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OZtion
Announces
New
Buyer
Shield
Anti-Fraud
Protection
Program
for
Australians
Buying
Online
Sydney,
Australia
–
5th
October
2007
–
OZtion,
Australia's
second
largest
online
auction
site
(www.oztion.com.au),
has
today
announced
a
comprehensive
anti-fraud
and
consumer
protection
program
for
Australians
buying
products
online
at
OZtion.
Philip
Druce,
Managing
Director
for
OZtion
commented,
"The
Australian
Federal
Government
offers
no
financial
protection
to
Australians
that
are
ripped
off
by
online
scams.
This
makes
it
difficult
for
small
Australian
businesses
to
sell
higher
value
items
online,
as
many
consumers
are
afraid
of
being
ripped
off.
This
lack
of
basic
consumer
protection
from
the
Federal
Government
really
ends
up
favouring
the
big
traditional
retailers,
and
makes
it
tougher
for
small
businesses
to
make
online
sales."
OZtion
has
implemented
the
Buyer
Shield
protection
program
to
make
it
safer
for
Australians
to
shop
online,
and
to
help
the
thousands
of
Australian
businesses
that
use
OZtion
to
sell
their
products.
Buyer
Shield
protection
is
an
anti-fraud
and
transaction
security
program
which
works
in
conjunction
with
the
existing
identity
verification
and
security
measures
implemented
by
OZtion.
Buyer
Shield
is
designed
to
offer
protection
of
up
to
$400
per
purchase,
for
eligible
transactions
made
by
Australians
shopping
at
OZtion.
Businesses
and
individuals
selling
items
at
OZtion
need
to
meet
specific
eligibility
requirements
before
the
items
they
sell
are
protected
by
Buyer
Shield.
Philip
Druce
continued,
"OZtion
has
spent
years
of
research
and
development
in
our
Melbourne
research
labs
to
come
up
with
anti-fraud
technologies
to
help
make
it
safer
for
Australians
to
shop
online.
Buyer
Shield
is
an
extra
layer
of
protection,
offering
up
to
$400
of
protection
for
any
eligible
purchase.
This
makes
it
easier
for
any
Australian
to
decide
for
themselves
who
they
should
trust
when
shopping
online."
Items
for
sale
at
OZtion
which
are
eligible
for
the
Buyer
Shield
program
are
automatically
identified
with
a
prominent
icon.
To
be
eligible
for
protection,
product
transactions
must
be
paid
for
by
credit
card,
or
via
services
such
as
Paymate
or
PayPal.
In
addition,
delivery
of
eligible
products
must
be
carried
out
by
registered
post,
insured
post,
or
proof
of
delivery
courier
service.
The
Buyer
Shield
program
is
optional,
and
is
expected
to
be
mainly
used
by
retailers
of
high
value
products.
Full
details
of
the
eligibility
criteria
for
Buyer
Shield
can
be
found
at
http://www.oztion.com.au/buyershield
In
partnership
with
Australia
Post,
OZtion
now
also
offers
an
optional
100
point
identity
verification
service.
The
100
point
identity
verification
service
allows
Australians
shopping
online
to
be
confident
that
they
are
dealing
with
a
legitimate
person,
rather
than
a
scammer
using
a
fake
identity.
OZtion
has
also
recently
introduced
a
new
automated
phone
identity
verification
service
for
users
that
have
a
seller
account.
With
more
than
1.2
million
Australian
visitors
in
August
2007,
OZtion
now
has
195,000
registered
members.
Membership
at
OZtion
is
free.
Anybody
can
join
and
purchase
products.
About
OZtion
OZtion
is
an
Australian
online
auction
and
shopping
site,
based
on
unique
Australian
designed
and
developed
technology.
Based
in
Melbourne,
OZtion
has
grown
enormously
to
become
the
2nd
largest
Australian
online
auction
site.
Visit
www.oztion.com.au
for
more
information.
Media
Contact:
Sebastian
Rice,
seb@silverspan.com |