EBAY

[Shaggy]

As an avid Ebayer (sad yes I know) having realised the huge potential from a marketing persepctive, and raw sales, I am keen to set-up far more sales through Ebay, and would be really interested in hearing from those professional Ebays out there on how to 'get serious'.

We have an Ebay sales account already, as well as PAYPAL registration which I have dabbled with, but I would like to take set-up an Ebay shop to further our own E-commerce sales.

Anyone out there who could offer some pointers on how to do this and maintain it??

 

[epiphany]

ebay's such a buyers market at the moment it's really hard to sell anything at a decent price. It's just flooded with Sellers IMO.

 

[Shaggy]

Your right, but we could be in an enviable position as no one is selling what we want to sell in the U.K. As long as we cover our costs we aim to drive more traffic to our own site as well as more customers for the up-selling opportunities.

But yes I agree you can get lost in EBAY, but they are turning over $34 billion for a reason!! A little bit of that would be nice???

 

[Whistle Ink]

Hi,

I agree with epiphany -it is a buyers market. If you want things at dirt cheap prices go for ebay - if you want to sell something stick to your own site and market it well. Buyers on Ebay expect things at silly low prices and anyway you youre not on ebay u wont have to pay ebay fees!

If your product is a decent product charge a decent price!

A point on the side - I think ebay is general already has enough big players dominating whatever area they cover, I don't think theres any room for newbies - especially with those with 100s of feedbacks!

 

[Bizgifts]

I've tried merchandise from a couple of my online shops on Ebay. Didn't have a great deal of joy with the golf merchandise even though a lot of it was unique.

The t-shirts sell well despite other people now coming on board and heavily undercutting prices, I'm still seeing a steady rise in sales. One thing I would say though is that there is a lot more admin involved with Ebay even using their Selling Manager Pro package which automates some of the work. On the other hand even though I'm selling within a very competitive category the amount of hits my ebay store gets is reasonably good (several hundred per day). I'm now using incentive vouchers to lure past customers from Ebay to my t-shirt website to avoid the extra Ebay fees,

 

[philjeffs]

I was looking for a particular tee shirt last week, and immediately found one on Ebay. Right size, right color, and cheap enough.

Whay would I want to trawl through loads of different tee shirt websites? I go to Ebay first and then the others if its not there, or the Ebay shops don't have it. Hell, there are too many websites for people like me anyway - I want everything in one place, just like an american mall. Go for it Shaggy!

 

[Asteeleleith]

Hi all.
You are probably already aware of this, but as an Ebayer myself, l leanred it is important to build up good positive Feedback. I did this by buying several small items on there. Now i am not doing too badly.

Have not had much luck in selling my product there though, even though i dropped the price to bearly break even.

The trouble with Ebay as someone said above it is a buyers market. People selling goodd quality second hand stuff for next to nothing.

Do not forget fail to see your product online you still pay the listing fee. with ebay, only the owner really wins all the time i think.

I think someone above said, if your product is decent, then sell it at a decent price. and market your own site well.

I think this is the advise i will follow. Ebay is great in theory, but not in reality.

Alastair

Good luck

Alastair

 

[Srivvy]

Hi Shaggy

If what youre selling is truly unique in the UK and in demand, you can guarantee you will get exposure that it is tough to get anywhere else.

So many people trawl through ebay that even the strangest rubbish gets seen and bought. If you have a good product, just make a start and develop your routine and strategy as you go.