| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | BLUSER_217422  | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2011 09:07 | | Subject: | Re: Credit Card required to sell on BrickLink | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, locutis writes:
| | BrickLink should setup a system where a seller would need to have a credit card
to sell on BL, and BL charges the seller a small amount (say $5) to setup the
store, and activate it, and verify the seller's information that is on BL against
the credit card.
The $5 would offset any costs associated with checking names/addresses. Once
BL has a card # and a charge on it, they can verify the name and address to the
card, and they know that they are dealing with a real person, at a real address.
Or, maybe make this an option, and have a store icon that shows that the seller
is verified.
Or, perhaps make this a requirement only if the seller wishes to sell high value
products, or lots of items valued at a high value.
I would gladly do this for my store, to show that I'm legit and serious about
selling.
Locutis
Resistance is futile.
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It's a NO from me, if a fraudster can get around the paypal verification and
addresses etc and be paying the BL fees surely they will get around the credit
card verification as well.
To sell, be it online or a traditional shop - possibly even more important online,
a store needs to build a reputation. On BL feedback is the obvious way for building
a reputation shared with all, though regular and valuable contributions in chat
or on the forum would not go unnoticed.
TBH (and truthfully not meaning to offend and apologise in advance should I do
so) this concept sounds like a plan from someone desperate to sell and get around
the nervousness buyers including myself treat a store with only feedback of 4.
Build a reputation buy from other stores to stock your own to build feeback
numbers possibly, and the customers will come.
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| Author: | BLUSER_217422 | | Posted: | Jan 7, 2011 23:28 | | Subject: | Re: Automatic feedback after 6 months | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| Agreed, early on its frustrating to miss out on feedback as much just to build
numbers as reading in here it is obvious some sellers are nervous selling to
new buyers.
However this easy option out could in turn lead to larger stores just letting
the site give the auto feedback. Leaving feedback as buyer or seller does become
a bit of a 'cut and paste' situation and it does become difficult to show the
difference between an acceptable (yet positive) experience and an outstanding
(again positive) experience, obviously returning to the stores that do best will
happen but still comes down to needs and wants.
Although in theory I would be in favour of ensuring every transaction has feedback
applied, I don't think any changes made would be beneficial enough to warrant
the programming involved.
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