posted on February 13, 2002 09:57:39 PM
I really don't know what to make of it. I mean it costs 5 cents to list for 30 days. We are now getting it for free..Yipee! There is just no traffic to the stores!
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***eBay Stores Free Listing Day***
As a thank you to our Store sellers, we are holding a Free Listing Day
for eBay Stores fixed price items on Thursday, February 14, 2002 between
00:00:01 PST (12:00 AM plus one second on February 14, 2002) and
23:59:59 PST February 14, 2002 (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).
During this Free Listing Day, all insertion fees for eBay Stores fixed
price items will be credited on the U.S. site (www.ebay.com
<http://www.ebay.com>. Stores monthly subscription fees and Final Value
Fees will continue to apply.
Regular auction-style listings, eBay Motors, Premier, Real Estate,
International, and Professional Services listings are excluded from the
eBay Stores Free Listing Day.
The insertion fee ($0.05) for any eBay Stores Fixed Price listing will
appear as $0.00 at the time you list your items. All other fees
(auction-style listing fees, "Buy It Now" feature fee, featured plus,
highlight, bold, gallery, gallery featured, extended duration surcharge
for eBay Stores fixed price listings, etc.) will still be charged.
eBay Stores fixed price items will be featured on eBay's home page in
the coming weeks, so the more items you list during Free Listing Day,
the more you'll have promoted!
During the eBay Stores Free Listing Day you may list using the Sell Your
Item form, Mister Lister, Seller's Assistant Basic and Pro, and the eBay
API.
Thank you for your continued support of eBay Stores!
posted on February 14, 2002 07:56:28 AM
Save 5 cents per listing ? I closed my store on the 13th. My store sales didn't even cover the $9.95 a month fee.
posted on February 14, 2002 08:03:27 AM
I'm trying to figure out eBay's motivation here. It sounds like there is no traffic going to the Stores. An FLD doesn't generate traffic, does it? Only more listings. If you open twenty more stores in a dead mall, you've just got more salespeople loitering about, that's all.
Wouldn't it make more sense for eBay to promote the Stores with a buyer incentive like they've done with Half.com in the past?
posted on February 14, 2002 08:43:12 AM
Maybe I'm paranoid, but it *COULD* be an anti-Yahoo ploy.
Yahoo has had FLDs for the past two months, and a lot of people are hoping it will be a monthly event. If it does become monthly, it will probably happen again next Thursday.
If eBay gets a bunch of sellers to tie up their merchandise in eBay stores, that's just so many fewer items to post on Yahoo. I know I have FAR better results on Yahoo than I ever did in eBay stores.
I also know that I haven't listed anything in eBay stores since the nickel fee went into effect. They really don't have anything to lose by offering a FLD.
posted on February 14, 2002 08:57:06 AM
I post about 100 store items a month. In my store is my auction items under a special tab called other (I use that one for auctions) Any given day I have 300-500 auctions running.
Now I spend basically $30.00 each day on Auction Listings. I spend $2.50 a month on store listings.
So if I was to repost my same old store listings today I would save $2.50.
On a regular free listing day like the last 2 we have had I have posted 1000 and 1,500 auctions on those days. I bring out the big stuff on those days also $50-100 in my case. $2.20 - $3.30 posting fees. I figured I save $500.00 in listing fees on that day. An I get to relist and if sold it is another bonus.
I stay up 24 hours on a normal free listing day. On this one I am sleeping in. Matter of fact I think I will just forget it was offered.
posted on February 14, 2002 10:24:01 AM
hi,
in cyberspace one does not have to worry about tying up your inventory in one shop ,all it shows is a picture.
posted on February 14, 2002 10:28:28 AM
I've yet to figure out why bother with an ebay store. They don't do anything to help you promote your store, so why not just list on a free auction site like Bidville. Even though there is no action there, you can list things at buy it now price. I did that for a while and it worked til the traffic died down even more, but if you have to promote it anyway, why not pay no monthly fee, and list for free?
posted on February 14, 2002 04:48:57 PM
Its the the part of ebay stores you cant see that cause you not to understand.
There are many people who since the stores started to advertize and push these ebay stores big time.
They are selling very well from there stores no you can see sales since they are all buy it now sales.
I noticed haveing a store some how incresses auction sales as well not sure what about the stores gives your auctions more visabilty but they do.
I did close my ebay store before they started chargeing the $9.95 and my sales auction sales dropped off as well.
for me it was good business to close the store not paying $9.95 for a service that gave me $0 return in sales but within a week of closeing the store auction sales fell off 25% .
I have come to believe some what that even though people didnt purchase from my store they book marked the store which lead to my auction sales now that its closed the buyer just get an message that says my store has beem closed.
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[ edited by dman3 on Feb 14, 2002 04:51 PM ]
. Stores monthly subscription fees and Final Value