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April 16, 2017, 4:15 pm

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Please report inactive sellers/services here

As part of our on-going effort to keep the Seocheckout Marketplace cleaned up and free of spam, we are deleting services from inactive sellers.

After all, these services are another form of spam if you think about it, cluttering up our Marketplace. The seller is long gone and can't properly provide service. If a buyer purchases a service from an inactive seller who hasn't logged in for months or even years, that's going to lead to complaints, cancellations and even Paypal disputes.

Also, these inactive sellers and their inactive services pose 'competition' for the sellers who have stuck around with us and intent on doing a good job.

You don't want an inactive seller getting the sale you should have gained? Right!

We've already cleaned many categories of inactive sellers but need your help.

At the moment, we are focusing on the SEO related services:

https://www.seocheckout.com/categories/Link-Building?s=rz&filter=1&level[]=1&pricerange=1,100&avgrestime=1,100&t=20

To find an inactive seller, go to our link and just mouse over their username to the right side of the service and you'll see last login.

If that seller hasn't logged in for awhile, please report the seller profile link below.

We are not banning inactive sellers, only removing the services to make room for others who really do want to sell and succeed at seocheckout.

We hope you'll join us in our efforts to clean up the Seocheckout Marketplace to make it even more relevant for our buying and selling community.

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N0VA

N0VA

This is a great move.I am not a regular buyer,but i have bought services from inactive users and just wasted my time.....
As a seller,it is really bad for our own sales,because buyers order from inactive members instead of active members.It would be bad for buyers and sellers both.
I really appreciate this action......
I'll report inactive services if i come across...

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

I had a similar experience too, a few weeks back when trying to purchase from a seller. It showed he had logged in within a day and yet he completely ignored my order. I had to get the order cancelled. It was annoying. His prices were VERY good for what he was offering. I guess he did not want to honor the deal. But I would have been fine if he had simply said that he could no longer do the work for such a price, rather than just never responding as I do feel that I wasted a lot of time on that order. Now I am wondering if he was ever active or if for some reason his browser logs him in when he goes online so that he is not active at all.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

p.s. Thank you, we appreciate your help.

8 years ago

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OptimismSEO

OptimismSEO

I have reported quite a few since 16th of April, most of them were top seller, but inactive with more than 40 to 80 days. Another thing I would like to point out is that if there a way to see the similarities between the service descriptions. Creating a new service is not easy and even if it is not easy I would not be happy to see someone simply plagiarizing without hard work and making money. However, I am in favor if a new seller is just looking around and observing and creating his or her services in their own unique way instead of copying.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

I don't remember if I had told this story on the thread or not but when i was a new freelancer on Seocheckout (maybe a year into the business), another girl copied my forum posting service verbatim and was selling at $15 when I was selling it for $25. I didn't know for a long time but my business took a dip, and I lost a lot of customers to her because she stole my description. Then I guess she left the website with orders hanging and one of her buyers got angry and found me, and posted something mean on my profile asking if I was her? Because our description was the same. He was angry that (as he said), I had not finished his order for weeks now. And, I had never met this buyer! The other seller not only cost me sales of services that should have been mine by stealing my description; she also cost the website a lot of money in lost orders by just walking off from the orders she got. I didn't realize that people even did that kind of thing then, to just steal another person's service as their own. And, yeah it happens a lot, especially when someone is reselling a service, they don't even bother writing original copy. They just copy the description and mark it up $15 or $15 and then sell as their own. Anyway, my point being, look around in your category to make sure that no one is copying your description. You might be surprised.

8 years ago

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TommyCarey

TommyCarey

Ugh, I remember when I was going to buy some services and half of the ones I found were verrrrrry inactive. They hadn't been online for almost 2 years :'(

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

Yeah, we've got an amazing moderation team now. Really getting things cleaned up. As always, we're very happy to have the community's help on this.

8 years ago

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wellfun

wellfun

its Awesome. Actually i dont buy any service if seller dont login more than 7 days. With deletion inactive seller it will help buyer to save their time also.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

If a seller is serious about building their Seocheckout business, they will take time to login at least once a week. There's really no excuse not to do so.

We're done with babysitting inactive services. If a service hasn't been purchased in the past four or five years, will it ever? Probably not. Just more clutter. So it has to go.

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Seopremium

Seopremium

"if people don't log in to their account after a certain amount of time, it goes up for "auction" of sorts and gets sold to the highest bidder."

But who know what happened to this people, maybe they a sick or have some other family problems, and with this acc. takeover is same as new seller have fake reviews because these reviews was based on previous sellers services not new one.
Most better solution is that if someone not login in 7-15 days, account goes dormant status mostly because this - maybe they a sick or have some other family problems. And in 1 year totally erased, this is most fair solution. If possible by website system.
Just for example if acc owner live in country when suddenly war started and suddenly he cannot login for few month, but maybe they will succeed that in few months, no need to destroy this seller totally.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

We have zero tolerance for fake reviews/ratings fraud, userlevel fraud, any kind of fraud. Any indication that an account was bought or sold will result in ban of any person involved and all linked accounts. Those ratings belong to the original seller, not some imposter coming in after the fact.

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Beverly

Beverly

But who know what happened to this people, maybe they a sick or have some other family problems

Real life stuff happens and while it's ideal if a seller would take five minutes to suspend their own services before leaving the site, in a family emergency, that might not be practical. As you suggested, it would be good if services of an inactive seller automatically suspended after a certain amount of time. Not only would it prevent a buyer from accidentally purchasing that service (which in turn would reduce number of dissatisfied buyers, cancellations, disputes) but would also cut down on the many hours of staff moderation duties which are required to manually locate and suspend services from each inactive seller.

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Shortie861

Shortie861

This is a really amazing move! I am definitely up for this. It's a shame that people will set up a service and then just walk away because all it's doing is causing problems for others and increasing competition as you say for active sellers. As an active seller myself I often do wonder if I miss out on orders because someone else who offered the same service at a lower price is getting the orders yet they may be inactive on seocheckout.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

We cleaned the forum posting category last night and there were a few inactive sellers there. Those inactive services are just as likely to be purchased by a buyer as yours as some buyers don't check to see when a seller last logged in.

Another thing, I caught a seller copying your service description.

Please report inactive sellers/services here

This is another thing we need to monitor our category for. Is another seller copying you? If so that can really dig into your business. That seller is probably reselling your service and trying to pocket the $3.00 but really it comes down to how they should create their own description and copy/paste is not allowed.

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anwebservices

anwebservices

Great idea really. Wish that this doesn't have to happen, but obviously some people giving up their efforts to sell for who knows what reason. I noticed that most of these are Level 1 sellers who probably loosing their hope to boost their sales, but we are here to help as much we can.
I am promoting so many services trough my affiliate websites and feel sad when i invest so much time to bring some new customer in and his service is not delivered ever after....

Like in this case: https://www.seolads.com/Audio-Music/509131/Spinrilla-Mixtape-Upload-with-Countdown-Included
Seller: RetroSpins not delivering sold service via my affiliate link, logged in 31 days ago. I even tried to send him private message if he is maybe receiving notifications to his email... But no response

Since service is sold to NEW customer i joined in, i guess this person is confused and we can loose potential customer for further buying of our valuable services at seocheckout

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

Yes, it's very discouraging when good affiliates go inactive, especially if they were actively purchasing before or only made one really good purchase before leaving the site. Maybe this is a challenge we all face in affiliate marketing.

8 years ago

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aqibarif74

aqibarif74

Hello,

This is very good move seocheckout. I will be reporting few sellers.

All the best,

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

Thanks for your suggestion. We depend on our community to help us stay strong.

8 years ago

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aqibarif74

aqibarif74

PS: We should start removing SEO services based on PR metrics.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

You seem knowledgeable in this area. Maybe you could create some discussions for us on that matter?

8 years ago

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aqibarif74

aqibarif74

I did. Look like it has gone to pending approval section.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

Yes, all new discussions go under moderation. I hope this does not deter our community from creating new discussions as we all love to see what you all are saying!

8 years ago

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abidali

abidali

sir why are suspend my services ?please help me i am good worker.

8 years ago

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aqibarif74

aqibarif74

Hello,

What happened with your services?
Did try to contact Ionicware @ [email protected] or submit your issue in Help Desk https://ionicware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

@Abid1, you are welcome to bid on jobs here in our Want to Buy Marketplace: https://www.seocheckout.com/want

This is a ideal solution for building your reputation with buyers and a good name as a reliable seller.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

Thanks! @idealmike

@promaster67, Thanks for your concern. And, the point of this thread is not to shame or embarrass a seller who hasn't logged in for awhile. We understand that sometimes offline concerns take our sellers away from us. We're just hoping to rally community support. By working together we can clean up the Marketplace! We all benefit when Seocheckout is free of inactive services. If you feel uncomfortable posting a link or username here, then please do as Mike suggested and hit the report button. As always, we're very much appreciative of any assistance you can offer!

8 years ago

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nerv

nerv

Great move. This will for sure result in more sales for active sellers.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

That's our hope!

This is not about reporting your competition but hey if your competition is a guy who hasn't bothered logging in for three years and is still getting orders you deserve? Then go for it!

8 years ago

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djwaruna

djwaruna

Hi,

I'm Report some Sevices because they are inactive sellers.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

Thank you! We appreciate your assistance.

8 years ago

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NomanProdhan

NomanProdhan

I think its very important to remove inactive services. But If you will do it manually then I think you guys will need a lot of time. I agree with @idealmike You guys should add some features to warn inactive seller about their activity. I have noticed on several marketplace like Fiverr, Guru and others that they always send newsletter/email every month. Beside if any seller will inactive on their marketplace then they send email remainder. Beside you guys can add a button on service something saying "REPORT AS INACTIVE SERVICE". If you guys will add a button like that then anyone can report about inactive services and you guys can review that report and can take action. However, if I will notice any inactive service surely I will share that here.

Thanks

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

We appreciate your suggestions and help in keeping the Community active.

8 years ago

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seoconsul

seoconsul

We wonder why trouble so much
Check this https://www.seocheckout.com/freelancers?s=rtd One can find whole bunch of them together.

Anyway, It would have been better, if there was a standard protocol.
e.g. Reminding those Seller/buyer if they've not login for more than 30 days. Then suspending their services, from public view.
So, that a genuine sellers doesnot face any problems once he return to sell again. Just he need to mark his service active again.

These can be done via simple scripting and hooks etc.

8 years ago

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Artois52

Artois52

Gone on holiday status

On a vaguely related topic, might I suggest a “Gone on holiday, back in X days” status”?

If that could then be displayed against the seller’s profile and the seller’s services, it would mean that Seocheckout staff will know that someone’s absence is not a disappearing act and potential buyers and regular buyers would know that seller will be back soon as well.

I appreciate that you could use the current status system to tell people that are on holiday, but buyers don’t see that when they are looking at a service.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

A lot of sellers have requested this feature, a way to sleep their profile/services, such as for vacation. And, I know another Marketplace has this feature and likely it works for them. It is a hassle when we have to suspend a seller's services, this takes staff time that could be better allotted to something else. Maybe that would be a nice solution for sellers that will use it.

8 years ago

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Beverly

Beverly

In response to what I said before about vacation mode.

I would not mind a feature that sellers can use to lock their own profile/services so buyers will stop ordering that number of days the seller knows he will be away.

On the flip side, that kind of feature depends on the seller's willingness to use itl. And, many sellers we see could have easily deactivated their own services in two seconds time by using the 'select all/suspend' feature on the seller dashboard. And then just post a status update that is publicly viewable to let your buyers know when you will be back.

It doesn't take that much effort. And, it serves the same effect as vacation mode.

If a seller can't be bothered to take that few seconds to suspend their services, they probably would not care enough to 'activate Vacation Mode' - this is all dependent on the seller.

Even in an emergency, you think to call your boss, right? To let them know you are not coming into the office due to illness. Think of Seocheckout in the same way.

If Seocheckout is your job place as a freelancer and you're using it to earn a living, then actually take time to care that you are walking off and leaving people behind that were depending on you. Sellers have these tools now, just use them.

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centurion

centurion

Hello Beverly
Have a wonderful day.

I have an idea want to share with you though you are also an administrator of Ionic ware. As my suggession Seocheckout can make an algorithm where the inactive services and seller name will show far distance of search result so that no buyer can get any inactive sellers service at tge feature section or by the search button based search zone. Basically buyers search on keyword based. If any one does not login one day than he will be ine step back.

seocheckout will shos the search result by latest login based. In this way buyer will stay and Seocheckout will bs helpful for everyone.

Thanks
Centurio

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kyojim

kyojim

What about a user that login everyday but never respond my message or my comment in a service?

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luvt

luvt

706 day: https://www.seocheckout.com/Article-Translating/195389/I-will-translate-English-to-Vietnamese-and-vice-verse
111 day: https://www.seocheckout.com/Article-Translating/506685/Translation-Vietnamese-to-English-English-to-Vietnamese

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luvt

luvt

87 day:
https://www.seocheckout.com/social-points/508780/50K-Addmefast-Points

108 day:
https://www.seocheckout.com/Social-Networks/181648/ADDMEFAST-SCRIPTS-UNLIMTED-POINTS-3000-points-a-hour

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keen2write

keen2write

Yes there are quiet a few members I seen where show's they not been active for like 200 day's or so its mad I tell ya.. Yeah great Idea will keep look out and see if I see any un active members .

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Beverly

Beverly

And, some big sellers too, just walking off? Who does that, after you spend years building a business and then just leave? Why? I see no sense in it. Though i do understand we lost some sellers after we stopped allowing Instagram and Facebook related.

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profitx

profitx

Inactive for 1336 days, that's more than 3 years >>> https://www.seocheckout.com/user/gaurav1705

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Beverly

Beverly

Thanks! Fixed. Any more links like that would be appreciated.

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

inactive seller(380 days) : mycheapfollower

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

inactive(998 days): mqss

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

inactive 125 days: RahulSeo

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

last logged in 151 days: parag4485

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

last seen 98 days ago: only4U

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

last seen 107 days ago: abdulwahabmahar

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

last seen 118 days ago: GrabFollowers

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

last seen 72 days ago: ALADIN

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

last seen 164 days ago: CrowdfundingPR

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rajanshilpakar

rajanshilpakar

Inactive Users:
DilafridAlfaz
Alexialuxury
fivebucks
snoovie
varshil
Labiba
SeoIsMyThing
awab
deargodiouz
husainatamboli
sgrocks
selva1
zohan
SEOBull
polash

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Artois52

Artois52

https://www.seocheckout.com/user/SEOBull 144 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/dinglingservice 1,146 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/dery 1,190 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/antorkumar 340 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/TellyZone 229 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/powell24ay 169 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/dalsuk 236 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/alfred99 228 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/Topsocial 1,200 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/ellabarron842 224 Days
https://www.seocheckout.com/user/m11in 309 Days

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Everett

Everett

https://www.seocheckout.com/user/greatbacklink 562 days ago

Just curious to know why Jordan doesn't have a function to deacctivate services of sellers that have been inactive for quite some time.. Would be much easier than to manually disable the services.

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profitx

profitx

Inactive seller https://www.seocheckout.com/user/gls1323

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profitx

profitx

another inactive seller https://www.seocheckout.com/user/captainelf

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profitx

profitx

another inactive seller https://www.seocheckout.com/user/Makfii

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profitx

profitx

another inactive seller https://www.seocheckout.com/user/lullabygirl89

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kerronbilloun

kerronbilloun

Great way of giving space to the active sellers. If there are sellers just taking up space just remove them..

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sumoncps

sumoncps

This is really a great move and its going to help both the seller as well as the buyers!

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GraphicsZap

GraphicsZap

I love how I upload a service on this you so call ''seo website'' and it keeps being removed.
Nice one.

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Beverly

Beverly

Two of the four services rejected for this account included a copyright Youtube logo. Also, all descriptions were short, lacking good details. And, as I might have mentioned before we're not accepting anything Youtube related as we are moderating the category to remove low quality services.

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AlexHarris

AlexHarris

By months how many months should we report at? I saw a few profiles that were inactive for about 3 months and I wasn't sure if that was in the threshold for whether or not they should be removed. Is this only for the services or does this apply to users as well?

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AlexHarris

AlexHarris

Oh okay, thank you for clearing that up for me. Well, then I'll do my best to keep the streets of Seocheckout clear and clean! Also, can you sell website designs or website templates and whatnot here?

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imhero

imhero

I am glad to know there is a place to share when sellers are inactive. I've come across a couple services that I was interested in ordering but saw the sellers have not logged in for 9 months - year. I will definitely keep my eyes open to future inactive sellers and report them here. Thanks!

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Beverly

Beverly

Thanks for your assistance. We appreciate the community's involvement.

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HenryNine

HenryNine

A lot of buyers come to this community with enormous purchasing enthusiasm but after a few disappointing first orders, they start to become weary. They begin to treat every service sold here with great suspicion. As discussed extensively in this forum thread already, inactive sellers should not have their products appear in the Public Marketplace at all.

I remember my first time joining this platform, I was so naive, I went on a shopping spree like a family mom who has just won a ten grand gift card to fill her house with whatever she wants for Christmas. So ignorant I was of some members behavior that I never took a careful look at what I was buying. After nearly wiping out my credit card clean, I ended up with great disappointment. Some sellers failed to deliver on time and many other sellers produced very low quality and substandard products that I could not proudly use anywhere.

It’s a fact here that sellers on this community are very mistrustful of one another, they all want to sell services to each other but not to buy from one another, there are so many sellers but very few buyers, all thanks to the widespread negative customer experience.

We should do everything we can as members to make this community a better place for everyone, Newbie buyers, registered members and Freelances. We should not leave out everything for the staff to sort out themselves.

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