Store versus non store

[tonilayne0]

If you have a store as opposed to a non store, will you see more sales or not?

I feel that my sales should be more because of the number I list.  If I list 50 items, I will only have about 2 to 3 sales.  

[slippinjimmy]

Generally speaking having a Store or not has little if any effect on your sales. Unless you are using all your "free" listings (250/month) and/or the Final Values Fees with a Store are a lot lower than non-Store (true in SOME Categories).

Try to get the number of running listings up to 200+ before considering a Store.

It should also be noted that a Store will give you lots of FIXED PRICE listings but only some Auction style and even those are in limited Categories. Your 250 free non-Store listings can be used for Auctions or Fixed Price.

Most of your Auction sales in the past 90 days have ended with only 1 bid, this indicates that your items are not suitable for Auction, if you switch to Fixed Price you will probably sell more because Auctions are really only suitable for rare items which have actual demand. MANY buyers simply avoid ANY Auction listings.

[coolections]

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@tonilayne0 wrote:

If you have a store as opposed to a non store, will you see more sales or not?

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NO, a store has nothing to do with a buyer buying your items. It only gives you less in fees assuming your sell through is high enough to pay the monthly expense.

[rugerskick]

Well, just on the amounts of items you can list for free, the items all being equal and desireable, yes.

[gamersbaystore]

No, you wont see more sales. In fact, once you sign up for a store subscription ebay will cut all your traffic to zero and start milking you for the monthly subscription fee. That's what happened to me. This is how ebay makes their money, by charging sellers fees for literally nothing.

[duncanvr]

I agree with what others said here that store or no store won't help sales. However putting all the stuff you sell in auctions is not helping you with only 13 followers most auctions will probably go unsold. A store would work better for you in the fact that you would have free buy it now allocation depending which subscription you go for. I think you should have at least a mix of BIN and auctions. The BIN with best offer added and a store coupon used is a powerful combination for sales. Then split your store half buy it now half auctions. When auction goes unsold sell similar the item to buy it now and delete the unsold listing. When buy it now hits 29 days change it to auction at a reduced price. Keep doing this rotation with your items. It takes a few times but some that don't sell in the first instance may sell after 2 or 3 tries rotating from auction to BIN. Stores have other advantages to. Hope that helps.

[chapeau-noir]

@tonilayne0  Keep things simple is my advice (and I'm a  huge stores fan) - skip the store for now and concentrate on the basics.  I would suggest ditching the auctions, it's pretty obvious from all the single bids that you can probably simply sell at fixed price and make things a lot easier on your buyers - auctions are for more rare items - if you can sort those and use auctions and FP for others it may help.  Also it would be a good idea to improve your photos - most are so fuzzy I can barely see what they are, and eBay is intensely visual.  You're doing a great job with item specifics, which is how internal eBay search works.

Keep adding listings, with good titles, descriptions and IS's...and clear photos that catch the eye.  Consider a store down the line, but I think you can improve sales without spending another dime just by optimising your listings.

ETA:  Starter store (which I have) is 250 listings - I find a store helps me because it organises my listings for my buyers - I have people who shop my store itself.

[inhawaii]

I agree with some of the others. Don't even consider getting a store unless you exceed 250 listings.

I disagree with some of the others and say that having a store does increase sales.

I often have customers buy 2 or 3 or 4 totally different items from me only because they stumbled across them while "in" my store.

[steve_stuff]

No store for you if you want to continue using the same selling model  [which is basically the same model we use]  - You have 75 listing and all are auctions in 11 different categories  - A store would be a waste of money as you would be paying insertion fees on top of the store one on most, and wasting all the fixed price ones. 

And a hint with auctions - start all on same day each week, like Saturday - and mention that in all listings. That way they end on a 'not counted in handling time' day and you have two plus days for payment/packing and if lucky everything is paid for and ready for shipment on monday.

[luckythewinner]

Whether you have a store or not and the number of items you are listing are two completely different things.

That aside ...

If you have a store as opposed to a non store, will you see more sales or not?
That depends upon whether buyers are interested in your items or not.

I feel that my sales should be more because of the number I list.  If I list 50 items, I will only have about 2 to 3 sales.  

That depends upon whether buyers are interested in your items or not.