| It doesn't matter if you are an experienced seller or | | | | upto 300 categories and you can sub categorize as |
| are just toying with the idea of selling on eBay, | | | | much as you like, the manage eBay shop design area |
| opening a eBay shop is a proven way to reach | | | | is kind of straight forward to find you way around |
| customers you would not have otherwise reached. | | | | but can be very limited in what is achievable here. |
| eBay.co.uk is the 99th busiest site in terms of weekly | | | | 5. Increased peace of mind. When opening a web site |
| monthly visitors in the world. With over 10 million | | | | to sell from you are not always sure that your |
| transactions per week eBay.co.uk is bigger than | | | | buyers are using there own credit cards, or that your |
| eBay.com(USA) with an average spend of £55.00 | | | | method of accepting payments is secure, eBay have |
| per head of UK population. The learning curve | | | | spent considerable amount of money on making sure |
| compared to opening an internet shop is also a lot | | | | that the marketplace is a safe as possible it also has |
| less there is no need have advanced technical | | | | a dispute console where no paid items dispute s for |
| knowledge to run an eBay shop. These factors help | | | | example can be resolved. |
| to make eBay a good start point for people wishing | | | | 6. People can find you. As already mentioned earlier |
| to get into online business. | | | | when you open a eBay shop you get a unique URL |
| 1. Increased exposure. eBay s own data on sellers | | | | (address ) that you can use to drive customers to |
| which have opened shops claims that the average | | | | your shop, for example with offline leaflets in your |
| sellers see an increase in sales of around 1 quarter ( | | | | existing retail outlet or sent with your sold items to |
| 25%) Depending on the,market sector you are in the | | | | existing buyers. |
| increase in traffic can rise by 100s if not 1000s of | | | | 7. Advanced promotional tools, eBay has cross |
| potential buyers all looking for your items. | | | | promotion tools for shop owners these allow you to |
| 2. Increase repeat sales. From the day you open | | | | control which items are promoted to potential buyers |
| your shop you have a fixed address and users can | | | | when looking at your items, as well as this you also |
| search for your shop name in the advanced search | | | | get access to email marketing tool and the eBay |
| section, choosing a memorable name that people can | | | | newsletter feature, both of these tools help drive |
| easily remember, but more importantly one that does | | | | more repeat business and allow you to connect to |
| not have lots of similar sound shops in the eBay | | | | people who have already purchased off you. |
| search results ( try your shop name now ) and any | | | | 8. FREE eBay sales report. EVERY eBay shop owner |
| variations that you can think potential customers may | | | | gets a FREE monthly sales report that details their |
| mistakenly search on. eBay has now altered it Top | | | | sales statistics by category and monthly sales, also it |
| Rated to force sellers to increase customer service, | | | | covers the conversion rates, number of buyers, if |
| this will also help lead to more repeat buyers. | | | | you have a featured or anchor store, also you will |
| 3.Time saving. eBay shops have some extra features | | | | receive a eBay marketplace benchmark, this allow |
| which are not support when just selling as individual, | | | | you to see how well you are doing against other |
| these are to help increase productivity, automatic | | | | sellers and your position on eBay top sellers, if you |
| relisting of unsold items, Increase in the time period | | | | use the Accounting assistant software you are able |
| an item can be advertised for from the usual 7 days | | | | to export all your data from eBay and PayPal into |
| now it is possible to list items for 30 60 90 120 or | | | | Quickbooks. |
| even good till cancelled, ideal for business sellers who | | | | 9. eBay used to run a program called eBay |
| do not wish to have to constantly relist items every | | | | powersellers, this has now been replaced with the |
| 7 days. | | | | Top rated program, this measure the feedback of |
| 4. Increased credibility. Having a fixed location for | | | | buyers and the buying experience you provide your |
| your store helps to increase buyer confidence, adding | | | | buyers, eBay rewards good sellers by giving them |
| a phone number to your shop design will also help to | | | | discounts on listing fees and final sales fees, but more |
| create increased confidence in your buyers minds. A | | | | importantly Top Rated sellers are placed higher in the |
| well designed eBay store helps you stand out from | | | | default search for items, this leads to more sales and |
| the crowd and any other seller who is just carrying | | | | should be the goal of all sellers looking to make |
| default eBay shop design , eBay shops are allowed | | | | money from selling on eBay. |