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Establishing An Ebay Store, The Pros and Cons
The following article is one of a series of articles which focus on Affiliate, Article and Internet Marketing. All of the
articles are based on real experiences and research done over twenty years as a personal and business coach. They
are also written in response to questions which I have been asked as well as address common challenges that people
have with affiliate marketing, article marketing, internet marketing or running an online business in general. I sincerely hope that
you find the following information of value. One idea, one tip, one clue can make all the difference.
Ebay has provided some amazing opportunities for many people to earn online. This widely popular auction site has become the
primary destination for users who wish to purchase anything - ranging from tangible products to digital items - hence making
eBay a website visited by millions of people every day. Because of the volume of transactions happening in its pages, eBay
has also become a virtual market place where thousands, if not millions, of dollars exchange hands on a daily basis as
well.
Do you want a piece of this action? Then you must first have to establish an eBay store.
Now, this is not a strong recommendation. This article is not meant as a sales pitch for a membership with eBay, rather, it
seeks to present the advantages and disadvantages of building your own eBay store. You must remember that eBay isn't the
only place where you could peddle your goods. It is a good place where you could sell your items, but there are other
alternatives you could consider. Should you settle with eBay? Or should you explore the alternative options? Let's
study the matter more closely.
There are most certainly a lot of benefits that could be gained from establishing your own eBay store. Let's take a look at
them.
- You'd be able to sell in a hotly visited environment. You'll be able to expose your products to a wide array of
prospects.
- Once you have upgraded to a Featured Store, you'd be given $30 worth of PPC keywords per month. This means that your
store would appear prominently in the results for the particular keywords that users will search for. Such would most
certainly drive more traffic to your auctions.
- A Featured Store would also deliver some advanced reports for your auctions. You could use the statistics delineated
therein to improve the way you construct your sales pages, and the way you present your items for better efficiency in your
future offers.
- A Featured Store will also allow you more eBay pages, which would mean more exposure for your products. It's still a
numbers game. The more auctions you have running, the more earning opportunities you could capitalize on.
- A Featured Store would allow you to reduce the size of the eBay banner appearing in your every auction. This would give
you the chance to work on your page and bring the focus of your visitors to the items you will be selling.
- Ebay provides a certain level of seller protection and dispute resolution for potential problems you might encounter with
your buyers.
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Though these are great advantages for your online business, please bear in mind that they do not come without cost. There
are also other disadvantages that are attached to having your own eBay store.
- Ebay stores don't come free. A basic store setup would cost $15.95 per month. A Featured Store status would cost an
even higher $49.95 per month. And, an Anchor Store, would require you to spend the onerous amount of $499.95 per month.
- Having your own eBay store would pressure you to perform well when it comes to your sales. Though some may consider this
as a benefit since such will motivate the seller to plan his course of action, the dangers will be experienced when you fail
to earn enough profit to cover the cost of your subscription.
- People go to eBay expecting the best deals in the online market. You have to compete at this level, otherwise, the
moment people would see the going rate for your auction, they'd immediately hop to the next item up for sale.
- You'd be bound by eBay's selling policies. You cannot go around some of these restrictive policies, otherwise, your
account can get suspended, or worse, terminated.
Establishing an eBay store is a solid choice for a business model. But you have to determine your goals as well as your
marketing plan. Would an eBay store help you accomplish them? Or would selling your own goods in your own website, or
through some affiliate automation program like www.clickbank.com , www.paydotcom.com or www.cj.com be better for your
online business?
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