My business, your business is not eBay. Our business's only use eBay to expedite things. I also use Vistaprint, Shippers Supply, the Little Canadian Box Company, Wentworth Music, Canada Post, and Dial a Date to get my business done. OK. Just kidding about the last one.
My point is YOU run your business. Don't let other businesses run yours. eBay is a tool, just another business and anyone who has used the tool long enough uses "work arounds" to keep and grow their "Stamps, Coins, Crystal, Jewelry, Auto Parts, Weenie Warmers ( we have one in Kelowna) or, in my case, Music Memorabilia businesses.
When I had a successful brick & mortar store I spent a thousand or more a month on Yellow Pages (before the internet) . They were so much trouble I'd come home from work and my little girls could see I had a bad case of "Telus Face".
Don't let eBay give you "eBay Face". Run your business and be proud of what you are doing irregardless of eBay.
Here is a good day for me: I ship stuff that would scare most sellers. I shipped an expensive guitar to Czechoslovakia. In those days we didn't have bubble wrap. [Never use bubble wrap on a guitar. They need to breath. ] The guitar arrived in perfect condition. The customer phoned me. In those days feedback was the phone.
He was elated not because the guitar made it through sketchy communist boundaries arriving on time in good condition. He was elated because the packing material I used consisted of USA guitar magazines that, at the time, had never been allowed in a communist country. I received the call thanking me for the magazines not the guitar. That was a good day in my business.
Many who are closing out or suspending their businesses forget all of the blood, sweat and tears you put in has appreciated in value. Many businesses, providing they kept their financials up to date, could actually be sold for very good money. Yes, you can sell an online store. Right now a lot of people are entering the market. An accountant could organize your books. First talk to a reputable business broker.
You've spent years building your store. Before you crumble under the ridiculous strains eBay is exerting on home based Sellers with their "metamorphosis" you might consider getting your business evaluated by someone.
For many business owners the best day is the day they closed the deal on the sale.
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