Ebay store?

[LoganFlame]

Pro's and cons, been thinking about it but just not sure, any help would be great!!

 

[SDIceMan]

A definite pro for me is the ability to place my store on 'vacation mode'. If I'm going out of town for more than a couple of days, I turn on vacation mode and don't have to worry about ending 200+ individual listings.

 

[trdhrdr007]

You get a discount on fees. If you do enough volume that pays for the store. You also get a coupon for $25 every three months to buy store supplies. A basic store comes with 250 BIN listings & 250 auction listings. Extra listings are at a reduced rate.

 

[Beans]

Con: I sometimes have a lot of items and sometime do not. When I have limited items I feel I am paying for a store I do not need.

Pro: I can continue to relist the same items over and over every once in a while one old item will sell.

I closed my store last month due to lack of inventory.

 

[OtakuDude]

Another plus is that you can list your items for 30 days rather than the usual 3-5-7 and you can also set them to automatically relist if the auction goes unsold. This saves tons of time if you're dealing with large volume.

 

[trdhrdr007]

It's my understanding that if you consistently list 70 or more items a month you should start considering a store. That's assuming you don't get free listings & that listings cost about 30 cents each. When I opened my store I was selling $1500/month minimum and the store fee was $15/month if you signed up for a year. At the time the discount was 1% of sales so I was at break even. As a bonus I could leave town for a few days & put my store on vacation. I was also guaranteed a set amount of free listings every month so I didn't have to wait & hope that eBay would send out an offer for free listings.