posted on October 5, 2001 02:27:01 PM new
Noticed a lot of auction sites are offering storefronts... anyone use them? You like them? Any suggestions on the best ones?
posted on October 9, 2001 12:36:00 PM new
I have used eBay's, Auctionweiser's, and eDeal's. They seem to work the best for me. I was not that impressed by bidville's, b**B**'s, or ePier's. But that is only my personal opinion.
Check them all out I guess. Then choose one or some that you want to give a shot.
posted on October 9, 2001 10:10:26 PM new
It isn't a strict storefront, I guess, but I like the Yahoo! Auctions Booth.
I am impressed with how much I can customize it to my own tastes. And the fact that although I do pay standard listing fees, etc - there isn't any specific fee just to have a booth.
I will say I wish it were based on templates that could be edited offline in an HTML editor - I am not a fan of their Java PageBuilder.
Yahoo ID: grantje
posted on October 9, 2001 10:48:43 PM new
I have a mixed feelings about storefronts. We have a storefront on ebay, but the only people that ever seemed to use it were previous customers of ours. In fact, before ebay launched their storefronts. People would contact us directly to inquire about items.
I don't ever recall making a storefront sale from someone that was new to us.
I guess what I am saying is that if one can build up enough clientele and trusting relationships, a storefront can be a major plus.
posted on October 10, 2001 05:11:34 AM new
eBay's Storefronts would generate excellent sales if they'd only create an integrated Search function for stores. eBay has the massive traffic needed that most other sites lack (except maybe Yahoo and Amazon), but why they won't create an integrated search feature is hard to figure. They could do it in no time. Heck, they created an A4A integrated Search feature in less than a week.
posted on October 10, 2001 08:12:02 AM new
I am very confused by the eBay storefronts. Whenever I click on a storefront what I seem to see is almost the same thing that I see when I click on the "View seller's other auctions" thingie. eBay needs to make the storefronts easir to understand what are current auction items and what are regular store non-auction items.
