Does anyone here have an ebay store? Or is it strictly auctions?

acreech41311 · #1 07-10-2013

My primary ebay account, the only one I use currently (I do have a backup account waiting in the wings should something go wrong),is in good stranding, uses all my real info, paypal is hooked to one of my actual accounts etc so I have nothing about it that needs to stay below the radar, I was looking at the store fee illustrator today and based on my typical sales it seems I could save about $30 a month in fees, which would be nice. But I'm just wondering if there are any pitfalls to having a store vs auctions that anyone has come across personally. Does anyone here currently have one or have you in the past? If so would you say yay or nay?

BigCJ · #2 07-10-2013

I had one, But, I found it is cheaper to have things as BINs set to 'good until canceled' option. I do not sell too much on ebay. So, it didnt pay for me.

Only thing about a store is that the FVFs were reduced. Which means nothing if you sell in small batches like I did. But if you were a major seller, the fee reduction would come in handy.

golden_monkey · #3 07-10-2013

lower fees and more free listings... do the math, BIN or auction that helps depending on your vol

vogeltron · #4 07-10-2013

I do have a store on my main account. Only thing I don't like about it is you have to pay to schedule listings. All the other non-store accounts I have to schedule an auction is free with those 50 free listings each money.

toml3030 · #5 07-10-2013

stores are useful, especially if you have high margin, low turnover items.

jeffweico · #6 07-10-2013

It definitely pays if you list in volume. There is a calculator on eBay that shows you how many listings you need to have to come out ahead using their store option.

john456 · #7 07-10-2013

Stores for high volume accounts. Non store for baby accounts in training or testing new markets.

vogeltron · #8 07-11-2013

If you are running US stealth accounts and can't comply with the 20k 1099k law usually a store is out of the question. Just based on what it costs to have and your maximum number of sales.

If you are running a fully verified account I do think they are a very good option if you have the volume. And like somebody else said if you have lots of items with slower turnover it can make doing business quite a bit cheaper as well.