FAQ for Sellers
The answer to this question can be found on the About us page.
The answer to this question can be found on the website How does Clemens work?
The answer to this question can be found on the For Sellers page.
Clemens is a platform known in English as curated marketplace. Unlike other popular auction sites, Clemens cooperates only with selected Sellers who meet our quality standards and guarantee the proper conduct of the sales transaction. Each sales offer is verified by a Clemens employee or an appropriate external expert. Thanks to this, the goods available on the Clemens platform meet quality criteria, and we can also provide users with a high level of security of transactions. Clemens offers innovative sales methods, such as online Dutch auctions, private sales, and price negotiation. All this definitely distinguishes us from other e-commerce trading platforms in Poland.
Clemens saves you time and money. Your company's offer will not have to compete with hundreds of thousands of other offers, as is the case on popular auction or advertising websites. In turn, creating a good, modern and effective website is expensive, time-consuming and, contrary to appearances, not an easy thing. Positioning, promotion and advertising of this website on the Internet is expensive and most often does not translate into an increase in sales. We give you access to an e-commerce tool, appropriately optimized to your needs. At the same time, we ensure effective promotion of the offer. Moreover, and equally important, the publication of sales offers is free of charge, and we collect a small commission only on the goods sold, according to the principle "you don't sell, you don't pay".
First of all, read the content of the page describing Participation criteria for Sellers and then complete Registration form for Sellers and send it to us. After receiving your application, we will contact you within a few business days.
No. The contract between the Seller and Clemens is concluded remotely in the form of a contract for the provision of electronic services.
No. Clemens does not make sales available to natural persons who do not run a business.
The offer of goods at Clemens is focused on five main sections: art, antiques, jewelry and watches, collecting and interior design and furnishings. These five main sections are divided into categories, and some of the categories are divided into even more specific subcategories.
The list of all categories and subcategories can be found in the offer catalog.
The Clemens website accepts only selected goods that meet the quality, aesthetic and assortment criteria specified by us. Items must belong to one of the goods categories offered within Clemens. They should represent real artistic, collector, material, aesthetic, historical, investment, scientific value, etc. The goods cannot violate the Regulations, in particular Annex No. 3.: Prohibited goods.
A large group of people visiting the Clemens website are people over 30 years of age, potential consumers of luxury goods, including: businessmen, stock market investors, managers and management staff, people investing in art, collectors, people interested in alternative investments, architects and interior decorators, freelancers, art dealers and aesthetes involved in the development of the art market, etc. The viewership of the clemens.pl website is systematically increasing, among others .among others thanks to an intensive advertising campaign.
Due to the website's profile, most of the sales offers are used goods. Despite this, we do not rule out the possibility of selling new and unused goods, but they must meet the criteria we specify.
Registering and maintaining a merchant account is free. Publication of sales offers is also free of charge. The only cost for the Seller is a small commission on the sales transaction, which is independent of the category in which the item is sold. Clemens acquires the right to commission on the transaction when the Buyer makes a purchase.
Detailed information on fees can be found in Table of fees and commissions.
Detailed guidelines on this subject can be found on the page Rules of creating an Offer description.
Detailed guidelines on this subject can be found on the page Rules of creating an Offer description.
No. Sellers under the so-called private sales in the fixed-price sales mode have the opportunity to offer items without giving a price, by inviting Users to submit price offers.
Detailed information about private sales can be found at Private Sales.
There are five modes of concluding a sales contract within Clemens. Online Dutch auction, with a public reserve price. Online Dutch auction, with hidden reserve price. Fixed price sale, only with the Buy Now option. Sale with a fixed price, with the Buy Now option and the possibility of submitting price offers. Sale without giving a price, only with the possibility of submitting price offers (this mode applies only to private sales).
Detailed information can be found on the Help page.
No. No data that could be used to identify the Seller, such as company name, logo, NIP, REGON, address, contact details, navigation data, links to websites, etc., may appear in the content of the offer or in the attached photos.
No. We supervise the quality and consistency of sales offers available within Clemens, which is why each newly added sales offer is verified by the Moderator, among others: in terms of whether the offered item meets our quality criteria and whether the offer does not violate the provisions of the Regulations.
Before making a purchase, using the appropriate form, users can ask the Seller questions regarding a specific offer via the Clemens website. The content of the question is sent to the Seller's e-mail address. The User's contact details (name, surname, telephone number, e-mail address, login, etc.) are not sent to the Seller. The Seller may not encourage Users to make purchases outside the Clemens Website or provide their contact details or data that could be used to identify their company.
Yes. The seller has the option to highlight his offer on the website for a fee for a period of 7 or 30 days. Featured offers are always displayed at the top of the offer catalog and are marked with a different color than other offers. In addition, the Seller may purchase the promotion of the offer on the Clemens home page, also for a period of 7 or 30 days. These two promotion methods cannot be combined for a given offer. In the case of the so-called private sales, it is not possible to distinguish offers.
Detailed information on fees can be found in Table of fees and commissions.
These are innovative sales methods available within Clemens that Buyers can use. Detailed information on this subject can be found on the following websites: Dutch auctions, Private Sales.
Detailed information and a graphical diagram of the negotiation process can be found at Help.
Detailed information about Dutch auctions can be found at Dutch auctions.
Information on the advantages and disadvantages of Dutch auctions can be found at Dutch auctions.
Dutch online auctions are completely safe. In the auction system used in Clemens, there is security in the form of a minimum price. Even though the price is automatically reduced during the Dutch auction, the Seller does not risk selling the item for an amount that is disproportionate to its value, because he always sets the minimum price, i.e. the lowest price at which he agrees to sell the item. Moreover, Dutch online auctions are resistant to unfair auction practices that may be used in the case of traditional online auctions.
More information on this topic can be found at Dutch auctions.
It is difficult to answer this question clearly. In the case of an auction with a hidden minimum price and a hidden auction end time, bidders remain under the pressure of competition and the awareness that the auction may end at any time. However, it may be easier for bidders to miss the end of such an auction. In an auction with a public reserve price and a public auction end time, there is only competitive pressure, but it is more difficult for bidders to miss the end of such an auction.
Fixed price sales offers that have not been sold after 30 days from posting may be discounted by the Seller. The seller provides a new, lower price for the item or enters the discount value as a percentage. Such an offer is displayed on the website with information about the discount and the discount amount, rounded to the nearest whole percentage.
This is a Seller who has two additional rights (privileges). The Super Seller has the ability to publish their own offers on the website without waiting for the Moderator's approval. In addition, the Super Seller receives funds for the paid transaction immediately after confirming that the goods covered by the transaction are available for sale and shipping or personal collection by the Buyer.
Detailed information on how to obtain the Super Seller status can be found in theRegulations.
Payment for sold goods is made on the Clemens website. Buyers pay for purchased goods using the so-called online payments. Payments are handled by a specialized company that processes secure online payments. In this way, we protect Sellers against the risk of not receiving funds from Buyers. The funds for the goods sold are transferred to the Seller's bank account, minus the Clemens commission.
Detailed information on this subject can be found in theRegulations.
Sellers are responsible for packing and shipping the goods.
Detailed information on this subject can be found on the Payments and delivery page.
The funds for the sale, less the commission, are sent to the Seller's bank account.
Detailed information on this subject can be found in theRegulations.
At the end of each month, Clemens issues a VAT invoice to the Seller covering the total commission charged on all transactions in a given month, including any corrections.
Yes. A special graphic element (so-called banner) is placed on the Seller's account, which can be downloaded and posted on your company's website.
More information can be found on the following websites: For Sellers, Help, Regulations, About us, Dutch auctions, Security, Payments and delivery, Complaints and returns, Notifications, Private Sales, Privacy Policy.
Company details, address and contact details can be found on the Contact page.
