Lori,

I don't know if this will help in your situation at all, but I'll mention it here just in case it might help someone else.

I sell on eBay and direct my customers to my website to pay via credit card.
I enter the auction item in a completely hidden category using the eBay item # as the model #. They can only put it in their cart by typing in the eBay item # on our eBay Auction Checkout page (quick order mod).

I was running into the problem of non-eBayers still finding these items and buying them since the 'add to cart' button was showing and active.

I discovered I could mark these items 'call for price' (but still enter a price) and no Add to Cart button would show. I replaced the 'call for price' button with a 'sold on eBay' button and the text to say 'already sold, etc.'

This has completely done away with 'accidental' purchases. The item still shows up in 'Others who purchased this' and my 'What's New' box, but even if they click on it, they can't buy it.

If anyone wants to see how it works, just go to my Driftwood site, enter 1234 for the item # and add to cart.

The cart is live, so please don't actually buy it!

HTH