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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: listentothemusic on July 30, 2011, 12:48 am
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Ive seen alot of new sellers really boost their sales count by making people purchase shipping.
First I think this is very wrong because a new user with a handful of sales will show a double sales count.
Second they could just add it to the listing cost, but its a boosting numbers thing more than anything.
2 5/5's are better than 1 5/5....
Solution?
Drop down shipping option, or something like that.
Normal would add 1 BTC to item price express 2 BTC, whatever the seller chooses.
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Im definitely down with listentothemusic on that topic. I made some orders the last days, for which I had to give two times a review. On the one hand, this wasnt a big problem for me, as the quality was what I expected or even above. But on the other hand it certainly deforms the whole rating system.
This should get fixed soon in my opinion, because it could really piss of some of the most reliable sellers which are here for some time.
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Getting credit for 2 transactions totally messes things up and is unfair to legitimate sellers. I am tempted to just stat giving 1/5 on shipping just out of spite.
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+1
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Getting credit for 2 transactions totally messes things up and is unfair to legitimate sellers. I am tempted to just stat giving 1/5 on shipping just out of spite.
There is nothing wrong with charging for shipping.
There is nothing wrong with running your own business, and part of that business being (re)selling shipping.
Lastly, with sellers who sell internationally, you would need a shipping item when different region cost different amounts to ship to.
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Getting credit for 2 transactions totally messes things up and is unfair to legitimate sellers. I am tempted to just stat giving 1/5 on shipping just out of spite.
I completely agree. I could've had double the reviews I have now if I sold the shipping separately, but I wanted to make it easier for customers so I include the shipping cost in the product cost.
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Good on you Raffael.
Plenty of sellers have listings for products with international shipping. That is totally legit and doesn't cheat the rating system.
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got to love situational morality
lol
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I think the idea of extras in the product would be great.
I of course include the cost of shipping in the product cost, but I also allow users to choose if they want express shipping or registered shipping which costs more so for this I have to add a separate listings.
A drop down with different shipping methods would be great.
I also am looking at adding the option for shipping in xray proof bags if the customer wants this it would be extra as these aren't cheap.
P+L