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by Wolf_Larsen 5549 days ago
Come on, if you want to see the icon/graphic/design/whatever before you pay for it obviously the seller can show you a smaller/low-res/watermarked/whatevered version.

The second question has been answered.

This is a completely different model than ebay.

These are really bad questions. I'm not putting you down - its no big deal, but just a little critical thought should answer these for you.

Cheers,
1 comments
retube 5549 days ago
> If you want to see the icon/graphic/design/whatever before you pay for it obviously...

But that's the whole point. There's nothing that allows a seller to do this at the mo.

> The second question has been answered.

Sure, after my post. The answer to which seems to be "there isn't". So a valid question.

> This is a completely different model to ebay.

Perhaps from the platform's perspective, not from the sellers. The motivation is to enable someone to quickly put up an item for sale. I can pretty damn quickly put up a single item for sale on ebay too.

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Wolf_Larsen 5549 days ago
> Perhaps from the platform's perspective, not from the sellers. The motivation is to enable someone to quickly put up an item for sale. I can pretty damn quickly put up a single item for sale on ebay too.

You are completely wrong. The model is entirely different from the seller's perspective. See the author's original comment. I've included it below.

>How does this work for art though? I mean you want to see the icon/graphic/design/whatever before you pay for it. This is also answered by the original comment.

"There have been many times in the past where I wanted to share a link - on Twitter or just through IM with a few friends - but did not want to go through the overhead of setting up a whole store."

The seller will be sharing a link with a person who they have a seller/buyer relationship with. The product in question is the last step in a process that the seller has complete control over.

No more of this. Cheers,

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retube 5548 days ago
> "There have been many times in the past where I wanted to share a link - on Twitter or just through IM with a few friends - but did not want to go through the overhead of setting up a whole store."

Right - and putting something up for sale on ebay and sending people the link is different... how?

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