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Members may notice that in their control panel is a link for our Bulklister. We’ve had a number of questions regarding the bulklister for listing Jeep parts, so we’re hoping to answer some of the most common ones here and explain what a bulklister is.

A bulklister is most often used by those who are in the business of selling Jeeps and Jeep parts, or have a vast majority of items that they continuously sell. Bulklisters are used in conjunction with a .csv file in which items are listed and delineated with a separator character such as a hash bar, comma, or other character.

This delineated file can show a variety of information the seller wants to display, such as the title of the item, stock number, a url address of picture to be displayed, a description, price of the item, and other information.

If you’re lost at this point, the bulklister probably isn’t something you’ll need, but to continue, a delineated .csv file might appear as below, shown as a small part of a text file:

With our bulklister, we offer the ability for members to create their own .csv files for use on Bid4Jeeps. It can also import .csv files that you prepare on your desktop.

It should be pointed out that the preparation of a .csv file can be a tenuous task, which is why most sellers don’t create one. It is much simpler to just list a few items at a time after setting the prefilled fields/global settings on your account. Only advanced computer users familiar with a bulklister should try to tackle using the bulklister. You should also be aware that the bulklister we provide was developed by a third party we outsourced to create it for our use. It functions, but we hoped for something better.

However, for our members who use eBay and turbolister, we have plans to install a new feature before summer arrives, depending upon the amount of members we have. It will be costly and we have to weigh the expense against the amount of use it will actually have.

This new program we hope to have installed will allow anyone using eBay and their turbolister to import all their eBay listings to Bid4Jeeps with as few as 3 simple clicks. Your ebay listing will be copied to Bid4Jeeps, transferring all information and having your Bid4Jeeps listings appear exactly as they do on eBay.

To make your Jeep parts or personal items listings go faster don’t forget to fill out the areas provided in the Prefilled Fields/Global Settings link found in your Control Panel on Bid4Jeeps.

Your online payment choices, shipping details, and other areas are provided so that you don’t have to constantly retype this information for each listing. Once filled out, your information will appear as you create a new item listing.

Of course, anything you provide as prefilled information can be changed during the listing process of each item if you need to make changes that are specific to that item.

Two areas that you should take a special interest in is the direct payment methods you can offer. If you have a Paypal account, as most people do, you should have this enabled before you begin making your new listings.

The other area is the relisting of your item. Relisting your item if it doesn’t sell costs nothing and unlike eBay, we do not charge you if your item does not sell after relisting it. You should also set the auto-relisting to 3 times – the maximum allowed of free relistings we offer.

Buyers of Jeeps and Jeep parts are always looking for deals and there is no better way to tell them about a deal on shipping than to let them see right away that you are offering Free Shipping on your items.

And the icon we supply for you to use is free of charge because we want to help you sell!

Free Shipping doesn’t apply to just items you are sending through the mail. The Free Shipping icon can be applied to digital download items and vehicles, Jeep parts, or other items that are for pickup only.

If there are no shipping charges, then simply choose the option during the listing process that indicates you are paying for shipping and leave the shipping charges input box blank. The Free shipping icon will appear on both the listing on the main pages (alongside the item listed), in the Featured Items area (if you opted for the Featured Listings option), in the page listing of the item itself, and all areas where the shipping charge would normally appear.

It’s just another great way to grab someones attention and direct them to your listing. Let them know quickly that your price is the best price with shipping included!