replaymedia
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posted on December 27, 2001 07:54:01 AM new
I just got this in my mail. It looks like Free eBay stores are ending.
Dear Replayplaymedia,
Your free eBay store trial period for Replay Media is about to expire soon. You do not need to do anything to keep your Store open.
eBay will begin billing your account a low $9.95 per month and you'll continue to receiving the following benefits:
1) The ability to showcase auction and fixed price items all in one place.
2) Your eBay store Web site address (URL):http://www.ebaystores.com/replaymedia
3) Your store's name and link highlighted in all of your eBay listings. Replay Books is also featured in eBay's store directory, where buyers can browse or search for your Store.
4) A store icon next to your userid, so buyers can easily visit your Store.
5) A built-in store search engine for your buyers.
6) The ability to create custom categories to showcase your items.
To learn more about how to make your eBay Store successful, please visit http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/seller-landing.html.
If you wish to modify your Store subscription level or make changes to your Store, please visit the Seller Services page http://pages.ebay.com/services/sellerservices.html and select "Manage/Edit my eBay Store," then select "Edit your Store."
If you do not wish to continue your store subscription, please visit the Seller Services page http://pages.ebay.com/services/sellerservices.html, select "Manage/Edit my eBay Store," then select "Close your Store."
We're so glad you opened Replay Media on eBay. Here's to your future success!
Regards,
eBay
So how many of you are planning on keeping your eBay store. I know mine has been pretty much worthless.
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dman3
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posted on December 27, 2001 08:03:20 AM new
Yeah I got that too !!!
I Just closed my Ebay store, I really was a tough thing I think it helps incress auction sales some how but never sold anything out of the store so I couldn't justify paying $10 a month to keep it..
5 months my store Items got lots of views but never a single sale I figure I will keep my ears open if and when store sales there take off I will reopen it..
http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
Email [email protected]
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REAMOND
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posted on December 27, 2001 08:03:22 AM new
I am also debating this. My sales have been very sparse from the store.
Is there any evidence that ebay will promote the stores to any degree ?
It is dirt cheap listing in the store, but that is meaningless if you have no sales.
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dman3
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posted on December 27, 2001 08:08:18 AM new
Well I was looking at some of the new details about the store it seems they have a promotion for featureing stores but the cost for this store featureing is $49 a month for a ebay pro store..
as I have been hearing many who are paying $49 rather then the $9.99 are getting buyers.
http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
Email [email protected]
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quickdraw29
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posted on December 27, 2001 09:59:25 AM new
I have a problem with a URL of http://www.ebaystores.com/xxxxx, not very catchy.
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LaneFamily
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posted on December 27, 2001 10:15:34 AM new
It must really depend on your product. I sell as much in my store as I do in my auctions. In reality probably not but in 2 weeks I have had 50 sales from my store. I get better prices from it than at auction. People mostly use Billpoint to check out with. I know, that will not sit well with some of you but it does with me.
In two weeks I have more than paid for my store at .30 per listing and much more cause the prices are better.
I am adding items to my store all the time now and starting soon to have store only items to see if they sell there first before I try the auction.
As far as I know I only have the 9.99 store. Never been charged except for the .05 for a 30 day listing. I love that.
Jim
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sun818
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posted on December 27, 2001 10:57:53 AM new
I'm closing mine too. For a free alternative, here is what I suggest:
Go to eBay.com, select Search, by Seller. In the bottom half of the form, you'll see a "Multiple Sellers" area. Use asterisk in the second "Search Title" box and your seller id in the "Multiple Sellers" box. The link you get from that is a listing of all your items automatically categorized for you.
That will be my "store" from now on. 
[ edited by sun818 on Dec 27, 2001 11:23 AM ]
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richierich
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posted on December 27, 2001 11:13:55 AM new
sun818 - How do you do that? I tried what you said and nothing came up.
I have 190 items listed and nothing showed.
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petertdavis
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posted on December 27, 2001 11:21:28 AM new
I'm paying $9.95 per month for my website, and I don't have to pay for each item I want to list there. Not only that, but my website sales outdid my ebay sales in the 4th quarter 100-1. My service is the first link listed on my links page http://newenglandcoinco.com/links_page.html if anyone is curious.
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sun818
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posted on December 27, 2001 11:29:08 AM new
better example below
[ edited by sun818 on Dec 27, 2001 02:20 PM ]
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SunnyStudios
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posted on December 27, 2001 02:11:19 PM new
If I can get this to work, Here is what it should look like when you do the search
[ edited by SunnyStudios on Dec 27, 2001 02:19 PM ]
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Libra63
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posted on December 27, 2001 08:18:38 PM new
Interesting. How do you tell buyers about this function? Can you put that in the description? No books can compare to the knowledge one gets from this discussion board. Thanks all
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beaddreamer
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posted on December 28, 2001 11:23:06 AM new
I just closed my store, not much profit in it for me lately.. I hardly even get anybody looking at my store items right now. I think eBay needs to promote the stores more. I can always reopen one if I need to.
Now that search function is a great idea, I'm going to add that one to my auctions!
Thanks for the idea.
Sue
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twinsoft
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posted on December 28, 2001 04:57:22 PM new
I don't get it. Weren't eBay stores supposed to be the draw to bring in big retailers to eBay? Weren't stores supposed to be the next generation of eBay sales? So far, I've heard no positive results.
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replaymedia
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posted on December 29, 2001 07:52:10 AM new
> Weren't eBay stores supposed to be the
> draw to bring in big retailers to eBay?
> Weren't stores supposed to be the next
> generation of eBay sales? So far, I've
> heard no positive results.
I've looked at the IBM store a few times. All their stuff seems to sell, but they've got seriously bad feedback. Most *BIG* companies just don't have the speedy customer service necessary to succeed on eBay. The same can be seen on Half.com, Amazon, and other Marketplaces.
Auctions are time consuming and a lot of work, no matter what kind of automation software you use. Feedback relies on customer service, and a bunch of minimum wage drones usually aren't the kind of people you want dealing with online buyers.
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