Pro and cons of starting a EBAY store

[poppopthereseller]

have been selling on EBAY for about 6 months now. Thinking about opening an EBAY store. What are the pros and cons? 
Will my items i have listed already be moved over?
When it comes to names how should I Name 
Will having a store put my items in front of more people?

questions i have looking for advice

Thanks Bob

[luckythewinner]

What are the pros and cons? 

One con is that anything above a free store costs money.

Will my items i have listed already be moved over?

A store is nothing more than a subscription on your current account. SO all your listings remain as they are.

[anjofak]

That's how they get ya..

[katwalker23]

I get 250 free listings per month without a store.  Unless I want to regularly list more than 250, it doesn't pay for me to have a store.  

[toysaver]

It depends on the subscription level but the number of free listings is the main draw.  

Subscriptions and fees | Seller Center (ebay.com)

[heckofagame]

Stores are a convenient way to organize your listings, making browsing your items easier for buyers.

Do keep in mind that the number of listings you can have is still limited to your current monthly limits. Even if the store says you can have 1000 free listing, if your limit is currently 300, you will only be allowed 300. 

[coolections]

Well, there is only one PRO. If you make enough sales per month to pay the store fee with the "small" discount you get for having a store then it would be worth it. Remember though, EVERY SINGLE month you need enough sales to make up the difference in fees.

[inhawaii]

PROS:

It may increase sales and give your buyers a better buying experience.

I've had customers buy totally different items from me I believe by browsing through my store.

No one would be looking for a chainsaw part and a bag of pineapple candy.

You get a coupon for ebay shipping supplies every quarter.

CONS:

You have to pay for it.

[smilekc]

If you were selling much more expensive items, the small discount you get (by paying for a store) on fees can add up. Enough to cover the store charge & then some. When I was selling for my employer, we sold lots of items in the $100-$400 range. The small fee discount added up quickly on those items. If we were selling $20 items it wouldn't have been worth it.

I don't think the store ever brought us a bit of business by itself.

[chapeau-noir]

I tend to sell in a niche so have a store because many of my buyers shop my store - it makes it easier for them to browse around.  Also I like having a small discrete footprint and the ability to hold sales.  Saving money doesn't really come into it as I only have a $4.95/month starter store. It used to be another perk was being able to put it on vacation, but that's now available to all listings.

[lagri84]

I am sorry but don't understand. Could you look at the situation below and relate your answer to that.  I now have the Basic storefront with 250 "free" insertions per month, but am slugged(unexpectedly) with 35 cents per listing when the unsold  items transfer unsold 30 days after original listing  (relist until sold, fixed price) since I am listing new items regularly which count against the 250 ceiling .

Since I have thousands of books and magazines & just realized that auto relisting in above situation is killing me since not that many sold from the "free" 250 I am considering the Premium storefront with 10,000 "free" listings. At $59.95  it seems if I have continual exposure of 10,000 each month the $59.95 would be reasonable fee even though the final value fee stays the same. As I understand it the over limit decreases from 35 cents to 10 cents each item but I don't see how that would help me with 10,000 allowed.

Is there some plot of quicksand I am about to tread over that you see?

   Thanks for your help. ((I don't understand your comment about having 1,000 )which I guess is 1 step down from the store front I am considering) but only being allowed 300.

[kensgiftshop]

You would have to sell quite a bit to make it worth paying $60 a month for a store.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

I have repeat buyers.

Many of them follow my store.

My store is organized with categories which make it easier for my repeat buyers to find what interests them than Ebay categories. Items from multiple Ebay categories are included in my categories.

My followers can also review my latest listings rather than go through all of my listings in a category. Important because I have a lot of listings.

[mam98031]

If you are regularly going to post 300+ listings per month, then a Store is likely something for you to consider.  A Basic Store likely.  I see you have a store, which level did you choose?  When did you open it?

@poppopthereseller 

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@lagri84 wrote:

I am sorry but don't understand. Could you look at the situation below and relate your answer to that.  I now have the Basic storefront with 250 "free" insertions per month, but am slugged(unexpectedly) with 35 cents per listing .... ((I don't understand your comment about having 1,000 )which I guess is 1 step down from the store front I am considering) but only being allowed 300.

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@lagri84 

If you are only getting 250 free insertions per month, then you do not have a Basic store; 250 free is what a seller gets if they have no store at all or if they have a store subscription at the Starter level.  If you are paying 35 cents for each additional insertion then you have no store at all, since Starter stores pay 30 cents. If you actually did have a Basic store, you would get 1,000 free fixed price insertions  per month (plus 10,000 in select categories). So you seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding about store subscription levels.  Review the details here:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/store-fees?id=4809

What is that reference to "only being allowed 300"?  If your listing limit is 300 listings, then signing up for a Store will have no effect on that.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/selling-limits?id=4107