Third Party provider Vendio (who also owns Andale) hit one out of the park today with their announcement of their new selling platform.
I haven’t had my preview of the service yet (I am scheduled to speak with them tomorrow for my demo) but a few other people have already took a look and have some great things to say.
Some interesting articles I recommend reading to get an overview are:
- The official Vendio documentation on this new service
- ColderICE’s review after getting his demo
- RedInkDiary’s review after getting her demo
I am throwing these two user reviews up there because they are two sellers on very different scales. ColderICE represents the huge selling power that is 3rdPowerOutlet while RedInkDiary is only Henrietta who has a very different business. ColderICE is very pre-eBay, Henrietta is very anti-eBay, pro-Bonanzle, though both run webstores. They are also very different businesses on very different scales. They both really liked what they saw but for completely different reasons so I think they speak to different types of sellers between the two of them.
I am not sure what I’ll be able to add to this dicussion tomorrow after I get my preview but if I have anything meaningful to say, I will let you know! 😉
Either way, Vendio’s timing is amazing. Coming out with this exciting program right after all the trouble with “competitor” (can a free service compete with a paid service?) Auctiva when many people are looking for a new tool is going to serve them very well.
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Vendio, free? I doubt it! My free 14 day trial, which I cancelled within the first 3, was charged in full to my credit card. The salesman had been so cummunicative and responsive, except with cancelling the charges on my card! This unauthorized charge (also unexpected) bumped my over my limit (Cha-ching another 40$, and reset my credit card rate—-Thanks vendio—hundreds of dollars, for a free 3 day trial!
I know there was some confusion about this but, unless you are referring to something different, the only “charge” was just the credit card authorization which was no charge at all. Frankly, it really surprised me that people got so wigged out about this because just about every merchant I have ever done business with does this. They just put out an authorization which will show as a temporary, uncleared charge on your account for about a day or two and then goes away. This was supposed to be $12.95 but the amount doesn’t matter as you are never actually charged this, they just test the authorization to make sure you gave a valid # and then cancel. Just because you never noticed other stores doing this before, doesn’t mean it never happened before or that it is Vendio’s fault.
Vendio, free? I doubt it! My free 14 day trial, which I cancelled within the first 3, was charged in full to my credit card. The salesman had been so cummunicative and responsive, except with cancelling the charges on my card! This unauthorized charge (also unexpected) bumped my over my limit (Cha-ching another 40$, and reset my credit card rate—-Thanks vendio—hundreds of dollars, for a free 3 day trial!
I know there was some confusion about this but, unless you are referring to something different, the only “charge” was just the credit card authorization which was no charge at all. Frankly, it really surprised me that people got so wigged out about this because just about every merchant I have ever done business with does this. They just put out an authorization which will show as a temporary, uncleared charge on your account for about a day or two and then goes away. This was supposed to be $12.95 but the amount doesn’t matter as you are never actually charged this, they just test the authorization to make sure you gave a valid # and then cancel. Just because you never noticed other stores doing this before, doesn’t mean it never happened before or that it is Vendio’s fault.
I believe Meg may be referencing our old trials and plans as currently, the Vendio Platform is a 60 days trial. I sent Meg a note via eBay to try & straighten this out.
Hillary – thanks for the response.
Helen
I believe Meg may be referencing our old trials and plans as currently, the Vendio Platform is a 60 days trial. I sent Meg a note via eBay to try & straighten this out.
Hillary – thanks for the response.
Helen