There is absolutely no reason why a reputable dealer should not be selling through our site. Merchants must qualify to register with the site by undergoing a verification process, which may include onsite visits to ensure their credentials. They being the merchants, of course. Buyers are protected by the merchants' anonymity during the bidding, which prevents sellers from colluding to manipulate prices. There's also a toll-free service center to help the company monitor complaints and ensure customer satisfaction.
Shoppers have flexible buying options.
Flash Bids must be completed within six hours, and the purchase is pre-authorized should the buyers' reserve price be met. Once the buyer accepts a bid, credit card information is provided to the merchant, who is charged a service commission. However, in part because WebSphere Application Server includes a payment server, the company is considering taking on the task of payment processing, as well. The electronics catalog is expected to include 4,000 products by the end of this year, and other product and service categories are in the planning stages. For performance testing simulations, it was estimated that handling the longer-term projection of 80,000 sales each month, based on a request conversion of two percent, would require handling 135,000 requests per day.