| Open eBay Store - First Step | | | | market research pro. A well run store is worth every |
| Opening an eBay Store is the best way to help | | | | penny, and can add considerably to your profitability. |
| dedicated sellers maximize their online business and is | | | | Open eBay Store - Make A Plan |
| a must for any serious seller and is available on a trial | | | | Before you can start to load your eBay business |
| basis for 30 days, risk free. The basic level costs | | | | pages with the goods your business has for sale, you |
| about $15 a month and is a wise investment in growing | | | | need to prepare them. This can mean taking a photo, |
| your online business. | | | | deciding on the selling price, preparing packaging |
| Open eBay Store - Fees | | | | materials you will need, and calculating the delivery |
| An eBay store runs a bit differently than the traditional | | | | costs you need to add to the selling price of your |
| auctions you are probably already familiar with. When | | | | items. |
| you open your online store, you can list your items for | | | | It seems like many eBay Internet business people get |
| less money than traditional auctions, just know that the | | | | complacent once they are up and running. Pay |
| items you list will be sold at a fixed price and the items | | | | attention to new feature announcements, stay on top |
| will be listed for at least 30 days. To have your own | | | | of your customer service and your competition. Your |
| store you need to pay $15.95 per month for the basic | | | | business pages can contain categories, custom pages, |
| store. Listing fees are only $0.03 and gallery pictures | | | | promotional areas and a header for the logo of your |
| can be added for free. This is a great way to list lots | | | | online business. |
| of products for rock bottom listing fees. | | | | Branding your shop is important to ensure it stands out |
| As all eBay stores are basically Internet web pages | | | | from the other businesses on the Internet. Don't forget |
| you can design your store from scratch using any | | | | that your business pages are in essence just pages of |
| web page design software. The Premium Store will | | | | a website that can be modified to your precise |
| run you $49.95 a month and comes with everything in | | | | requirements within the limits that eBay sets. Visit the |
| the basic store except for the 24/7 customer service | | | | design center to see what is possible with your stores |
| tech support that comes with the premium store. | | | | appearance. |
| Instead of the regular selling manager you will get | | | | Once your new business is up and running, you can |
| selling manager PRO and the market research basic | | | | now turn your attention to promoting your online |
| plan. Your store will also be included in the eBay stores | | | | business. One of the most important aspects of |
| gateway rotation and will appear in the searches on | | | | running your online business is tracking the sales |
| occasion. | | | | through your store. eBay provides free reporting via its |
| A subscription to the anchor store will run you $299.95 | | | | store traffic reports so you can instantly see the sales |
| a month. You get everything in the premium store but | | | | and traffic statistics of every item in your online shop. |
| instead of the market research basic plan you get | | | | |