| If you want to open up an eBay store, the first | | | | business on a site which is already getting a huge |
| consideration is that there are certain criteria that you | | | | amount of traffic. The benefits here in terms of being |
| have to meet in order to be accepted. Firstly, you | | | | able to cross promote your products are enormous. |
| need to be able to open a seller's account on eBay, | | | | Once you have an eBay store set up, you can list |
| which involves providing a credit card or debit card, or | | | | your items in three different ways. Auction style listings |
| going through ID verification. Once you have done this, | | | | are the same type of listing that you will use most |
| you can open an eBay store. If you have not gone | | | | often in an ordinary eBay business, and fixed price |
| through verification, you will need to have a feedback | | | | listings will also be familiar from the 'Buy It Now' buttons |
| of 20 or more, or have a PayPal account in good | | | | that you see on the site. The listings that the eBay |
| standing. With these formalities, you are ready to open | | | | store allows you to employ are called Store Inventory |
| your eBay store. | | | | Listings. The insertion fees on this type of listing are |
| An eBay store is set up by people who have | | | | lower than the other listings, which is one of the |
| experience of selling on eBay, and want to increase | | | | benefits of the eBay store. These listings can either be |
| their sales. It is not really for newcomers to eBay. | | | | for a full thirty days, or they can even be Good 'Til |
| eBay sellers set up a store to take advantage of | | | | Cancelled. |
| lower listing fees. To do this, you have to pay monthly | | | | Once your eBay store is set up, you will need to do |
| fees, therefore it is not worth setting up an eBay store | | | | some promotions. The good news here is that eBay |
| unless you expect to be doing a reasonable volume of | | | | will reward you be refunding 75% of your final value |
| sales. eBay stores are for sellers looking to build a long | | | | fees when you bring in traffic from outside of eBay. |
| term business, and they allow you to design your own | | | | Promote your new store well, and you could build a |
| logo, and create the overall design for your eBay | | | | long term profitable business. |
| presence. This gives you the opportunity to brand your | | | | |