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@jerseywithstats wrote:Well I decided to go for it. Im signing up for the year on a basic store. For the cost its worth trying to increase sale. Hope it works.
That is exactly the type of attitude they want, they encourage, and will cause your sales to increase.
.8 divided by 8 is a 10% saving.
On a $1000 they used to pay $80, now $72. That is a 10% saving.
"I already recieve 20% discount without the store. Do I lose this if I decide to now go to a store?"
The 20% rebate given Top Rated Sellers (TRS) is not related to having or not having an eBay store.
How does my items get displayed?
No change except they are also shown in your store in addition to the regular search result pages.
Does the buyer actually have to go to my store to find my items?
No. The buyer can buy from the search result pages or from your store
Does my listing still show up on searches , just the same as if I didnt have a store?
Yes.
Basically, an eBay store is a collection of all your eBay listings, regardless where listed (eBay.ca, eBay.com, eBay.uk, eBay.au, etc...). With a store, you have the advantage of grouping your items in store categories of your choice. You can display your items on the front page using whatever order you wish (I show highest price first because I want to showcase my highest priced items but every seller can do as they see fit).
I suggest you take a few minutes and browse through a few stores to see what other sellers are doing.
Nobody mentioned the extra free listings you get with a basic store, 150 vs 50 (now 100) and those free listings can be used for either FP or Auctions in any category. The extra 50 alone if you run Auctions essentially covers the cost of a store subscription.
As for "getting rid of small sellers", that myth has been floating on the boards for more than 10 years yet eBay continues to give perks to small sellers that they don't give to medium and large sellers (free listings, less stringent seller performance criteria, reduced requirements for TRS & PS status etc. etc. etc.).
It true that eBay wants to get rid of SOME Sellers, for better or worse there is no shortage of sellers that urgently need to be removed from the site. Some happen to be small volume sellers but there are plenty of not so small sellers that need to be given the boot. Hopefully in August it will start to happen.
eBay may but I would not worry about that. Life is too short to worry about every eventuality.
However, I strongly suggest a monthly store at this time. It is only $4 more a month but give you flexibility to change your mind in a few months.
You could get hit by a bus tomorrow, that would really change things for your store!
Making decisions based on speculation of what minor changes might happen a few years down the road is no way to operate.
The new change for your monthly "free" listings is simply going back to the way it was only a short 12 months ago when the 50 free were ONLY for Auctions. For a year eBay let them be used for both and after that experiment they have gone back to the way it was (mostly) but doubled the number of free listings.
So far, store terms have not changed in the ten years I have had one.
"especially if I have a big penalty to cancel."
avoid the potential penalty by signing for monthly fee.
PJ, they have added to the store, never taken away. Store FVF has decreased over time.
I have found that my sales are consistent and depend entirely on the effort I make. I do not believe in the seasonal influence.
