topic Changing over to a store in Selling

Changing over to a store

oddsandendsoz — Fri, 20 May 2016 10:48:45 GMT

This may be a stupid question, but I am considering changing over to a basic store to get slightly better FVF fees. What happens to your current listings when doing so? Most of my listings now are BIN with Make an offer on them, when I move over do they automatically become fixed price, or do I have to manually edit?

Re: Changing over to a store

davewil1964 — Fri, 20 May 2016 11:44:26 GMT

I believe they will stay the same, but I've had a store since I started selling so I could be wrong.

Re: Changing over to a store

black*poppy — Fri, 20 May 2016 12:12:12 GMT

They stay the same but you won't get the reduced fvf until they are relisted after opening the store. You could end them, open the store and then relist them.

Re: Changing over to a store

oddsandendsoz — Sat, 21 May 2016 02:07:48 GMT

Thanks for the advice both of you! I was just curious how it changes over; all my listings are generally BIN with Make an Offer, but with stores it is either BIN or Auctions unless you want to pay on top to add the features. I was curious how you transition over.

Re: Changing over to a store

pennyforum14 — Sat, 21 May 2016 04:24:44 GMT

BIN IS fixed price. Your listings will stay in the format they are in. If you have any auction listings and have them on autorelist, when they relist you will be charged a $1.50 listing fee for each of them because store free listings do not include auctions except for collectible items. Adding Make an offer does not cost anything, and you can list in any format in a store, BIN, Auction, or BIN with MAO,but only BIN listings and auctions in the collectibles category are eligible for free listings. A basic store will give you 200 free lstings and after that you pay 50c for each additional BIN listing.

Re: Changing over to a store

imastawka — Sat, 21 May 2016 05:06:46 GMT

Basic store is 400 listings until October

Re: Changing over to a store

heapsa_bargains — Sat, 21 May 2016 05:25:23 GMT

Make sure you do the maths FIRST - I thought I'd be better off cost wise with a store but not the case at all. There is somewhere on here that you can type in your figures (ie average items listed/value of items sold approx each month etc) and it actually gives you a result of your best option.

Re: Changing over to a store

oddsandendsoz — Sun, 22 May 2016 06:48:50 GMT

@pennyforum14 wrote:
BIN IS fixed price. Your listings will stay in the format they are in. If you have any auction listings and have them on autorelist, when they relist you will be charged a $1.50 listing fee for each of them because store free listings do not include auctions except for collectible items. Adding Make an offer does not cost anything, and you can list in any format in a store, BIN, Auction, or BIN with MAO,but only BIN listings and auctions in the collectibles category are eligible for free listings. A basic store will give you 200 free lstings and after that you pay 50c for each additional BIN listing.

Thanks Penny, yes I meant the MAO component of my current listings and how does that transfer over once you go to a basic store. All my listings have MAO but as I understood it, a store has 200 (apart from currently it seems) fixed price listings,, and that to add MAO there is a fee involved?

Re: Changing over to a store

oddsandendsoz — Sun, 22 May 2016 06:52:57 GMT

@heapsa_bargains wrote:
Make sure you do the maths FIRST - I thought I'd be better off cost wise with a store but not the case at all. There is somewhere on here that you can type in your figures (ie average items listed/value of items sold approx each month etc) and it actually gives you a result of your best option.

Yes, thanks for that. To be honest it will possibly be about the same. On good sales months it will be worth it due to less FVF's. For me the weigh up is about MAO; I have MAO on most of my listings, which I have found helps a little to weed out buyers that I don't really want to deal with, as it allows me to check their fb if they make an offer. Admittedly it means I price my items a little higher and often probably lose out to those buyers who do not like to make offers? I may just stick rather than twist, I was giving it major consideration until the 1000 free listing recently, which helped me to put off the decision.

Re: Changing over to a store

davewil1964 — Sun, 22 May 2016 07:30:44 GMT

MAO is not charged for in a store. Just like a non-store.

Re: Changing over to a store

oddsandendsoz — Sun, 22 May 2016 07:56:23 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
MAO is not charged for in a store. Just like a non-store.

Thanks Dave, not sure what I have been looking at

It is a while since I looked at the comparisons and assumed that adding a MAO was $1.50, seems that was wrong. I hardly ever do auctions, but recently have done, so may run my auctions out first before moving over to a store. I am right in at least thinking the auctions are charged in a basic store yes?

Re: Changing over to a store

davewil1964 — Sun, 22 May 2016 08:00:58 GMT

Auctions are charged for (unless they are collectible categories); BINs, with or without MAO are part of your 200 (400 until the end of October) included listings.

But you don't have to wait for them to end - once they go live I think you won't be charged within your store.

Re: Changing over to a store

englishrosegardens — Sun, 22 May 2016 08:15:39 GMT

Just to add to what davewil said, collectibles includes anything listed under Crafts, so if you're selling those you can choose either auction or BIN as part of your free listing allowance.

Re: Changing over to a store

imastawka — Sun, 22 May 2016 08:27:45 GMT

Collectables covers a very large range of stuff

http://www.ebay.com.au/chp/collectables

Re: Changing over to a store

oddsandendsoz — Sun, 22 May 2016 11:03:54 GMT

Thanks for all the help people!!

Looking at the figures it will be nominal in savings having a basic store, but the extra listings may mean its worth it in the end. I never have more than 120 listings so not too bothered about missing the non-store freebies that come up.

Also and this is dreamland, perhaps the store gives you a tiny bit less throttle time?

Re: Changing over to a store

englishrosegardens — Sun, 22 May 2016 12:22:50 GMT

http://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/sites/default/files/fees_by_category.pdf

This gives a list of the categories where the final value fees differ from the norm, and also those that have free auction listings (halfway down the right column).

Re: Changing over to a store

pennyforum14 — Sun, 22 May 2016 22:07:51 GMT

No there is no fee to add MAO with a store.