Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Selling On Ebay - What Are Some Advantages To Owning An Ebay Store?

By Kimberly Aita

Do you want to know more about selling on ebay? Here is just one example of some things you might want to think about if you are interested in making money from home by knowing how to sell on ebay.

Do you currently sell things on ebay? If you do, you have most likely heard about the ebay stores. You may perhaps even currently have an ebay store of your own. If not, you might be thinking about opening an ebay store just because you understand that ebay stores are becoming increasingly more popular.

Nevertheless, before doing so, you might want to take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of opening your own ebay store front.

If you don't already know what an ebay store is, it is like having your own retail store online. You will pay a small monthly fee to create your own ebay store front. This is where your customers will go when they shop at your store. You will be able to have your own logo, for example, if you decide to do so.

Although there is the monthly fee, you will still need to pay the normal final value and insertion costs. However, your fees will be lower than the normal costs when you do have your own ebay store.

Lower fees is most likely one of the main advantages to having your own store. Bear in mind though that if you are only selling a few items every month, it possibly will not be to your advantage to pay the monthly fees associated with having your own store. Then again, if you are hoping to become a medium to high volume seller, you will save a lot of money by having a store of your own.

An ebay store is easy to use as you can list all of your items for sale right in your store front. You will be creating all of your listings in the same manner as before, with ebay's step by step guide.

While having an ebay store can be convenient and help you save money on your listings, there are still a few disadvantages to having one. Among these is marketing for your items. Traditional listings will show up in the ebay searches but ebay store items may not necessarily show up in the traditional way.

What this means is that it will be up to you to drive traffic to your ebay store or the items you are hoping to sell. If you don't get any traffic to your store, you won't be able to make any sales. You can drive more traffic by using traditional ebay listings and having a link to your store on your sales page. This can take some time but after you have done it one or two times, it will be much faster and easier for you to complete.

Taking into account how you are going to get traffic and make money on ebay is something that you have to think about before you decide to open up an ebay store. Whereas it might be easier and cost less in the long run, if you are not selling enough to make your monthly payment, it is most likely best that you put off opening your own store until you begin to make sales steadily.

These are just a few of the advantages and disadvantages to opening up your own ebay store. You will have to make the final decision as to whether or not you feel it would be best for you to open your own store but be sure to look at all sides before doing so.

Have a look at some of the stores on ebay, do some research and learn more about them. This is one way to know whether or not it will be beneficial for you to open your own store. While having a store is not going to be for everybody, there are quite a number of ebay sellers who will make and save a lot more money simply by owning one and understanding how to get traffic to their store.

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