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Support => Customer support => Topic started by: railroadbill on February 24, 2013, 06:38 am

Title: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: railroadbill on February 24, 2013, 06:38 am

Hi, i am interested in becoming a vendor and after reading the sellers guide and the wiki id like to know which MTGOX metric does SR use to calculate the exchange rate? And how is the commission fee on sales calculated?

Also i would like to know more about the dispute process with buyers, will a delivery confirmation number resolve any dispute about the buyer receiving the item? What if the buyer disputes that the item was not as described, am i obligated to give a return and if so how much? Do i then pay the commission fee on the total amount of the sale or just the portion that i kept?

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: railroadbill on February 25, 2013, 06:22 am

Anyone? It would be nice if this was on the wiki.

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: samesamebutdifferent on February 25, 2013, 07:41 am

Hi railroadbill

I will see if I can get some answers to your questions and come back to you.

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: samesamebutdifferent on February 25, 2013, 08:51 am

Ok so according to what I have read elsewhere (thanks slicker) SR uses the mt.gox 24-hr average exchange rate which can be found first row 2nd to last column here: http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/

I am still looking into the second part of your question.

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: railroadbill on February 27, 2013, 08:24 am

Hi can anyone answer this i would like to know what the commission fee is and how "not as described" and other nonverifiable disputes are handled.

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: acman3960 on February 28, 2013, 02:50 am

I also have wanted to open a sellers account for awhile now but with the current rate of the bitcoin the "fee" to do so seems much higher than what previous sellers had to pay.

 My apologies for being off topic here .....  I've been here at SR for almost a year now and enjoy the forums. I don't post all that much but for a long time now I am no longer able to "reply" to any posts here on the forum. I was shocked when I saw that there was an option for me to reply here in this thread so I jumped in here with my question.
Can someone please help me out as to why my "reply" privileges seem to have disappeared?  I don't think I've committed an infraction of any kind. Maybe something
 in my settings? I have been trying to fix this for a long time and would really appreciate anyone's help with this.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Thanks very much!
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Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: samesamebutdifferent on March 01, 2013, 07:27 am

Quote from: railroadbill on February 24, 2013, 06:38 am

Hi, i am interested in becoming a vendor and after reading the sellers guide and the wiki id like to know which MTGOX metric does SR use to calculate the exchange rate? And how is the commission fee on sales calculated?

Also i would like to know more about the dispute process with buyers, will a delivery confirmation number resolve any dispute about the buyer receiving the item? What if the buyer disputes that the item was not as described, am i obligated to give a return and if so how much? Do i then pay the commission fee on the total amount of the sale or just the portion that i kept?

I passed your question up to DPR and I have just heard back that the SR wiki has been updated to cover what you inquired about re how disputes are considered.

Hope this answers your question.

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: letmelive1 on March 01, 2013, 04:38 pm

Sorry to Hijack, our thread helped me out btw

Where does one apply for a Vendors Account these days? The Wiki doesnt have info on how to become a vendor, just selling rules/tips.

thanks everyone

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: samesamebutdifferent on March 01, 2013, 04:56 pm

You need to contact inigo to request vendor status, make sure you include your stats in the PM

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: BudGoddess on March 03, 2013, 09:07 am

I am also interested in becoming a vendor. How does one contact inigo?

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: samesamebutdifferent on March 03, 2013, 09:27 am

Quote from: BudGoddess on March 03, 2013, 09:07 am

I am also interested in becoming a vendor. How does one contact inigo?

PM them

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: railroadbill on March 04, 2013, 01:56 am

Quote from: samesamebutdifferent on March 01, 2013, 07:27 am

Quote from: railroadbill on February 24, 2013, 06:38 am

Hi, i am interested in becoming a vendor and after reading the sellers guide and the wiki id like to know which MTGOX metric does SR use to calculate the exchange rate? And how is the commission fee on sales calculated?

Also i would like to know more about the dispute process with buyers, will a delivery confirmation number resolve any dispute about the buyer receiving the item? What if the buyer disputes that the item was not as described, am i obligated to give a return and if so how much? Do i then pay the commission fee on the total amount of the sale or just the portion that i kept?

I passed your question up to DPR and I have just heard back that the SR wiki has been updated to cover what you inquired about re how disputes are considered.

Hope this answers your question.

Oh so its all up to an admin as to what the refund rate is and if a buyer gets it. Was hoping for some hard rules but that is good too.


To people asking about becoming a vendor, under account options theres a link on the right that says "become a seller".

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: letmelive1 on March 14, 2013, 06:41 pm

I want to know what the "bond" is to become a vendor....thinking about it too

Title: Re: Question about becoming a vendor, exchange rate and commission fee
Post by: samesamebutdifferent on March 15, 2013, 08:52 am

All the info you need is on the SR wiki