posted on September 3, 2004 11:44:37 AM new
I sell mostly low cost craft items, and I find that paying 25 cents extra for every auction really cuts down on, or cuts out profit.
1) Do you use eBay Gallery on most of your auctions?
2)Do you think it makes a big difference in your sales?
I am thinking of using Vendio Gallery, but with over 200 listing, most in my eBay store, I am wondering if people will really want to sit and look at over 200 auctions sliding past?
1)If I go for the $6.95 a month package, can I just have it at 200, or do I have to have all my listing on it, costing an extra 3 cents for the ones over 200?
2)Those of you with Vendio gallery, have you seen an increase in traffic?
3)Do you use both eBay and Vendio galleries?
posted on September 3, 2004 11:56:59 AM new
These are good questions and you can ask them, but I want to say something about the kinds of answers you're going to get, particularly to:
2)Do you think it makes a big difference in your sales?
I submit that many, if not most, eBay Outlook posters who use eBay Gallery have never actually sat down and figured out whether or it is making them more money than not. I believe that many of these decisions are made by gut-feel, not a dollars-and-cents level.
Those who respond that they use eBay Gallery and it works for them may be just be trying to justify their decision even though they're losing money all the while.
There's only one way to tell if it will work for you, and that is a trial. Use a large enough sample size, like 100 auctions. Run:
1) 100 auctions with no gallery features
2) 100 auctions with eBay Gallery
3) 100 auctions with Vindaloo Gallery and eBay Gallery.
Total your sales for each of the three trial segments, then calculate your profit. Then you will know for sure.
