joining
where indicated, enter your email address. after submitting the form, you will receive your invitation email. if you are having trouble receiving this email, check your "bulk" email folder. after clicking the confirmation link provided in the email, you will be taken to your settings page, where you may enter information about yourself.
privacy
on joining, please become acquainted with your privacy settings. it is a good idea to hide your email address, as even though munumu.nu renders your email address in hexadecimal code, some spambots can still grab it and bombard you with unwanted spam. also, a handy feature for sellers is the ability to allow non-members to contact them and arrange transaction details. this can seriously increase your sales, but please make sure that the email address provided by these folks is legitimate. if you reply to a spam bot, they can collect your email address and this would be bad. just be careful.
buying stuff
look for the item you want to purchase. you may either buy the item or make an offer to the person selling it. add items you wish to purchase to your cart. once you have entered an item into your cart, a link will appear on the top of the page. please make sure to read over each sellers' policies regarding shipping, returns, etc. before purchasing. once you have everything you want and have looked everything over, confirm that you want to buy all of your items by clicking the button on the cart page. the sellers are immediately alerted that you have bought an item and you should receive a communication shortly from the seller in order to arrange the transaction.
all of your purchases can be accessed from your "buy" page. the link for this page is at the top of every page after you've logged in. on this page are all of your recent transactions. once a transaction is finished, you may leave feedback or archive a transaction.
you may change the status of your purchase with the "my status" menu attached to each purchase. once you have change the status of a transaction, a message is sent to the seller, alerting them to this change.
BEWARE!!! if you are a new member, delinquent buyers are not tolerated. if your first feedback is negative, you may be blocked permanently.
selling stuff
find the item you want to sell. if the item does not exist, you may add it using the instructions provided in the next section. once you have found the item you want to sell, click "sell this". a simple, one page form with item price, shipping price, condition, terms and so forth are provided on this page. you may use your own custom, preset policies, so you don't have to type them in for every sale. this saves a significant amount of time. immediately after confirming the sale, your item will be available for sale. once someone purchases an item, you are automatically contacted via email to let you know someone has purchased your item.
after logging in, click "sell" at the top of the page, which takes you to your sales page. the recently purchased item will appear at the top of your "unpaid" list. you can use the drop down status indicator to change your status at any time. after changing status, an email is immediately sent to the buyer, alerting them to the change.
you should then send coordinate with the buyer all the details regarding shipping details, etc. after receiving payment, ship the item and update your sale on you account page and the buyer is automatically notified that the item has shipped. after the transaction is complete, you may leave feedback.
if there is a problem with a transaction do your best to work it out with the buyer. if that fails, you may alert munumu.nu from the "contact us" link at the bottom of every page. please provide every detail in your correspondence.
munumu.nu charges nothing for you to sell your items.
BEWARE!!! if you are a new member, delinquent seller are not tolerated. if your first feedback is negative, you may be blocked permanently.
adding stuff
if you can't find an item you are looking to either purchase or sell, you may add it to the database. all of your contributions to the site are listed on your profile page.
after performing a search, if you can't find the item you are looking for, a link at the bottom of that page gives you the option of adding it to the database. on the "add an item" page, you are presented with the main category, followed by the secondary category. after entering the two categories, you are then asked for some information on the new item. some of the information on this page is required, such as cd title or computer manufacturer. you will not be allowed to add the item without all the required information. required information is indicated by a red exclamation point.
please be aware that having identical items on the website is really bad and there are safeguards built into this page to prevent this. if you are entering an item that already exists, you will be rerouted to that page. if for some reason you do enter a duplicate item, it will be removed. if you need to sell a nearly item but with a different color or similar situation, you can specify the color or whatever in the sales information.
if there is a possibility that an item is a duplicate, it may be flagged, in which case it will be scanned and released once it is found not to be a duplicate. you will be alerted when this happens.
broadcasts
broadcasts are special messages sent by munumu.nu alerting you to your friends' activities. if a friend buys something and they have broadcast turned on, when you visit your profile page, a new broadcast messages will tell you what they bought. if a friend of yours, who is a seller, posts a new sale, you will be alerted of that as well. the same goes for you -- if you buy something, your friends can see and if you post a sale, all your friends can see that as well.
friends
as a member, you have two options for folks making friends with you.
you may allow anyone to add you as a friend, without having to approve anyone. this option works well with sellers, who don't buy anything. this way, all the people who befriend you can receive your broadcasts and newsletters.
the other option is to require your approval for each person wanting to make friends with you. this is typically better for buyers who want a little privacy. this is certainly not required though. you can be as open as you want.
this option can be toggled in your privacy settings under "open friendships."
