayPal account if you
do not already have one. When you click
any "Buy Now!" button you
will be directed to the PayPal screen
where you can login with your existing
PayPal account, or you can create a
new one. |
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| 2. |
How
much does this service cost? |
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| a. |
Your first
5 items listed on gently-used.com
are FREE. Additional items listed
are subject to a listing fee. The
fee schedule is as follows:
| Listing Fees |
| Price of Item | | Insertion Fee/Unlimited Time |
| $0.01 - $0.99 | | $0.10 |
| $1.00 - $9.99 | | $0.20 |
| $10.00 - $24.99 | | $0.40 |
| $25.00 - $49.99 | | $0.80 |
| $50.00 - $199.99 | | $1.75 |
| $200.00 - $499.99 | | $2.75 |
| $500.00 or more | | $3.75 |
PayPal charges a standard rate of 2.9%
+ $0.30 per payment received only if
you have a Premier or Business PayPal
account. Sellers may qualify for a
reduced rate based upon volume of payments
received. PayPal also offers a free
Personal Account allowing you to send
payments to and receive payments from
anyone with an email address. A
PayPal Premier Account must be opened
in order to accept Credit Card payments.
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| 3. |
Why should
I post my items on gently-used.com and
not one of the other popular auction sites? |
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| a. |
As opposed
to many other online communities or
auction sites, gently-used.com offers
a low cost venue for sellers of used
baby, toddler and maternity items to
post their items for sale. This feature
alone supports our goal in helping
parents and caregivers save money on
the most important investments they
will ever make; their children.
Gently-used.com does not allow retailers
to post their items for sale in the free
listings. This way your product does
not get lost amongst the various retailers
who have much more inventory.
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| b. |
We market
to your target.
Gently-used.com advertises directly to
the buyers and sellers of used baby,
toddler and maternity items. You will
find our ads in Parenting and Baby Talk
magazine reaching over 18 million readers.*
You will also find our flyers in many
obstetrician offices throughout Southern
California targeting new moms and dads,
moms and dads-to-be and caregivers.
*Data based on readership of Parenting
and Baby Talk magazines. |
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| 4. |
How do I get started? |
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| a. |
What you need
to do to get started is to go back
to the home page http://www.gently-used.com
and click on the Start Selling button
under the Sell Now Step 1 heading toward
the center of the page. There you will
be able to open a gently-used.com account
which will give you access to add product
listings, manage your products, sign
up for product alerts and many other
features. You will also be required
to open a PayPal account, if you don't
have one already, to be able to receive
payments from other buyers. (a link
to instructions on how to do this is
in the form that you fill out to create
your gently-used.com account.
After you have opened your gently-used.com
account, you will have a username
and password that you will login
to the site with. Once logged in,
you can go to the Manage My Account
section where you will see instructions
on how to add new products.
Don’t forget, you first 5
listings are free of listing fees!
If you still have questions, please
send your inquiries via this form http://gently-used.com/help.php
and you will receive further support. |
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| 5. |
How can I leave seller
feedback? |
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| a. |
To give a seller
a rating, log into your account, go
to “Products You Have Purchased”.
There you will see a link to the seller’s
profile where you can give a rating
score with a message.
There is currently no way for a
seller to rate a buyer. |
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