Through selling goods online, you can expand the amount of users you can meet, and thus become accessible to consumers in other US states. Apart from that, shoppers from other cities that like your goods won't have to wait to see you in person to buy. You can only go online, order your items and enjoy home delivery too. So not only does it benefit clients when you sell online, it also increases the earnings. Take a look at 5 perfect reasons for creating an online company in ACTPAL.
1. Globally reach
You may be the most popular shop in Colaba in Mumbai or Silverlake Flea in Los Angeles, but you won't have access to customers who aren't in the same locality. In the other hand, as you sell online, you can just as quickly meet shoppers in your locality and region as shoppers from other areas of the world.For example, when you sell on ACTPAL you get instant access to more than 1 million registered users. With this one decision you will turn your company by establishing a global footprint.
2. Low set-up costs
Unlike a store where you have to wow buyers with a nice product showcase, a demo space, great lighting or beautiful interiors when you're selling online, you don't have to spend much money in that. When you sell on ACTPAL you will set up your company for a fraction of the cost. Using all ACTPAL services without any added costs such as membership rates, traffic charges, fixed payments or other expenses. Using ACTPAL after product and service sold out effectively via ACTPAL with only the service fee. That means you will be able to retain more of the sales and use them to expand your online business.
3. Ready logistics network
When selling online, you don't have to think about how to send goods to the consumer, or how much to spend on it. You can use the logistics network that was built and mastered with ease by selecting the correct platform, such as ACTPAL. With trouble-free pick-up and distribution of goods by 200 + pick-up hubs and 10,000 service agents, you can enjoy the shipping experience with the Company Provider Insurance Policy and even cover yourself against injuries.
4. ZERO marketing cost
Asking yourself how can you stand out from the lakhs of sellers / service suppliers as you take your business online? Don't worry, without investing one cent you can market your business.
5. Access to market trends
You will also benefit from industry dynamics when you're developing your online company on ACTPAL. ACTPAL gathers information on different factors and lets you understand which goods are in high demand, which are the latest industry patterns, which goods are selling well, etc. This knowledge will be used to make required improvements to your stock and, in exchange, raise your profits. And use ACTPAL target market functionality to advertise products / services to particular groups of people locally and internationally around the world at various geolocations.
Take your company to the next level with these 5 factors in mind, by making the decision to sell online. In just a few minutes, you can register and set up your company in ACTPAL and use the quick seller / service provider interface to run your business and extend it dramatically.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Growth in the online retail market
Having experienced enormous growth over the last 5 years, retailers are heading into online purchases.
- Stop substantial contributions.
- Large customer base to sell anywhere.
2. Get orders across the globe
Receive orders from every part of the country and follow the simple steps to fulfill the orders.
- Simple dashboard
- Sale events, advertising, and promotions
3. Ship with ease
Enjoy easy pick-up and delivery across the globe with the various vendor tie-ups, our logistics partner.
- Efficient pick-up network
- Professional packaging support
4. Earn big
Our payments process is the fastest in the industry - get your payments in as little as 7 days of sales.
- Fastest payment settlement
- Detailed reports to track your payments
1. Growth - 24/7
Widen your reach as a seller to a customer base of 1 billion and grow your business further with the support of your account managers.
2. Lowest cost of doing business
Along with the most competitive rate card in the industry, you also get on-time(within 24 / 7 days) and reliable payments.
3. Ease
You just need 1 product and 2 documents to start selling on ACTPAL.
4. Transparency
Equal opportunities for all the sellers to grow.
1. At least 1 product to sell
All you need is a minimum of 1 unique product to start selling on ACTPAL.
2. GSTIN details/ Tax information
You are required to furnish the details of your GSTIN to sell your products online.
3. Clean security background.
Personal identification information
We may collect personal identification information from sellers in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to when sellers visit our site, register on the site, subscribe to the newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Sellers asked for, as appropriate, email addresses. Sellers may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from sellers only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Sellers can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.
Non-personal identification information
We may collect non-personal identification information about sellers whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about sellers means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.
4. Valid and state qualified service providers.
5. Canceled cheque/ Active Bank account
A copy of the canceled cheque of your bank account is mandatory for registering.
Please read this agreement carefully
By completing the sign-up process, you accept the terms and conditions in our Terms of Use, and to abide by the other terms, policies, procedures, and guidelines on ACTPAL. ACTPAL may amend these terms from time to time. If you do not agree to the changes, you must request that your account be closed. Your continued use of our service will signify your acceptance of the updated terms.
Acceptance of Terms
By completing the sign-up process, you accept the terms and conditions in our Terms of Use, and to abide by the other terms, policies, procedures, and guidelines on ACTPAL.Com. ACTPAL.Com may amend these terms from time to time. If you do not agree to the changes, you must request that your account be closed. Your continued use of our service will signify your acceptance of the updated terms.
ACTPAL is only a venue
ACTPAL acts as a matching service for Members to locate people to buy, sell, and negotiate the exchange of goods and services. We do not own or handle any of the goods and services listed on the site. As a result, we cannot verify or endorse the quality, safety, or legality of the posted advertisements, or the truth or accuracy of the content on our site.
To list an item in your ACTPAL shop:
- On ACTPAL.Com, click the Your Account icon, then click (______). (On the Sell on ACTPAL app, tap More.)
- Click Listings. If you’re a new seller, click Your shop.
- Click Add a listing. On the Sell on ACTPAL app, tap the + (plus) icon.
Then:
- Step 1: Add photos
- Step 2: Choose your thumbnail image
- Step 3: Add listing details
- Step 4: Describe your listing
- Step 5: Add your inventory and pricing
- For digital items: Add files
- Step 6: Set up shipping
- Step 7: Marketing
- Step 8: Publish or save your listing
Before you can start listing items, you must register as a seller. Review our Seller Policy to make sure your items fit into ACTPAL’s handmade, vintage, or craft supply categories.
Step 1: Add photos
To add photos to your listing, click Add a photo to add files from your computer. You can add multiple photos at once. Click Choose to upload your photos.
To change the order of your images, click on a photo and drag it to the left or right.
Guidelines for listing photos
Your images should be at least 2000 pixels wide, but the height can vary. Don’t scale down your photos to a smaller size. Buyers like to zoom in on photos to see item details. Larger images let buyers zoom in more.
We recommend you use at least five images to help shoppers get a better feel for your item.
If you’d like to crop the full-size image that appears on your public listing page, click the pencil icon under your photo.
Learn more about item images.
Add variation photos
If you have variations for a listing, you can add variation photos, which you’ll connect to your variations later in the listing process.
Step 2: Choose your thumbnail image
The first photo on a listing becomes the thumbnail for this listing. The thumbnail is the image that buyers see in your shop home, in search results, and in various other places on ACTPAL.
To choose your thumbnail photo:
- Drag the photo you want as your thumbnail to the first photo slot.
- Click Adjust thumbnail below your first photo. You can zoom in and change the photo’s position within the square.
- Click Save.
Step 3: Add listing details
The listing details are how your listing is categorized on ACTPAL, and how it can be found in ACTPAL search. Shoppers can filter search results by many of the details you add.
Add a title
Give your item a descriptive title. What would buyers search for to find your item? Add the most searchable words at the front of your title. Titles have a 140 character limit.
Learn more about item titles.
About this listing
The dropdowns under About this listing help categorize your listing as Handmade, Vintage, or a Craft Supply. Choose who made this item, what the item is, and when it was made.
- Choose listing categories
- Choose which category your item belongs to. This decides which category your item appears in on the Categories page.
- Think about where buyers would most likely look for your specific item. For instance, if you’re selling a typewriter, you might think of it as decor, but some shoppers will want to use it to write.
Optional: Add attributes
Adding attributes like color, occasion, or holiday will help make your items more relevant in search results. They’ll also help buyers find your items more easily.
Attributes vary by the category you chose for your item.
You can choose I offer more than one for an attribute if you want to add a variation for that attribute.
Learn more about attributes.
Choose your renewal option
Listings stay on ACTPAL for four months at a time. By default, listings automatically renew after four months. If you'd like to manually renew your listings, select the Manual option.
Learn how to renew your listings.
Step 4: Describe your listing
Next, describe your item to get found in search and to help shoppers understand your listing.
Select your item type
Select if your item is physical or digital.
Learn more about digital item listings.
Add a description
The description tells the shopper about the item, your process creating or finding it, and its dimensions. Make sure to include the size, materials used, how it was made, and any unique features.
Learn more about writing enticing item descriptions.
Optional: Add your production partner
If you are creating original designs that are manufactured with outside production assistance, add your production partner to the listings they help produce.
Optional: Choose if buyers can customize this item
Check the box by Custom orders if you offer customization for this listing. Learn more about custom orders.
Optional: Choose a section in your shop
If you have sections for different types of items in your shop, add the listing directly to one of your sections.
Learn more about creating sections.
Optional: Add tags
Titles and tags help shoppers find your item when they search on ACTPAL. Use all 13 tags available to you, and be descriptive.
Some things to consider when tagging your listing:
- Your item's shape and size
- What it's used for
- How it was made
- Color, style, materials, content, and motifs
Think like a shopper: What words would you use to search for this item?
Learn more about getting found in search.
Optional: Add materials
For most categories, using item attributes are the best way to add materials to your listings.
You can highlight the materials you use in other areas of your listing.
However, if materials aren’t available to add in your category, you can add them here.
Price per unit
Sellers in the EU will see an extra field to input a price per unit.
Main features
Sellers in Germany will also see a field for summarizing the main features of their items.
Step 5: Add your inventory and pricing
Decide if you offer variations for this listing. If you do, skip down to variations.
If you don’t offer variations for this listing, add the price and quantity you offer for this listing.
Price
Choose how much this item will cost buyers. This will appear in your preferred currency.
Learn more about setting your preferred currency.
Optional: Apply shop tax rates
If you charge sales tax in your shop, you can choose whether to charge it on this particular item. Learn more about tax settings.
Quantity
If you have multiples of the same item, you can increase the quantity in stock. As the items sell, the quantity in stock will go down.
The listing fee is $0.00 USD, regardless of the quantity you list. When the item sells, you will be charged a $0.00 USD auto-renewal fee for any remaining quantities. Renewing an item will also bring it to the front of your shop. Listing fees for selling in person vary. Learn more about fees for selling in person.
Optional: SKU
SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) numbers are a way for you to keep track of your inventory and quickly identify what you have in stock. They can also help you quickly locate items in your ACTPAL shop, studio, or storage space. Learn more about SKU numbers.
Optional: Variations
If you offer different options for a product, such as size or color, you can offer variations of the item in your listing. You can have up to 2 variations per listing.
Learn about adding listing variations.
If your listing varies on a visible attribute, such as color, you can add photos to show that variation. Learn how to add photos to listing variations.
You can set price, quantity, and SKU for each variation.
If your listing is for a digital item, you can’t offer variations.
Optional: Personalization
If you offer personalization for this listing, toggle Personalization to On. Personalization requires buyers to let you know what they want to be personalized on an item. Learn more about offering personalization.
For digital items: Add files
If you’re listing a digital item, you need to upload files. Learn more about uploading files for digital items.
Step 6: Set up shipping
Choose how you want to ship this item.
Shipping options
You can choose which shipping profile you want to use for this listing. The shipping profile you choose determines the shipping cost charged to buyers, the processing time, and the shipping service.
If you haven’t set up shipping profiles yet, learn how to set up shipping profiles.
Optional: Item weight and size
If you are a seller in the United States and would like to use calculated shipping for your listing, enter the item’s weight and size. Learn more about calculated shipping.
Step 7: Marketing
If you are running an ACTPAL Ads campaign, you can choose if you want this listing to be included in the campaign.
If you’re adding a listing from the Sell on ACTPAL app, your listing will automatically be included in your ACTPAL Ads campaign. If you want to remove a new listing from your Ads campaign, you choose which listings you advertise from your Advertising page.
Step 8: Publish or save your listing
Your listing won't be saved until you click Save as Draft or Publish.
Preview
Click Preview to see how your listing will look to shoppers.
At this time, the listing preview doesn't accurately reflect price and quantity if they are set for variations of the listing. Once you publish the listing, you’ll be able to view all your variations.
Save as draft
To save your listing for later, click Save as draft. To save as a draft, you'll need to enter at least one photo, a category, a price, quantity, shipping rates, a title, and a description. You can always enter temporary info and then replace it before you publish.
You can find your draft listing in your Listings page under Drafts.
Drafts never expire, and there is no limit on the number of drafts you may have. The "listed on" date isn't set, and you aren’t charged the listing fee until the listing is published to your shop.
Publish
You're ready to sell! Click Publish to finish your listing. The $0.00 USD listing fee will be added to your Payment Account.
Your listing is now live! This listing is now available to shoppers on ACTPAL. Tell potential buyers about your new item and share it on Facebook or Twitter.
It may take up to 24 hours for listings to appear in ACTPAL search results and categories.
