eBay Stores . . .

PuertoRicanFogBank

closed mine some time ago. Thinking about reopening.

Opinions on how to run a good eBay store?

Allen

Either don't overprice and sell cheap with the hopes of moving bulk or list very high and fish for suckers.....seems to be the biz model most people use.

storm888

Might be a good time to get back in.

Slow sales, light traffic, and EBAY fee-hikes are bound to
run some more stores out of the game. Less competition
could be the result.

The auction "fad" is about over for low-priced stuff, and
stores seem to be where lots of shoppers want to buy.

Your own website is probably a great idea, too.

storm

tedh111

I do quite well with my ebay store.. I have about 1800 items lsited and sell an average of 8 per day. I price my cards at what i think someone would be willing to pay if they were buying something as a fixed price and only used closed auctions as a guide. Sometimes i am at ebay prices, sometimes i am well above.

jaderock

Unless you have bulk 1000+ items to list or "quality/high end" stuff...I would stick with auctions. Especially now that xmas is over...I did see a spike in my store from mid November thru the end of December. I generally sell high and fish...my sell thru is less than 10% but I'm doing just fine with my store.

orutulsa

Ebay's "Help" page says that in only some cases do store listings show up in item searches on ebay.com . It seems the only time I see store items when searching is if I search for an item that basically has next to zero regular auction listings. Given that, how in the world do people ever find your stuff in an Ebay store?

PuertoRicanFogBank

It seems the only time I see store items when searching is if I search for an item that basically has next to zero regular auction listings.

Visibility of items was always a concern for me.

mkg809

I try to keep auctions running all the time. That way people that are looking at your listings have easy access to your store.