Auctiva - Powerful solutions for eBay Sellers

There are several ways to purchase Auctiva Shipping Insurance. You can set up Auto-Insure Rules to insure packages only if they meet certain criteria that you define; you can purchase insurance while buying postage and printing a shipping label using Auctiva's Integrated Shipping Label feature; or you can purchase Auctiva Shipping Insurance policies manually after the sale, up to 72 hours after the recorded ship date.

To use the Auto-Insure feature

1. Hover your mouse over the My Account tab and click on the "Auctiva Shipping Ins." link.
2. Check the "Use Auctiva Shipping Insurance" box.
3. Under the Auto-Insure heading, you can choose to never automatically purchase insurance, insure all my transactions or insure based on certain criteria only (e.g., buyer feedback rating, final transaction price, etc.).
4. Be sure to save your settings at the bottom of the page.

To purchase while using the Integrated Shipping Label feature

1. Go to your Sales page and click the "Get Shipping Label" icon next to the transaction you need to ship.
2. After filling out the package details, check the box at the bottom and enter the amount of insurance you desire where it says "Purchase insurance with coverage amount of $______.
3. You will see how much the policy will cost when you hit the blue "Calculate Rate" button.
4. Once you have confirmed the purchase of the label and shipping insurance, a policy will be generated that you can refer to in the transaction details.

To manually purchase Auctiva Shipping Insurance
For single transactions

1. Hover your mouse over the eBay Sales tab and click the "All" link.
2. Click the Purchase Insurance button to the right of the item you would like to insure (the icon that resembles a box.)
3. Verify the summary information, and click the blue "Purchase Insurance" button to confirm purchase.

For multiple transactions

1. Hover your mouse over the eBay Sales tab and click the "All" link.
2. Check each checkbox to the left of the items you would like to insure.
3. Click the blue "Purchase Insurance" button (located in the header above your transactions.)
4. Verify the summary information on the next page, and click the blue "Purchase Insurance" button to confirm purchase.