Trying to decide whether to start up again with EBAY. Used to sell here and then got busy but am reviewing fees and comparing them.

[lucylump1]

Also trying to determine whether it would be more beneficial to just open a store.  Any help would be much appreciated. 

Pro for EBAY is traffic

Pro for EBID is fees

Thanks, Sandy

[reallynicestamps]

EBay will charge you about 20% of the combined selling and shipping price as their fee. In addition, there are charges for the Store and for each listing.

However, if you have less than 54 unique items to list, you can go with the Free Auction Listings. You can have 50 on eBaydotCA and another 50 on eBaydotCOM.

As you probably know, dotCOM requires Canadians to use Flat Rate Shipping. And it is not easy to switch listings between the two sites.

My monthly eBay fees over my multiple accounts run several hundred dollars a month. By comparison, I just got a $5.64 invoice for listing on Bonanza. The difference is that I sell more in a day on eBay than I do in three months on Bonanza.

In my opinion, sales make profits not low fees.

[lucylump1]

Yes, I see what you mean.  I have not listed anything recent yet however I am planning on listing craft patterns and postcards which, as you said, probably won't garner much of an income when there are fixed fees such as Paypal.  Still in the thinking process I guess.  Thanks again, Sandy

[reallynicestamps]

I peeked at your feedback to get an idea of what you are selling. In my opinion, it is difficult to make money on items that sell for less than $10.

Part of the problem is that some costs are fixed, like the 30 cent basic fee on Paypal payment.

[lucylump1]

Thank you for taking the time to respond.  Very much appreciated.  I think that I will perhaps start out with just listing on EBAY.dot.CA with under 50 listings and see what happens.  This way I'm not out a lot of cash and I can evaluate the traffic and sales for a bit.  Again, very much appreciate your helpfulness