Does having a store create more trust?

[katherine*lord]

Hi everyone,

I spend most of my waking time on ebay, so I am trying to turn it to making some money by selling things. I am very new with selling. I am planning to sell a lot, like 100 cheap ($10-40) and 5 expensive ($300) items per week. I am thinking about opening an ebay store. I wonder if it is better with a store, in terms of saving money. Secondly, does having a store create more trust?

I appreciate your opinions.

[syrupsmummy]

I don‘t think the leather jacket will fit in 3kg satchel. The best way to send it will be in Prepaid Parcel Post Plus5kg satchels ($15.90) with registered post ($3.20) if it fits in 5kg satchel (510mm x 435mm).

Registered post includes $100 cover. You can put extra covers for $1.50 per $100.

It will be just under $25 with extra $400 cover.

[syrupsmummy]

I missed the red motorcycle jacket. I thought the leather one was the motorcycle jacket. But I'm not sure if it fits in 3kg satchel or not. It looks bulky.

[flashback_deals]

Not to mention that eBay puts listing limits on new sellers; you may not be able to list 100 items, not to mention 400 until you build up your FB

I went through that for months and it was hard for me even when i was at 260 for my limit. Once that got raised twice since then, I find it much easier and sales have boomed. I have a selling structure that seems to be working well for me and I am still way off my limit.I am still small compared to most other fellow PowerSellers, but my signs look good

eBay will expect the OP to stick with the selling limit for a whole month before another selling limit increase will be considered

[i-once-was-bump]

Answering as a buyer, a store means nothing to me.

I want:

a seller with clear photos of the actual item for sale

a listing without any moving bits like butterflies flitting about or flashing pink sparkles as a border for the description or a scrolling gallery

the suburb shown clearly if the item is pick up only

all measurements clearly in cm or inches but not a combination of both

a good size and clear font without all caps in a variety of colours (using red, blue and green alternatively for each paragraph is trashy).

no more than 2 fonts per page

small paragraphs, (not the short history of the world in one paragraph).

use of the space bar between words

terms of sale summed up in one short sentnece

no blaming Paypal or ebay because you have to pay fees.

no lectures about what neg feedback means to a seller

photographs that are all upright and clear enough to see what it is for sale (don't photograph a dining table in a cluttered room and have stuff sitting on the table).

Is that enough or should I continue with my list of gripes!:^O

The above comments are in no way meant to be directed at any posters reading this thread, it is merely a list of listing dislikes but if anyone's listings should contain any of my pet dislikes then, now you know what I think of your listings.

[i-once-was-bump]

OOoops, I forgot a big dislike, if you are photographing a spinning wheel for sale please, please take a photo of the front of the wheel, it is beyond me as to why most sellers give lots of photos of the back of the wheel but none of the front.

[***super_nova***]

To the original question:  Does having a store create more trust?

Not for me.  It is the DSR and number of good FBs as a seller that I trust.

[katherine*lord]

Hi everyone,

I am so happy and overwhelmed by the number of responses I received.

Thank you auction assassin, spark, lindal, syrupsmummy, flask back, lakeland, super nova, foxette, and i-once-was-bump for your advices and tips. Very valuable information.

Syrypsmummy: the motocycle jackets are between 7 to 10kg. I will have to send them away in box, and yes, by registered post.

Once a bump: a store is not relevant to trust in a buyer's view? As a buyer I would be quite hesitate to buy from a casual seller, items of values of $200+ but don't mind of items of smaller values. Thanks for your FB about the font coloring 🙂 I'll limit to black and purple only in the next listings.

It would have to pay too much for insertion fee if I list items in the Auction format. My monthly selling limit is 100, so $1.5 x 100 = $150. It looks like BIN is the way I should trial out first, costs only $20 + $50 = $70.

As a buyer, I can't resist buying additional item if I only pay postage once. So I am thinking about having something attractive, like Cue fashion, for people to stop by to take a look,and once they look at it, they will look at my other listings and buy more if I offer free postage for additional items... I don't know if this works. Can you experts please give me your opinions on this

I've been eBaying heavily, on and off for about 10 years, but only as a buyer (I eBay while breastfeeding my infant, while in bath, in morning, lunch, afternoon tea breaks at work...like crazy).

In my maternity a couple of months ago I came up with the idea of turning my addition to money. All of a sudden I ordered about 30K worth of things.I need to rid of them fast or my home will turn into a warehouse 😮

[lyndal1838]

In my maternity a couple of months ago I came up with the idea of turning my addition to money. All of a sudden I ordered about 30K worth of things.I need to rid of them fast or my home will turn into a warehouse 😮

You spent that amount of money on stock without any previous selling experience?

I would say you house is already a warehouse.:O

[bright.ton42]

 I ordered about 30K worth of things

Am I reading this right? Is that $30,000 worth of things?  Just

picking myself up off the floor.  😮

On another note regarding what I look for on a Selling site, post 13,  Bump mirrors exactly what I look for,  as well as pet

peeves that make me click off immediately.     

[i-once-was-bump]

As a buyer I would be quite hesitate to buy from a casual seller

I don't consider everyone without a store as a casual seller, sure some are but there are some sellers out there who only list about 7 or 8 items a week but have been doing so for years and have good feedback as a seller.

Some sellers only have items in the shearing season so they have no need for a store but have along history of selling great fleeces.

So it is possible to have total trust in a seller even if they don't have a store.

However with $30,000 of stock I would open a store asap and start selling.