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Time to create our own website?

which ones is better? any options?

Prostores
Presto stores
Yahoo stores
Volusion
3dcart
xcart

any more?

just looking for some help in deciding on a host company and what other folks are doing.

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  • slantycouchslantycouch Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭
    What, how much and how will you be selling? It's all in the details.
  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725
    Auctiva will be launching a storefront program next month. If I decide to open a store, it'll probably be through them.
  • DavidPuddyDavidPuddy Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭
    How about Ecrater.com?
    "The Sipe market is ridiculous right now"
    CDsNuts, 1/9/15
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    Began uploading to my ecrater site tonight...then I figured out the bulk upload process, so I'll hopefully have a large dump by late tonight.
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • MphilkingMphilking Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭
    "so I'll hopefully have a large dump by late tonight. "

    Sorry, but that cracked me up....
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    you have a nice large dump late tonight rossimage
  • I'll wait until Auctiva storefront.

    Wait till google gets involved ?
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'll wait until Auctiva storefront.

    Wait till google gets involved ? >>



    Google is involved...they're working in conjunction with ecrater via adwords and Google Checkout.
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"so I'll hopefully have a large dump by late tonight. "

    Sorry, but that cracked me up....

    you have a nice large dump late tonight ross >>




    Geez, that totally escaped me. I'll let you all know if it comes out alright.
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    be sure to take pictures of any corn or funny things for the holiday yule logsimage
  • It all depends on what type of sales goals you have for your site. No Matter who you go with, be prepared to do lots of work to get sales, especially for the first few months. Our store is a modified yahoo store. I went with yahoo because it had the best support. It is pretty expensiv, but there are all types of tools and customization possible.
    www.sportsnutcards.com
    Specializing in Certified Autograph Cards, Rookies, Rare Inserts and other quality modern cards! Over 8000 Cards in stock now! Come visit our physical store located at 1210 Main St. Belmar ,NJ
  • MphilkingMphilking Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭
    Rube, I for one am giggling reading your posts!
  • purduepetepurduepete Posts: 791 ✭✭✭
    Whatever happened to image ?
    Tom

    Collecting: Topps 1952-79, Bowman 1952-55, OPC 1965-71, and Pre-War White Sox cards
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    Before starting an independent site, it is prudent to look at the FREE
    package on ecrater.com. The only expense is adwords and GCO/PP.

    Most of the advantages of a stand-alone site, with less exspense.

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    In a few hours auctivacommerce.com is expected to announce its
    price list.

    There will be two-months FREE, to get folks started. With its built-in
    customer base, it could become a contender. AND, the owners are
    pist at EBAY; that can sometimes be a good motivator.

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    ebid.net is also viable; there are some little fees.

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    godaddy.com is a well-reviewed host. They have lots of packages
    that can get you started with a stand-alone site. The learning curve
    is steep, but doable.

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    sportswanted is still up, but I could not get the site to move very fast.
    If they master google, they will get some buyers.

    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • I own a very customized yahoo store: http://www.partspros.com/

    It was custom built to my specifications by fast pivot: http://fastpivot.com/

    I am very happy with yahoo stores, and the work the fast pivot did. Yahoo fees are cheap enough that I don't even factor them into the price of the parts I sell. My biggest expense by far is google adwords, and you will have that expense regardless of what you do.
  • Also, I would stay as far away as possible from ProStores. That's an eBay company, and we all know how reliable eBay is. Their CEO may wake up tomorrow and decide his share holders would just be tickled poopless if he jacked the ProStores fees 500%. They did it two years ago with eBay Stores, what's to keep them from doing it with ProStores?
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    I'm really digging the ecrater store...when I can use HTML, it will be full circle. I can make it sing when that day comes.
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    I own a very customized yahoo store: http://www.partspros.com/

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    Very nice!
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • so I'll hopefully have a large dump by late tonight"

    it's good to stay regular; clean out those pipes.
    image
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    Always try ecrater first. Its FREE!!!!!

    I started mine and am uploading stuff as I get the chance, once I get everything up there, I will try and figure out how adwords works. Right now, its hard to get an "in English" answer without digging through pages of "insider BS jargon"
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725
    I looked at eCrater as a customer and I was really annoyed. I could only see the middle third of any photo until I actually clicked on the item. It didn't seem user friendly at all.
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I looked at eCrater as a customer and I was really annoyed. I could only see the middle third of any photo until I actually clicked on the item. It didn't seem user friendly at all. >>



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    Other folks have found that disturbing, too.

    ecrater claims that their "testing" showed shoppers were more likely to click on the
    item, if the picture was not fully revealed in the gallery view.

    The pictures - once inside of the listing - are HUGE and high quality. 10-supersize
    pics for FREE. No outside pic-host required.

    Most shoppers come directly from google - or the other directories/engines - TO THE ITEM,
    and not from the ecrater homepage or from the storefront.

    ........

    At this moment - and this can change any moment - ecrater is coming on strong.
    BUT, it requires a great deal of work with adwords and marketing to get the job
    done. While you wait, the listings are FREE. GCO is about half the price of PayPal,
    and any other payment you wish to accept is fine. (It's like your own stand-alone
    site, with only marketing and payment-clearing costs to be paid for. No hosting fees,
    no store fees, etc.)

    .........

    IF auctivacommerce.com is able to offer a defined marketing strategy for their fees,
    they are certainly worth looking at. Fees to be announced "any minute."

    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
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