Starting up a ebay store.....need some advice please!

Well I would love to be able to help you, but sadly I have no expertise in this feld. I have bought clothes a lot on eBay, and have occasionally sold stuff like one-off concert or sporting event tickets, but I wouldn't know how to set up a shop at all. Sorry I couldn't help, and good luck with it.

You also have to figure the cost. Will you make the money to pay for the store,and still have a profit? eBay has the answer center boards, you should check it out. I sell on eBay with no store,but have found myself getting sick of the fees. I now try craigslist, before I pay eBay.

Do you sell already? If not, start buying a few things here and there to get your rating up and then start selling. Then determine if you can sell enough to pay for the store. I think the store is 25.00 a month?

I think you should do an Ebay search on the items you are interested in selling. Then maybe email some of those sellers and ask them where they get their merchandise from, this may be one good way to get started.

well one thing for u then. spend around $4.99 and get a book called getting started on ebay. or ebay for dummies . they are great nad u will love it nad it will help u a lot

It is a bit more expensive to open a store. You are charged $15.99 per month to have the store. They say you should open a store if you have lots of things to sell. If not it isn't worth opening a store. You also pay more in Final Fees to ebay when items are sold. In the regular auction you pay 5.25%, but when you have a store you pay 10%. It does cost you less to list items in your store, but you also have to list in regular auctions to get people to notice your items and shop in your store. Have you considered just opening an ebay account and starting there. See how it goes before actually opening a store. I have sold on ebay for about 2 years and I have just recently opened a store. My seller name is lonewolfer54. Check me out. Good luck.

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If you plan to sell real good on ebay, be precise about the items you're selling from the very beginning. From the category of your item, to the description of the items, payment and shipping details, and everything else you would like them to know. Upload actual pictures and be active in giving feedback so the members will give feedback to you to to add credibility to you.

There is enough of material on how one can make it big on ebay. But I would say, its much the same as an offline store and peolpe who forget that and look for short term goals can cause harm to their own rappo.

Hello. I used to own a ebay store. I had sold over 150 items. I used to wholesale Lacoste shirts. I Had fun, but it is a lot of work and I am now taking some time off. If you have any questions just shoot me over a PM. THANKS!

First, if you are selling wholesale you should have a store. get an ebay store. make sure that the items your going to sell are sellable. most items now are very hard to sell. don't sell imitation items you will have problem with this if you do. open a paypal account make sure its verified coz if not paypal will hold your account for a few months and you will never get your money.

I recently closed my shop on Ebay only because I ran out of stock and didnt really want to reorder until I am settled as I am in the process of moving. You need to hit on something that it is cheap to post as postage is the main element I found if you buy a bulk of the same product you will then beable to pre do your postage online like me and save on all the teasy queues in the post office. Then buy in bulk the packaging so that the postage is always the same. Also make sure that whatever you try to sell is also in demand, rare and cheap so you make a profit as on larger items you incur pay pal fees and ebay completion fees. Hand made jewellery is always a good seller, cause each item can be unique and it is light to send. Also look out for the half price listing days and enter your new items at the time of night you think there are more people online, that way your bidding ends that time of night to, this then results in the bidder thinking they have grabbed a last miunte bargain! and you getting more sales. Hope this helps.