To ebay shop or not?

meggles88

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of obtaining some stock to sell. My question is as i am starting up should i look to open up a shop or not with fees etc? The range of goods i will be selling will range in price from £1.99 up to £60.00. They are generic pet goods so the market will be competitive.... I guess i would be looking to list around 20-30 items a month initially.... and see how it goes from there i have only ever used ebay to sell my generic junk so not really sure as to fees etc. Im just reading up on the fees now.

What would you lovely experienced people recommend?

soolin

meggles88 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of obtaining some stock to sell. My question is as i am starting up should i look to open up a shop or not with fees etc? The range of goods i will be selling will range in price from £1.99 up to £60.00. They are generic pet goods so the market will be competitive.... I guess i would be looking to list around 20-30 items a month initially.... and see how it goes from there i have only ever used ebay to sell my generic junk so not really sure as to fees etc. Im just reading up on the fees now.

What would you lovely experienced people recommend?

I assume you are already registered as a business?

I don't recall the exact break even figure but for a business to open a shop purely to save money they need to list around 60 BIN items a month. Less than that and it is cheaper to pay the listing fees.

However, I love my shop and would find to difficult to give it up. Just the ability to turn off my listings and completely hide them when I don't want to play in eBay anymore makes the fee worthwhile.

fishybusiness

A shop allows you to place Good Till Cancelled listings, which are great if you sell many of the same items.

No relisting each time your 30 days is up, just eases the 'back office' burden keeping track of listings.

I've tried with and without and not found too much difference in sales, although I guess it depends on your levels of competition.

Fees soon add up, and £20 a month isn't a great deal once you start thinking real levels of income.

Test the market, if it works, I say get a shop front.