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Relax ... at Ruby Lane, your customers can shop with confidence.
When viewing your shop, visitors will know that you stand behind the Ruby Lane Advantage^TM which is designed to help ensure that the buying experience is not only pleasant, but rewarding. The Ruby Lane Advantage^TM also ensures for an easy and effective method of selling online. Show Me: What Is The Ruby Lane Advantage?

Top Reasons To Count On The Ruby Lane Advantage

1	A Proven Track Record		2	Targeted Focus
In business since 1998, Ruby Lane has a track record of success. By now thousands of buyers from around the world have shopped with us. So we know what works and what doesn't when it comes to buying and selling online. For those buyers who are new to the process, our simple search, shopping and purchase features make it easy and convenient to buy.			As a seller on Ruby Lane, both you and your customers will be able to enjoy the pleasure of only Antiques & Art, Vintage Collectibles and Jewelry offerings on the site. There are no pop-up ads, no computers, cars, music CDs or other unrelated distractions.
3	Excellent Customer Service		4	Well-Established Traffic
We pride ourselves on service, and ease of use. Ruby Lane buyers can contact us directly at any time with general questions about using the site. And should you need assistance in setting up or managing your shop at any time, our trained staff will be happy to help you via email.			Shop owners enjoy the immediate benefit of Ruby Lane's well-established traffic. For your convenience, your shop items are automatically submitted to major search engines for you by Ruby Lane. And, your items rank higher in search engines like Yahoo and Google since they are part of Ruby Lane.
5	Not An Auction		6	Simple, Affordable Pricing
On Ruby Lane, shops sell items at set prices rather than in an auction format, which some buyers find intimidating. Our optional Make-An-Offer setting further entices buyers - our software can automatically accept, counter or reject offers for you! You can also use our Send To Auction feature which will allow you to conveniently showcase your shop's auction items if you choose.			Ruby Lane's pricing is affordable even for small sellers. No commissions! There is a one time 30 cent Listing Fee to add each item; a once a month Maintenance Fee where the first 150 items is 30 cents for each item, and then each item over 150 and up to 1000 is 20 cents, and then each item over 1000 is 1 cents (minimum $15 per month); an Advertising Fee of $20 per month per shop. There are no additional hidden costs or long-term contracts. We do have optional programs to promote your shop should you choose to do so. There are also additional Special programs available to lower costs. View more details about Fees and Special programs. Show Me: How Much Does a Ruby Lane Shop Cost?
7	Quality Items - Unequaled Professionalism		8	Secure Site
Every Ruby Lane shop is pre-screened by our in-house team of seasoned art and antiques professionals, and must meet specific quality and professionalism standards before opening for business. This means you'll be in good company with other high quality sellers. All open shops are required to follow an ongoing, standard set of quality guidelines to help ensure that all items buyers see for sale are genuine, and accurately represented.			Our site is always up and running. We have a strong privacy policy, as well as safeguards to ensure the confidentiality of your customers' transaction information. And we never share your, or your customer's contact information or data with third parties.
9	Easy Shop Set-Up		10	Automated Shop Check Up Tool
Absolutely no technical experience is required to open a shop. Even if you're new to the Internet, our simple step-by-step setup process makes it easy to get up and running in no time, with professional results. And we offer a wide array of tips and how-to's for making your shop presentation the best it can be. Our extensive, user-friendly online Shop Handbook offers step-by-step guidance in virtually every aspect of setting up and managing your shop. Show How to Set Up Shop - Part I Show How to Set Up Shop - Part II			The Automated Shop Check Up Tool is a free tool that you can run at any time during set up and after you're open to see if there are quantifiable aspects of your shop that could be improved upon. The tool systematically scans your shop information pages and all of the items within your shop and displays a list of specific recommended changes, and how to make them. The handy "Fix It Now" tool allows you to make the suggested changes right there.
11	Hands-On Mentoring for New Shops		12	Handle Pictures with Ease
Our free Shop Mentoring Program offers personalized guidance to newer shops who are learning the ropes. Our Ruby Lane shop Mentors are veteran shop owners who are/have been Ruby Lane shops themselves, some for many years. They understand what it takes to make an online shop successful, and what pitfalls to avoid if you're relatively new to the process. New shops who would simply like an additional professional opinion about how they can improve the look of their shop, can take advantage of this program, too.			Ruby Lane encourages shops to include up to 9 pictures per item, at no extra cost, to get buyers interested in your items. Our software automatically resizes, crops and frames borders for professional-looking pictures every time. There are also automatic thumbnails for quick viewing. Easily send pictures directly from your PC or from another web site. Each shop has a free, private FTP area, allowing you to batch upload images if you choose. And you can adjust pictures without re-uploading using our powerful online Picture Editor tool.
13	Buyer Wish Lists		14	Promotional Tools
Ruby Lane buyers have the option of adding items of interest to their Wish List, for easy reference and possible future purchases. With the wide variety of items on the site, Wish Lists help buyers stay organized, and keep them returning to your shop. Wish Lists are also used to notify buyers when items they specify are listed on the site or are changed, for example, if there is a price change. Together, these features enable buyers to stay in touch with the latest listings on the site.			Ruby Lane offers a wide selection of exciting tools and programs to help you promote your shop. Choose from customized 4-color flyers and postcards, 2-color business cards customized with your shop name and address, group advertising programs that make it affordable for you to showcase your individual shop in major industry publications, participation in monthly newsletters to thousands of opt-in readers, and much more.
15	Solid, Reliable, Committed, Trustworthy		16	Ongoing Support
As a seller on Ruby Lane, you'll be part of a well-established and growing web site with a distinguished Internet address. We're lean and mean - Ruby Lane is highly automated, allowing us to deliver the best site at low cost. The site is financed and operated by the original owners - no expensive CEO's, VPs, or Venture Capitalists.			Once your shop is open, we'll stay in touch with regular tips for improving your sales success. You'll have complete access to our Selling Successfully Online! section that contains dozens of articles on how to manage and market your shop effectively as well as announcements of upcoming advertising and promotional opportunities. We're continually adding new articles as the marketplace grows and changes.
17	Powerful Software to Manage your Shop		18	Customer-Friendly Return Policy
Ruby Lane allows you to choose from our targeted selection of categories, or pick your own. Our automated online customer contact tools save you loads of time and effort. Our quick and easy "vacation mode" allows you to tell customers when you'll be away, while still allowing them to shop in your absence if you choose. Our hidden "backroom" allows you to set aside items within your shop for inventory management.			Our site-wide Return Policy encourages your customers to shop with confidence, as it allows for return of an item within 3 days of its receipt, for any reason. Our step-by-step return instructions remove the guesswork for both buyer and seller, making the process fast and easy.
19	Free Auction Management Tools		20	Great Tools to Analyze Your Efforts; Make Better Business Decisions
Our Send To Auction feature allows you to send any item to Auction with a few clicks, at no extra charge. Ruby Lane buyers have direct links to your shop items up for auction at any site, including eBay! Use our ad creator, picture hosting and picture gallery, all included.			As a seller you'll have access to daily online statistics to show who is visiting your shop. These reports include detailed statistics for each of your items. You can also find out why a buyer did not complete a purchase, what keywords buyers are using, and much more! Our detailed web log statistics allow you to fully evaluate visitor activity within your shop for a day, month or year, allowing you to make better overall decisions regarding your business.

We invite you to Shop, Sell or Relax with us. As a seller, remember the Ruby Lane Advantage^TM which ensures for a safe and convenient online shopping experience for both you and your customers.

Strengths of Ruby Lane, direct from our shop owners:

"Ruby Lane is stunningly simple for the average Internet shopper to use. I shopped Ruby Lane long before I ever decided to open my own shop, and I love the fact that if I type in 'Royal Haeger' that's just what I get and that's ALL that I get. Although my shop is new to the site I know I'll be here for a long time. It seems like the shop owners have a great rapport with each other and with the management here, as well. "

"Advertising and Public Relations, Quality of Items, Uniform Policies for buyers/sellers, Reliability of Site, Venue for variety of quality sellers"

"Easy to use. Good looking format."

"Ease of use & having what is important to run a business at the touch of a mouse."

"I have been a member since 2001, and have had a very positive experience so far. I have had buyers from all over the world, Japan, Spain, Germany to name a few. I believe that the high standards you require of the dealers is one of the most important things. These high standards give the customers confidence to buy."

"Integrity. Management interest. Letting shop owners work very similarly to brick & mortar operations, e.g., communicating and working with customers on transactions. Flexibility to tailor shops."

"Ease of use, dependable and speedy downloads, many options and reports."

"You keep trying different marketing strategies."

"Ruby Lane is easy to use as both a buyer and seller. The site has a professional look and feel."

"Ease of use for the seller. It is extremely user friendly. It is so easly to upload pictures and edit information. The accounting information is useful and I like the statistics, web logs and wish list features. I am glad that, once again, the prices are shown for items in the 'sold shop'. That is such a useful research tool for buyers and sellers alike. Emphasis on high quality merchandise and appropriately described items. The search feature on Ruby Lane is far superior to that on other sites and this is the only site that I have found where I can do a general search and then keep narrowing my choices by using the 'search within these items' feature of the Ruby Lane search process. Other sites allow you to search, but once the items are shown, there is no way to narrow a broad search any further. I appreciate the vetting of the site that Ruby Lane performs and I appreciate the information that has been given out on the Quality Improvement area of the boards. "

"The site is so big and the word is getting around."

"The ability to sucessfully market & present each individual shop"

"Committment to the satisfaction of the shop dealers."

"The site is well established and seems to function quickly and efficiently which I think is important to customers. I personally do not like a slow moving site where I spend half my time waiting to look at something."

"Ruby Lane is the most professional online shopping mall both visually and functionally."

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