| Many new online sellers always seem to debate on | | | | Google! |
| the idea of whether to sell on eBay or build their own | | | | It's the same exact thing with eBay. You ask |
| website? My philosophy is if you can do both, then do | | | | somebody "Where can I find a..." before you can even |
| it. However if you could only choose one, I would pick | | | | finish the sentence, somebody from across the room |
| eBay in a millisecond. | | | | says "eBay!!" It's a part of our pop culture. People just |
| I don't think that many people really understand the | | | | type "eBay.com" on their web address without even |
| concept of how difficult it is to get traffic to a website. | | | | thinking about it. |
| This isn't like the old days where people said "If you | | | | Think of the power that holds. You've got one-third of |
| build it, they will come". That's not the way it works | | | | the entire Internet using world visiting eBay at least |
| anymore. If you want to traffic, you are going to have | | | | once a month, and you have the ability to list your |
| to work REAL HARD to get it. According to the | | | | products for sell for the entire world to see. Talk about |
| statistics there are over 160 million websites on the | | | | easy traffic. Does it really get any easier than that? |
| Internet. | | | | Please don't get me wrong. |
| Talk about your grain in the sand. | | | | I am not saying that you shouldn't build a website. In |
| If you want business you better be prepared to | | | | fact I really encourage you to do so. But use eBay as |
| separate yourself from the millions of websites that | | | | a way to build up your brand/site. There is absolutely |
| are also fighting to get traffic. This is obviously not the | | | | no reason why every eBay customer you get, can't |
| case with eBay. eBay is a brand name. Even | | | | become a returning customer to your website. |
| Grandmas and Grandpas know what eBay is. It's like | | | | So not only are you able to generate strong sales |
| Google. When somebody is searching for some | | | | from eBay, but you are also able to build a very large |
| information online, one word comes to people's minds: | | | | clientele. |