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@rose-dee wrote:
So if I understand you correctly, does this mean that buyers on .com can no longer use "Commit to Buy/Request Total", even if they wanted to?
Correct.
@rose-dee wrote:
You mention that the legacy "commit to buy" flow enabled sellers to combine. Yet why would my .com buyers prior to mid-summer 2014 be able to combine their orders on their own at their end and also have my promotional shipping rule automatically applied? This didn't look like the "legacy" process. On those orders I never did get a "Request Total". Is it possible there was some sort of test being conducted on .com during late 2013/early 2014 to permit automated order combining on the buyer's end?
I was aware of no such tests, but that doesn't mean there wasn't one. As far as I know no buyers on eBay.com have been able to combine items listed on eBay.ca after IRP enforcement was implemented.
@rose-dee wrote:
A buyer recently purchased several items (separately) from me. She requested a total on the last one, and I was able to combine them into one order at my end and delete the shipping (= free shipping). What was going on there?
Not sure. As usual, I need specific item numbers so I can look into any use case. Please send the details if you'd like me to take a look.
@pjcdn2005 wrote:
1. Have they looked into fixing/removing the 'add to cart' on the second screen that shows up for .ca items even though it won't work for those items? Although I haven't been that verbal on this subject I've always thought that the .com cart should never have been set up for .com items only but the recent change has made it even more confusing for some buyers.
100% agree that ideally the eBay.com cart should have been built to accept any items from any site, listed in any currency. That's how we built the eBay.ca cart and it hasn't caused any problems for any buyer.
The "add to cart" overlay on eBay.com is being looked at, yes. Not sure where that part is though, a colleague is handling this from our side. Last news I gave on this still stand: no ETA yet. Sorry for the inconvenience.
@pjcdn2005 wrote:
2. There must be something else behind the refusal to remove forced IPR. For years sellers have had the option to voluntarily add that to their listings, I don't see any reason for forcing it.
Also, there are U.S. sellers who insist that they don't have IPR required and that their buyers are able to purchase items without using the cart and without having to pay for each item. These are sellers that post on the U.S. boards quite a bit and seem fairly knowledgeable so its odd that they would think that if it isn't true. When I try to purchase one of their 'non' ipr items, I am asked to pay right away so either they are wrong or....the ipr acts differently if the buyer and/or seller is not in the U.S. Is that possible? If you are not sure, could you look into it please?
I'd like to see an example of such an item. Without that it's hard to comment.
As far as I know, all BIN items under $100 are required to be paid for before the buyer can "own" the item and it gets taken out of Search.
@pjcdn2005 wrote:
A quick question...I realize you're running later here.
Any idea when IPR became mandatory on .com and/or if it was a gradual process?
IPR enforcement was rolled gradually between May 2013 and sometime in Q1 2014.
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