| type="text/javascript"> ch_client = "articlealley"; | | | | you're directing it, like any other site or e-shop. |
| ch_type = "mpu"; ch_width = 590; ch_height = 250; | | | | Surfers on eBay, which do get to your shop, look for |
| ch_non_contextual = 4; ch_noborders = 1; ch_vertical | | | | products with the lowest prices as can be. If you're |
| ="premium"; ch_sid = "590x250 Article Mixed Top"; | | | | looking to gain high profits from each sale, a |
| ch_alternate_ad_url = " var ch_queries = new Array( | | | | "conventional" e-shop is usually the better option. The |
| ); var | | | | probability that, surfers who'll get to your shop look for |
| h)); if ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) { ch_query = | | | | a high standard product and not just a public auction is |
| ch_queries[ch_selected]; } E-Commerce: eBay vs. | | | | higher. |
| E-Shop | | | | Economic comparison. |
| It may be possible that you are wondering how to fulfill | | | | There are expenses (permanent and varying) to |
| your 'e-Commerce dreams'. | | | | create an e-shop or an eBay store. First, when you |
| Many times, a new internet entrepreneur wonders | | | | use a basic eBay shop, the monthly payment is 15.95$ |
| weather to open an eBay business or to build his own | | | | and furthermore, there is a commission for uploading a |
| website along with an e-shop on his own domain | | | | sale and another sales commission which fixed by % |
| name. Since it is easier to start sales on eBay, many | | | | of the product's price. On the other hand, when you |
| people tend to do so. However, is it the most suitable | | | | build your own e-shop, (with professional & high |
| solution for you? | | | | standard system), the basic expenses range between |
| Comparison of e-commerce types and the potential | | | | 9.99$ for a basic package shop to 27.99$ for the |
| profits. | | | | professional package shop (see link at the end of this |
| The first thing to remember is that there is no magic in | | | | article). In your e-shop, you are the owner of the |
| opening an e-shop or in selling on eBay. Sometimes | | | | shopping cart and you don't need to pay commissions |
| there is this thinking that a shop on eBay gets more | | | | for adding products or percentage of the sale's price |
| exposure than other shops or possibilities. That is just | | | | (no one to share profits with). |
| not true. A shop on eBay gets whatever exposure | | | | |