Is it worth opening an ebay store?

Asked by chaostheory (201

) January 31st, 2010

I sell occasionally on ebay, and have a few boxes of odds and ends I want to list. I am just wondering if for small volumes of stuff whether is is worth paying the subscription fees for a store, ie will this increase my sales significantly? Also where do normal people like my get wholesale lists from to enable them to start selling more like a business?

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no, it’s not. Just post em on there as an individual. the fees aren’t worth it unless you are a power seller and have a huge inventory

trailsillustrated (16804

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I heard that Ebay is going to eliminate stores in March. Thus I would not bother.

Dog (25152

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No, eBay is the filthy swap meet behind the carnival of the internet. Find more specialized sites to sell whatever it is you want to list. There are specialized trade/sell sites for most everything, and you’ll get a better price by selling it to a more nuanced market.

Mamradpivo (9665

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That’s great advice guys! Thanks. I had not realised ebay was eliminating stores, so very glad you alerted me to that, will save me a heap of time. Seems their fees are getting less attractive too. Thank you!

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