7:16 PM Opening an eBay Store | |
Are you an eBay
seller? If you are, there is a good
chance that you have heard of an eBay store before. In fact, you may even have your own eBay
store. eBay stores are increasing in
popularity. For that reason, if you
currently don’t have an eBay store, you may be wondering whether or not you
should open one. To determine whether or
not you should open an eBay store, you may want to examine the advantages and
disadvantages of having one.
Before examining the
advantages and disadvantages of having an eBay store, you may be wondering
exactly what one is. In a way, having
your own eBay store can be compared to having your own retail store. By paying a small monthly fee, you are able
to create your own customized "storefront.”
This storefront is what customers will see when they visit your eBay
store. For instance, you can make your own logo, create your own eBay store,
and do much more. As previously mentioned, you must pay a small monthly fee to
have an eBay store; however, you must also pay traditional final value and
insertion fees. Despite having to pay
traditional eBay fees, they are much lower than normal, if you have an eBay
store.
Perhaps, a decrease
in eBay fees is one of the biggest benefits to opening up your own eBay
store. If you only sell a few items a
month on eBay, it might not necessarily be worth it for you to open up an eBay
store, but if you are a medium or high volume seller, you could save a
considerable amount of money by opening up your own eBay store. It is also important to mention easy of
use. Creating your own eBay storefront
page is easy to do, as well as creating your own eBay listing. Despite being
listed in your eBay store, you create all of your eBay listings the same way as
you did before, with eBay’s step-by-step guide.
Although there are a
number of advantages to having an eBay store, there are also a number of
disadvantages or downsides to doing so as well.
One of those downsides is marketing.
Unlike many traditional auction listings and "Buy It Now,” listings,
which show up in eBay searches, items inside eBay stores do not. Essentially,
this means that it is your responsibility to get traffic to your eBay
store. Without traffic, your eBay store
items will not be able to sell. While
there are easy ways to get traffic to your eBay store, like using traditional
auction style listings, which will appear in eBay searches, and then place a
link to your eBay store, and such, it can be time consuming to do. How you will make money is definitely
something to consider before opening up an eBay store.
As you can see,
there are a number of advantages and disadvantages to opening up an eBay
store. The decision as to whether or not
you want to open up an eBay store is yours to make, but you are advised to at
least look into to doing so. Thoroughly
researching and examining eBay stores is a great way to learn more about them,
as well as gain insight into whether or not you can profit from having
one. While having an eBay store isn’t
for everyone, there are a number of eBay sellers who have noticed an increase
in profit since opening their own eBay stores. | |
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