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Setting Up An Online Shop At TIAS.com
Our MakeAShop system is an automated web store. You can upload as much merchandise to your web
store as you wish, including pictures and text. You can add and delete merchandise as often as
you like. If you are selling only through auction, there is no minimum required stocking level.
To establish and maintain a fixed-price store, we will require you to keep a minimum of 25
items with pictures in your online shop. The items must have a total retail value of at least
$1,200 US.
Our easy-to-use online store building system has no setup fee. There is no long-term contract
for our service. We offer a 2-month trial during which there is no minimum payment. Your
first two monthly invoices will reflect only commissions due on sales. If, after the first
two billing cycles, your total sales for one month on TIAS result in a monthly commission fee
paid to TIAS that is less than $29.95, you will be required to pay TIAS a minimum monthly fee
of $29.95. If your total sales for one month on TIAS result in a monthly commission fee paid
to TIAS that is greater than $29.95, you pay just the commission that is due. No other
additional fees will apply. We only charge a 10% commission on those items that you do sell
through MakeAShop OR 2% on those items sold at Auction. Learn More Here!
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"How Much Is It Worth?"
Although TIAS.com doesn't do research for information or prices of items, some of the
information below may be of help to you.
Your best bet would probably be to contact a dealer/appraiser in your area. There are
also many good general reference guides at your local library and/or bookshop that may
be of some help.
Kovels now has their price guides online. Please see: The Kovels Website and sign up for a free account today!
In looking for the value of a particular item, many people use the TIAS.com search
engine as a price guide. Over 340,000 items, most of them with pictures are listed.
Take a look!
Also, another good source to check into is the TIAS.com Resource Page which has mailing lists and resources.
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What About Payment and Shipping?
1. Process the payment before shipping the item. Make sure that check clears
before shipping the item. If you are accepting credit card payments from
overseas, make sure that it is a valid credit card number first, by checking
with the bank. If there is any question about the validity of the credit card
request a money order or a bank check in U.S. Dollars. Make sure that
the payment clears before shipping the item. If you don't have a business and a
merchant account to accept credit cards there are many online payment services
such as www.paypal.com that you
can set up an account through as well as only accepting checks and money orders.
2. Shipping cost is usually paid by the buyer. Make sure that the buyer and the
seller agree on the shipping cost before the item is purchased. This cost should
include postal insurance (see below).
3. A good source of used boxes for shipping, is your local bookstore.
Make sure that addresses on used shipping boxes are crossed out or
covered over.
4. Double box fragile items. In the example of a glass vase, wrap it
in bubble wrap, place it in a box stuffed with paper or packing
"popcorn", so that it can't rattle, then place that box into a larger box that
also has 3-4 inches of packing material (foam popcorn or newspaper etc.)
padding material between the two boxes. Place an extra shipping
label inside the second box and close it up.
At one time the postal service had instructions on packing fragile
items. The shipper might want to check with their local post office
for more information on these brochures.
5. The ship To address needs to appear on the outside of the
box in clear lettering. A smaller "from" address should appear on the box
as well.
6. Prior to shipping insure the item for the retail value of the piece. This can be
done at the post office. Customer should pay this additional cost. If the
item breaks, the cost is then recovered from the postal service. This small
cost, keeps many argument and fights from happening.
7. For large heavy items there are many shipping services that deal specifically with
large and heavy items. If you are trying to sell an item such as this make sure to
include dimensions of the item as well as your zip code in your ad so that the buyer
will have easy access in knowing the information if he wants to contact a shipping
service such as www.cratersandfreighters.com for the costs.
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