Besides Ebay, where and how do you sell products?

[LOUCHIE]

Originally Posted by aspkin

Greater risk? Not so much.. but there is still risk. It's complicated.

Sent you a PM

[philly387]

I have used hostgator for a while now using the reseller product. Aspkin referred me to that site and I love it. It has only been down a couple times, but every server will have that due to upgrades or power outages.

[NZT]

Have tried Amazon and Ioffer. The problem with both of these is that sales are very slow in my opinion. Still good if you have a hot new product, they will sell faster I guess.

I found I was in effect twiddling my thumbs waiting for things to sell with Amazon & Ioffer.

I would rather shift products out as quick as possible. In some cases I am even prepared to "break even" to shift a product rather than hang onto it.

For me on ebay I can shift things the fastest.

[jamblix]

Originally Posted by LOUCHIE

For those of you that have your own website, is there a greater risk of getting caught for selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ products?

I was curious about this too...

On topic, I use craigslist to great advantage. It works awesome if you live in a bigger city. Don't expect equal profit though from my experience everything that sells on craigslist get sold for %30-%40 cheaper than on eBay. If you're selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ however the profit margins are ridiculous anyway so you'll still be making money.

[LOUCHIE]

Originally Posted by 411guru

Its your own site. What are you going to do, ban yourself? lol. But if the thing you are selling is against your payment processor policy, such as adult videos etc, then they could close your account, then you couldn't sell anything cuz you won't be able to collect money.

The thing is you wouldn't be able to use stealth info if you had your own website, so if somehow you got caught, you would have no way of hiding your identity.

[cardfelon]

I'm sure if you want to sell porn there are merchant accounts that allow them. If not then how are all these porn sites operating??

[aspkin]

Originally Posted by cardfelon

I'm sure if you want to sell porn there are merchant accounts that allow them. If not then how are all these porn sites operating??

Porn is legal.

[teedon]

aspkin,i can not agree with you any more.It is very important and very necessary to build your own websites .As long as more people know your website ,the orders will come more than you sell it on ebay.And you can do some free ads or you can even post it on feedbook .When the buyers buy your items on ebay ,you also can recommend them to visit your own websites.

[teedon]

Now we have a few customers got success in selling the products by their own websites in uk and usa now.and the sale on ebay is going down now.Too much rules there.

[GREMLIN]

I also use hostgator - TBH I think i actually found them through a thread in this forum. Been using them for over a year now and just renewed - They are certainly the best host i have used - I have used a number of hosts.

They have 24/7 online support which is great. you can always search around for vouchers also.

1 thing im a little disappointed about is that last year I signed up to a package which is called a baby crocodile package - i got a voucher which entitled me to 25% off - My server automatically renewed and i never got the discount - When i searched for voucher codes then i was able to find another 25% off.

Oh well - they are worth it anyway - with or without the discount.

Yes guys get your own websites - build your own company awareness and grow your business instead of just growing someone elses like ebay. Use ebay for sure - its worth it - we all know this - but dont miss out on getting your own site.

[teedon]

Porn is not allow to be deal here

[Hercules]

I believe that shaving is against the law, not porn.

[Phyllip J Fry]

I run a few websites, as well, including a web hosting business. I try to sell as little on ebay as possible. It takes a little longer, but the benefits are far greater. I use my merchant account and see the funds in my bank within 10 days.

[GREMLIN]

Wow - 10 days - thats a little long - I guess it depends really - If your selling products then this can be long to wait for but if its for your hosting business then it may well work out perfect .

I used to sell appliances - mainly tvs - average transaction was about £350 - now if i had to wait 10 days before i saw my money then I would be out of stock half of the time - Unless of course your loaded - which isnt the case with me.

[Phyllip J Fry]

Originally Posted by GREMLIN

Wow - 10 days - thats a little long - I guess it depends really - If your selling products then this can be long to wait for but if its for your hosting business then it may well work out perfect .

I used to sell appliances - mainly tvs - average transaction was about £350 - now if i had to wait 10 days before i saw my money then I would be out of stock half of the time - Unless of course your loaded - which isnt the case with me.

yeah it is only 10 days now because i switched providers and i am on a 30 day "probation" period. I think google Checkout does the same thing if you are new. It is my hosting business, so I am not too worried. In 2 weeks it will be dropped to 48 hours.

[sandiepiggott]

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[smartyjones312]

is there any way to accept payments via stealth accounts on my own site???

[GREMLIN]

yes - open a stealth paypal account and then use paypal to accept payments. you can use paypal payments pro or paypal express checkout, Alternatively you could add buy now buttons next to each product but dont feel this to be scalable if you had many products

[worththewait]

Havin your own website is great but highly overated!!
It is way to difficult to get sales from it, so very difficult to market and advertise.
Ebay is is instant sales, you just have to list. There rules are killing me all the time though!

[411guru]

Originally Posted by worththewait

Havin your own website is great but highly overated!!
It is way to difficult to get sales from it, so very difficult to market and advertise.
Ebay is is instant sales, you just have to list. There rules are killing me all the time though!

Yes thats true if you just make a website and not SEO it and let it sit there. Try using adwords advertising like on google, bing, and yahoo. They drive traffic to your site and provide sales.

[wilburnet]

Ebay will finished in a few years . Even their own version of Adwords hasn't worked . Traffic and purchasing is way down so far this first quarter of 2010

[fekky]

is it a good thing to sell by using blogspot which already converted into CO.CC?or should we use .com, .net. etc?