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Looking exclusively at the dollar and cents, there is no big advantage having or not having a store in your case. No bid loss either.
Of your 149 current listings, only 4 are priced at $20/$25 while the majority (145) are priced below $10.
What you would gain with a store is an identity, a place where all your listings will be offered under one roof, regardless where you list them. A store also gives you access to tools not available without one: "Markdown Manager" comes to mind as a most useful tool. Is it worth the extra few dollars a store would give you? Most definitely.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/items_on_sale.html
The ability to build a mailing list from your store - and use it weekly for discounted items (using Markdown Manager) will - over time - help you build a steady business on eBay. More so as many of your items attract collectors - buyers who often purchase more than one item at the time and regularly come back for more.
The other advantage of having a store is that you can plan your sales and marketing program based on your product availability and your time - not eBay's promotion timing.
Good Luck
Once you list an item on eBay.ca, the count will show 499 left on .ca (check the times to determine which is which)
An important factor to remember:
If you list on both eBay.ca and eBay.com, transactions from both sites cannot be combined into one invoice.
It may not be important if you sell mostly individual items to your buyers.
However, sellers selling items generally purchased in multiples by collectors (stamps, postcards, etc...) may find it challenging. It may not be worth the few cents saved in listing fees.
