has anyone set up their own e-bay store or one for a 3rd party? i am considering doing this for work to get the online thing going quickly.  i am interested in your thoughts, the cost, ups and down you know the usual stuff. 

thanks guys

frankie

well, you know the seller has to pay the ebay tax

and then there is regular business tax, shipping/handling, dealing with asshats that want to have their money paypal'd back for whatever whimpy reason... etc

face to face OWNS retail... unless you're a huge re-seller for electronic crap...

my 2 cents

keep it face to face ...

They are GREAT!

I made a ton of money at my last job and most was w/ the store option... You only pay a small monthly fee and your listings can be on for 30 or nore days for as low as $.06

You can use news letters and TONS of sales tools all included in teir fee.

http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/openbenefits.html

Its a GREAT place for your business.. its exactly what I did.

I cleared YEARS! of old stock $$$$$ Put on good new buys we got from our rep. and sell take off parts!!! older the better!

There are a TON of ways for you to generate a good income from that motorcycle place... Make them by a good camera, set up a nice area for photos... keep your items taged w/ the aution number (in order) so you can find them when they sell or someone has a question.

PM me questions frankie... I made well over well... ALOT doing it for about 2 years. I may go back and help them more as they are not doing well at all now... eBay sales can gererate a TON of income for them.. esp. used bikes... close outs and old CRAP!



Ahh... I miss that job.. what an awesome place to work. And if I got too bored or it was a nice day I could just take a and used bike for a 20 or so mile ride just to say I was checking it out for my listing 

aye what scott said franko

thanks, i'll give u a call