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| for many people to earn online. This widely | | | | on.* A Featured Store would allow you to |
| popular auction site has become the primary | | | | reduce the size of the eBay banner appearing |
| destination for users who wish to purchase | | | | in your every auction. This would give you |
| anything - ranging from tangible products to | | | | the chance to work on your page and bring the |
| digital items - hence making eBay a website | | | | focus of your visitors to the items you will |
| visited by millions of people every day. | | | | be selling.* Ebay provides a certain level of |
| Because of the volume of transactions | | | | seller protection and dispute resolution for |
| happening in its pages, eBay has also become | | | | potential problems you might encounter with |
| a virtual market place where thousands, if | | | | your buyers.Though these are great advantages |
| not millions, of dollars exchange hands on a | | | | for your online business, please bear in mind |
| daily basis as well.Do you want a piece of | | | | that they do not come without cost. There |
| that big, big pie?Then you must first have to | | | | are also other disadvantages that are |
| establish an eBay store.Now, this is not a | | | | attached to having your own eBay store.* Ebay |
| strong recommendation. This article is not | | | | stores don't come free. A basic store setup |
| meant as a sales pitch for a membership with | | | | would cost $15.95 per month. A Featured |
| eBay, rather, it seeks to present the | | | | Store status would cost an even higher $49.95 |
| advantages and disadvantages of building your | | | | per month. And the king of all kings, an |
| own eBay store. You must remember that eBay | | | | Anchor Store, would require you to spend an |
| isn't the only place where you could peddle | | | | onerous $499.95 per month.* Having your own |
| your goods. It is a good place where you | | | | eBay store would pressure you to perform well |
| could sell your items, but there are other | | | | when it comes to your sales. Though some may |
| alternatives you could consider. Should you | | | | consider this as a benefit since such will |
| settle with eBay? Or should you explore the | | | | motivate the seller to plan his course of |
| alternative options? Let's study the matter | | | | action, the dangers will be experienced when |
| more closely.There are most certainly a lot | | | | you fail to earn enough profit to cover the |
| of benefits that could be gained from | | | | cost of your subscription.* People go to eBay |
| establishing your own eBay store. Let's take | | | | expecting the best deals in the online |
| a look at them.* You'd be able to sell in a | | | | market. You have to compete at this level, |
| hotly visited environment. You'll be able to | | | | otherwise, the moment people would see the |
| expose your products to a wide array of | | | | going rate for your auction, they'd |
| prospects.* Once you have upgraded to a | | | | immediately hop to the next item up for |
| Featured Store, you'd be given $30 worth of | | | | sale.* You'd be bound by eBay's selling |
| PPC keywords per month. This means that your | | | | policies. You cannot go around some of these |
| store would appear prominently in the results | | | | restrictive policies, otherwise, you account |
| for the particular keywords that users will | | | | can get suspended, or worse, |
| search for. Such would most certainly drive | | | | terminated.Establishing an eBay store is a |
| more traffic to your auctions.* A Featured | | | | solid choice for a business model. But you |
| Store would also deliver some advanced | | | | have to determine your goals as well as your |
| reports for your auctions. You could use the | | | | marketing plan. Would an eBay store help you |
| statistics delineated therein to improve the | | | | accomplish them? Or would selling your own |
| way you construct your sales pages, and the | | | | goods in your own website, or through some |
| way you present your items for better | | | | affiliate automation program like , or be |
| efficiency in your future offers.* A Featured | | | | better for your online business?The choice is |
| Store will also allow you more eBay pages, | | | | yours.Mark Flavin is an online marketing |
| which would mean more exposure for your | | | | expert. Mark specialises in website traffic |
| products. It's still a numbers game. The | | | | generation, affiliate program promotion & |
| more auctions you have running, the more | | | | email marketing. |