Spicing up E-mails using Macro (text) substitution
Although all closing-price & related information is included automatically in outgoing e-mails, you may wish to customize your e-mails further -- to look as though the e-mail was sent personally by you, instead of by our robot. To do this, you should use macro substitution.
If you wish to write a letter such as this:
Dear Abby,
Congratulations on winning item 123456789, which closed for $24.99, with 5 bidders!
Your order will be shipped by UPS Parcel. Please add $5 shipping for the first item, and $2 for each additional item purchased. Your item weighs 5 pounds and 0 ounces.
Kind regards,
Company Name
... then just write the message like this:
Dear Abby,
Congratulations on winning item (ITEM_NUMBER), which closed for (PRICE), with (NUMBER_OF_BIDS) bidders!.
Your order will be shipped by (SHIP_SERVICE). Please add (SHIP_ONE) for the first item, and (SHIP_EXTRA) for each additional item purchased. Your item weighs (WEIGHT_MAJOR) pounds and (WEIGHT_MINOR) ounces.
Kind regards,
Company Name
The complete list of fields that you may substitute is below. These are references to the fields that you entered into our 1-Page Lister.