Gazza, more clarification re Brands & Google Shopping please.

[sweetsandmemories]

Oh gawd! I put my real name too
I was thinking that the GSID number thingey would be my store/listings identifier????

And how will I know the outcome is what I'd like to know as there is no way of contacting me directly???

Angie

[MPS16]

Oh gawd! I put my real name too
I was thinking that the GSID number thingey would be my store/listings identifier????

So have I.

I assumed that the GSID Number is the critical information.

[iwiw60]

Maybe I'll get them relisted someday, maybe I'll move them to another site.

Hmmmmm....I wonder what sellers on *bay and *mzon are wrestling with. Seems to me 'moving' listings to another site would be redundant as eBid is not being isolated out as the only site having to deal with this dilemma.....

[astral276]

Eek, I used my real name as that is what I use on my Google account. I hope I haven't done it wrong ?!

I have a general Google account also (Checkout, etc.) but the point is that the Google Shopping feed is not attached to my Google account - it is a sub-account of eBid's. That's why I can't see that my name has any relevance. Even my eBid username is redundant as the GSID either identifies my store or my eBid username.

I can't really proceed without an answer to this query.

[Gothicina]

I have a general Google account also (Checkout, etc.) but the point is that the Google Shopping feed is not attached to my Google account - it is a sub-account of eBid's. That's why I can't see that my name has any relevance. Even my eBid username is redundant as the GSID either identifies my store or my eBid username.

I can't really proceed without an answer to this query.

I used my real name because my username is connected to a different GSID than my stores.

The form is not a special one setup for those of us on eBid, just the general form for exemptions when dealing with individual merchants, so I'd imagine the name part is irrelevant in this instance.

Any notifications as to acceptance would need to be sent to eBid, as they upload the feeds, so any queries on individual accounts from google, would probably need to be dealt with via eBid, hence the use of their email address not your own, as the form doesn't have room for 2 email addresses.

[dardonboi]

I am sooooo confused!!!! I think I will just ignore the whole issue. My stores are all a mixed bag of things, some new some used. Some with and some without the information on them.

I personally have stopped using Google because they are a real pain. If I type in 2 words I get things based on each word typed instead of those that have both words in title. Yahoo and Bing both seem to give me better results in searching. Hopefully they will be considered in the solutions to the problem.

[TiasTreasures]

I am sooooo confused!!!! I think I will just ignore the whole issue. My stores are all a mixed bag of things, some new some used. Some with and some without the information on them.

I personally have stopped using Google because they are a real pain. If I type in 2 words I get things based on each word typed instead of those that have both words in title. Yahoo and Bing both seem to give me better results in searching. Hopefully they will be considered in the solutions to the problem.

Not only that, but Google Shopping now creates multiple pages, each containing some items I may be looking for, but a lot of added "maybe you want to see this too" junk. It looks more and more like the results from eBay's searches (which I stopped using a couple of years ago). Heavily skewed to the big sellers, and the advanced filters don't work. It's just bringing up too much in hard-to-read format.

Now starting to notice the same problem on regular Google. Too many results not remotely associated with my key words.

I have been using Yahoo, Bing, and Dogpile a lot lately, and I'm looking at the others.

As for applying for the exemption, I'm going to wait. My fear is that if I apply now and get rejected, I won't be able to get the exemption later. I really need to know if the items that DO HAVE ISBNs, UPCs, etc., have to be removed from a store before the exemption will be granted. No answer to this question yet, and I'm not going to do all that work unless it's absolutely necessary.

[Anniemcc2]

Dittto !

[astral276]

Go to My eBid > My eBid Stores

Select a store to edit.

The GSID is just underneath the Delete Store button at top right.



The GSID for your username is at the bottom right of My eBid > My Personal Details

[TiasTreasures]

I used my real name because my username is connected to a different GSID than my stores.

The form is not a special one setup for those of us on eBid, just the general form for exemptions when dealing with individual merchants, so I'd imagine the name part is irrelevant in this instance.

Any notifications as to acceptance would need to be sent to eBid, as they upload the feeds, so any queries on individual accounts from google, would probably need to be dealt with via eBid, hence the use of their email address not your own, as the form doesn't have room for 2 email addresses.

Oh, fine! I should have read the entire thread instead of just following Gazza's instructions and winging it. I applied for the exemption for two of our stores, but I put my email address on it.

So now I have more questions.

Is there any way to find out if our application was denied?

Can an application be resubmitted if it was denied for a technical error (such as the wrong email address)? If not, I suppose I can rename our stores and apply again, but that seems pretty drastic.

And of course I still need to know if we should apply for an examption if we have mixed (new and old) items in a store.