vintagepostcardsdotorg
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posted on July 6, 2005 07:36:21 PM new
hmmm...where am i going wrong here?
according to the eBay help pages, if i put this link - http://www.ebaystores.com/postcardspostcards?refid=postcardspostcards - in eoa automated invoices to buyers and they click on the click, enter my store and buy again, i'll get the 75% FVF credit on any additional purchase.
however, when i go to customize my e'mail at eBay and include that link, eBay tells me:
"Please remove any Web addresses, javascript, or prohibited words."
so...i realize that ebay.com is a web address and hence the problem, i think...how does one fix this so that it's part of the EOA notice? what am i missing here? thanks.
http://stores.ebay.com/postcardspostcards
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vintagepostcardsdotorg
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posted on July 6, 2005 07:39:41 PM new
substituting the ampersand for the question mark (which they mention in the help pages) doesn't work either...
http://stores.ebay.com/postcardspostcards
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blackjack21
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posted on July 6, 2005 11:26:46 PM new
Hello. Can the original poster of this thread post the url to that exact ebay page that gives info on referral credits? I think this is a great idea to cut costs as a seller and would like to look into it too. I've checked a few of the ebay help pages but didn't spot it.
Thanks!
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vintagepostcardsdotorg
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posted on July 6, 2005 11:35:42 PM new
hi blackjack,
i started out with a less comprehensive link to this subject in the "manage my store" section of ebay. the biggest link is actually this one...
http://pages.ebay.com/help/specialtysites/referral-credit-steps.html
my problem occurs in step 3, where i do what ebay says (see my original post above) but then ebay disallows it because of the dot.com error message i got. how does one create the url info that ebay wants without including a web site (ebay.com) without getting the error message saying to remove any reference to a dot.com?!!!
which came first, the chicken or the egg?
http://stores.ebay.com/postcardspostcards
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LtRay
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posted on July 7, 2005 01:23:31 AM new
The rooster!
Sorry Vintage, but you DID ask 
As for your url question, I haven't a clue but would love to know.
[ edited by LtRay on Jul 7, 2005 01:24 AM ]
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EstateSaleStuff
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posted on July 7, 2005 02:16:16 AM new
I take it you're referring to when you send an invoice THROUGH ebay's invoicing system? ... and you are trying to put the 'refid' thingy at the end of the url inside the 'message' area?
I think the only way to send a store-referral-credit link is thru a private email (i.e., not through the ebay system).
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VintageAds4U
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posted on July 7, 2005 03:09:28 AM new
You might wait for live chat to open on eBay and ask them. I have this store referral link on all three of my web stores splash pages and on many individual pages.
When I send my marketing emails (such as to a dentist that buys ads with big teeth) I always include the link in those. I get a nice amount of credits that way.
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EstateSaleStuff
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posted on July 7, 2005 03:14:50 AM new
vntg. ... what's a splash page?
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blackjack21
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posted on July 8, 2005 05:18:57 AM new
Hi. Vintagepostcards, I appreciate the help finding the store referral info. Once I found the ebay store referral code that worked for me, I really went to town with adjusting my e-mails to customers, my website, etc. I appreciate the help, and good luck with yours too.
Jack
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neglus
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posted on July 8, 2005 05:43:21 AM new
Vintage - I think the referral id ending should end in "store" and not (in your case) "postcardspostcards".
To refer to home page:
http://www.ebaystores.com/postcardspostcards?refid=store"
did you try that?
If you wanted people to go to "vintage state views" instead of home page:
http://stores.ebay.com/postcards-postcards_vintage-USA-postcards_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm?refid=stores
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards
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VintageAds4U
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posted on July 8, 2005 07:00:30 AM new
Splash page is the first page of your web site (or so I was told). Anyway if you go to the main page of www.vintageads4u, it will direct you to other stores on ebay and ioffer. The ebay link is the refer link.
Beth
www.vintageads4u.com
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