| When starting a business on eBay, you must be | | | | boxes. Instead of posting stickers saying that there is |
| prepared to forget all you know about traditional | | | | something fragile in the box, you should package the |
| commerce, because they have little in common. Virtual | | | | items so that they will not be affected by all the falls |
| commerce, especially the business done on eBay is | | | | they will have to face. This can be quite hard |
| totally different from the traditional stores, in which you | | | | sometimes, but if the item is broken on the way to the |
| hired a shop assistant and let him do the entire job. | | | | client, you will be the one to blame and not the delivery |
| The first main difference is that you are not restricted | | | | company. |
| to a certain area. If a brick and mortar shop was | | | | The best thing about eBay is that you can do business |
| dedicated to people living in a certain area, the eBay | | | | any time of the day, from the comfort of your home. |
| commerce is opened to the entire world, so you have | | | | You do not have to worry about angry customers or |
| to be prepared to respond to all your clients' | | | | undecided ones, which occupy all your time. |
| requirements, even if they are hundred meters or | | | | What is the same both in the real stores and on eBay |
| thousand kilometers away. Most of the times, this is a | | | | is the respect with which you have to treat your |
| good thing, because more people get to see your | | | | customers. Just as you are kind with your clients in a |
| merchandise and offer bigger prices for it. Yet, there | | | | brick and mortar shop, so should you be with the virtual |
| are cultural differences, as well as differences in the | | | | clients. Answering their emails promptly and coherently |
| time zone which can make this business quite hard. | | | | is a sign of respect for your clients and it is a must for |
| Because in a real store the client takes the items he | | | | every successful business. |
| bought and it is responsible for the way he carries | | | | Doing business on eBay can be much more fun that |
| them home, you do not have to worry about | | | | selling things in a real store. You have a lot more clients |
| packaging. Yet, when selling things on eBay you are | | | | and you can have much more profit if you treat your |
| dependent on the delivery companies, which most of | | | | clients properly. |
| the time do not care about what you have in those | | | | |