Anyone here have an ebay store?

[Nathan7070]

Been thinking of opening one at the $15.95 per month rate and was wondering what pros and cons people are getting out of their stores.

From what I can see the main benefit is to list items with fixed pricing at only $0.05 per item. Also read that auction fees would go down from 9% to 7.5%.

Am I missing anything else??

Thanks, Nathan

 

[S4Kh4r0v]

I'm looking forward to read what store owners have to say about that, as I was thinking about opening one too...

 

[timber09]

I have had one for the last six months or so and I would say that it has gone fairly well.

Keep in mind that you have to qualify as a Silver Level (off the top of my head) seller before they kick in. If you are there already you are good obviously.

The big negative now - about 40-50% of my business came from outside of the US so with the recent USPS increase I have been hit pretty hard in the shipping department. That equates to over a buck more per 1oz package to Canada which hurts.

At the end of the day - my store is still open and I am still moving product and will continue to do so.

 

[Burner]

So is it worth the 2.5% savings if I only have $1000-1200 in sales a month?

 

[FlyersMatt]

I have had one for the last six months or so and I would say that it has gone fairly well.

Keep in mind that you have to qualify as a Silver Level (off the top of my head) seller before they kick in. If you are there already you are good obviously.

The big negative now - about 40-50% of my business came from outside of the US so with the recent USPS increase I have been hit pretty hard in the shipping department. That equates to over a buck more per 1oz package to Canada which hurts.

At the end of the day - my store is still open and I am still moving product and will continue to do so.

That increase absolutely killed me on my last ebay selling binge. I forgot about it and was dumbfounded when I saw the shipping was $3.30 a package on average when a couple weeks prior I was paying less than $2

 

[Davies Sports Cards]

If your thinking about opening the store to sell singles be careful who you sell to. Lettermail is not trackable and lots of people will burn you