Probably the easiest way to set up postage for multiple items is via Paypal. The buyer can simply request a total from the seller.

(There is a facility in your Members Area under ‘Selling’ called ‘Calculate Postage Costs’. However, this is if you are several numerous similar items, and if you use this facility, it will apply to all of your auctions. So use wisely)

If you like the type of items that someone is selling, you can view all of their auctions.

Simply click on an item. Then click on ‘View Reputation’ under the seller’s name and stars.

Then click on ‘View My Auctions’

To view all the Auction items in one place, click on the ‘View All’ link in the bottom right hand corner of the 6 photos on the Home page

To create your account choose the “Register” link on the header navigational bar or use any of the links available on the home page.

When registering you will be asked to complete a short form which includes standard information such as your contact details, preferred login credentials etc.

Mandatory fields include:-

· Name

· City

· State/Province/county

· Zip/Post Code

· Phone Number

· Birthday

· Username & Password

· E-Mail address

· Confirmation of terms an conditions acceptance

Once registered you will receive E-Mail confirmation.

Should you encounter any registration difficulties please contact us.

Placing a bid on an item you are interested in couldn’t be easier, when viewing the item details page you will have two areas from where you can place your bid, one next to the item details and a second at the bottom of the page.

To place your bid simply enter the amount you wish to bid e.g. 50.00. Please note no currency symbols are required. The bid will be placed in the auction currency.

Once done you will be asked to review your bid and you will also be able to view vital item details such as the shipping conditions before confirming your bid. To submit your bid simply press the “Place Bid” button.

If your bid is high enough to take the lead in the auction a confirmation message will be displayed to you, however if your bid has not taken the lead be it due to a higher proxy bid or not meeting the reserve price you will be invited to make a further bid.

Should you decide to retract your bid this can be done via the “Current Bids” section of the member’s area.

You can also place a proxy bid, proxy bidding allows you to place your “High Bid”. At all times you will only pay the lowest required bid should you win the auction. For example, if the current bid on an auction is 500.00 you can place a proxy bid of 2,000. Should you remain the only bidder you will only pay 500.00. However should the item receive other bids the site will automatically re-bid for you (upto 2,000 in this scenario) to ensure you remain in the lead.

If your picture is too big, you will have problems uploading them

If they are bigger than 500 wide, or are more than 500kb they won’t upload and you have to resize them

There is a very easy – and free - picture resizer program available that others are using.

Click on the link below or copy and paste the link to download it:

http://download.cnet.com/Image-Resizer/3000-2192_4-10103729.html?tag=mnc

Give it a try. Its really easy – and you can have up to 5 pictures on one auction, all totally free of course!

To list your item simply click on the “Sell” link found on the header navigational bar. The listing process is split up into several main sections, notably:-

• Category selection
• Item Details
• Auction Settings
• Shipping and Payment
• Listing preview
• Listing confirmation

The listing process is developed in such a way that you are guided through every step seamlessly.

The first part of the process is to choose the category you wish to list your item in, this can be revised at any time by using the “Previous Step” navigation button.

Step two enables you to enter your item title and description, a full wysiwyg editor is in place to enable you to use HTML descriptions.

If you have a voucher code to redeem this can be entered just below the description field.

Moving on to step three, this is the biggest stage of the listing process. On this step you can set the following:-

· Auction type:-

Standard Auction

This is a single quantity auction

Dutch Auction

Dutch auction enables you to list a multiple quantity auction, for example if you have 100 pens to sell you can list all of these together in a single lot. Bidders will be able to select how many they wish to bid for.

· Currency:-

You can select your preferred auction currency using the drop down menu available

· Quantity:-

This field is only active if listing a Dutch auction, please see above for an explanation of this listing type

· Auction Starts At:-

This requires you to enter the minimum bid you are willing to accept, you can also set a reserve price to ensure you do not sell the item for this amount. Please see below for more information on this.

· Reserve Price:-

Enabling a reserve price affectively means you will not sell the item for less than the amount set, for example you can set the start price at 5.00 but only accept winning bids over 50.00, should a bid be placed for 49.99 the item will close without a winner.

· Buy out (if available):-

Buy out allows you to set an amount you are willing to sell the item for – straight out. For example you can set the start price to 10.00 but offer interested parties the option to buy the item immediately for 100.00.

You can also list buy out only auctions, these auctions remove all bidding options meaning the listing can only be purchased for a set amount. To set a buy out only auction you need to set the buy out value to be exactly equal with the start bid.

· Offer-Range (if available):-

You can set a price bracket in which you are willing to listing to offer, for example if you set the price brackets from 15.00 to 100.00 interested parties will be able to offer you an amount within these brackets, you can opt whether to accept or decline these offers at any time via the members area.

· Bid increment:-

This option can be used to set your own custom bid increment if preferred.

· Item featuring (if available):-

The following options are available to you (fees may apply), these will highlight your item on site to ensure they reach more visitors:-

§ Home page featured

§ Category featured

§ Bold text

§ Highlighted background

· Set start/end time:-

You can either opt to list your item right away and set a defined number of days for it to be live for or you also have the option to define your own custom start/end time.

· Private Auction:-

Private auction will hide the bidders identity on the item details page

· Image upload:-

To accompany your item you can either upload images from your local computer or enter the URL of an image(s) hosted elsewhere

· Media upload:-

In addition to images you can also upload media files, please note only .avi/.mpeg/.mov are supported.

· Auto Re-List

For convenience you can opt to have your items automatically re-listed for you, options are available to allow you to select whether the item should be re-listed if sold and how many re-list attempts should be made.

On the next step you can set your shipping and payment preferences including your shipping rates and available methods of delivery.

Proceeding on, you can then review the listing and make changes if required, please note you can still edit your listing once live via the members area.

A maximum of 500 pixels wide, and no more than 500 kilobytes.

Any bigger, and it will try and convert them to a media file.

The auction watch features notifies you of newly listed auctions which contain keywords you have chosen. For example if you are looking for a new Digital Camera you could enter in those keywords from within your members area area. Each time a new auction is listed containing those keywords you will be notified via email.

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.

If the option is available you can use “Buy Out” to purchase the item immediately without having to place a bid. Some sellers offer such an option which can be used at any time until a bid has been placed over any applicable reserve price.

The “Buy Out” option will appear on the item details page, you will be asked to confirm your intention to buy out the item before the sale is concluded. Buy out’s cannot be retracted.

Sellers using Paypal to receive funds should ensure that the Block Non-encrypted Website Payment option is switched off on their Payal account.

To do this;

Login to your Paypal account

Click on the Profile link

Under the Selling Preferences option click on Website Selling Preferences

Under the header Encrypted Website Payments, set the Block Non-encrypted Website Payment option to Off

Click on the Save button at the bottom of the page.

If you want to pay for an item that you have purchased, you do not necessarily need to have a Paypal account. Simply click on the Paypal button, and then choose to pay with your credit or debit card

If you are selling items, then you need a Paypal account, or at least a trusted friend or a relative that has one!

It is easy to set up a Paypal account, and it is an excellent system for paying for things over the Internet. One of the advantages is that you can easily get refunds for items you purchase over the Internet, whereas with credit card payments it is much more difficult. To set up a Paypal Account, paste the following link into your browser:

https://www.paypal.com/uk/mrb/pal=LMYCRGFB6JWRW

The whole purpose of Wicycle-It is to help you recycle unwanted items, to benefit yourself, the receiver, and to prevent unnecessary waste. Therefore, we offer several ways that you can offer your items. One of those is by swapping items. After all, someone may have something you would like!

This is simple to do. When listing an item, simply enable the Swap button.

You do not have to swap your items for something that another person offers – simply delete their request.

Wicycle-It does not charge for either listing items for Auction, or for putting loads photos on etc. We don’t even charge when you sell an item! How wonderful. Compare that to the other auction sites, and you will instantly see the huge advantage that you get for recycling your items.

You may remain a free member for as long as you like. However, we strongly suggest that you become a Verified Seller. This shows buyers that you are a reputable person.

It costs just £3.99 every 60 days, for as long as you want to remain a Verified Seller

That’s about 6pence a day

The other side of the coin is that it shows you are keen to help the environment, because everyone knows that any fees collected from you as a Verified Seller goes towards our Ten Thousand Tree planting campaign on the main site.

You get your goods recycled. You make a profit. The buyer gets the item at a cracking price because you don’t have to cover loads of listing or selling fees etc. The product sale has prevented another item from being needlessly manufactured, thereby helping the environment. And you are getting trees planted in your honour. This helps our Ten Thousand Trees campaign. Excellent, don’t you think?

By the way – become a Verified Seller, and by the end of 12 months you would have paid to offset your own carbon footprint (the average person, non air travel). Even better!

This FREE auction site is for private individuals. It is not for small businesses or traders. This stance has been brought about by numerous requests following our surveys, with reference to auction sites such as ebay being flooded with traders purchasing cheap products from China etc, and far Eastern companies advertising online.

Neither will we allow any advertising of say one product, with a link to ebay sites.

Our members will report any such auctions to us

So don’t even think about it, basically, or you will be banned.

Life is too short to argue. However, sometimes things do go wrong, even if they start out with the best intentions.

We do not enter into disputes, except as a very last resort. All transactions will be done via Paypal who have an excellent dispute resolution service. And as they charge you fees for the transactions, you should use their services. That’s what you pay for….