eBay store

[fiddleheadcraig]

hello, i'm getting priced out of the trading card category and am starting to sell used items from clearance and thrift stores. I don't get enough views on my listings, cards or other. Would an eBay store help this in anyway? If so, how. 

Thank you,

fiddleheadcraig

[disneyshopper]

You have 64 active listings.  To get more views, you need more listings.

Just having a store subscription doesn't mean you will get more views.  However, you will have more "free" listings, and you can create store categories that might help get more sales if someone enters your store to see what you have available.

[inhawaii]

22 years on ebay.  I only recently got a store.  I can attest that it does attract more viewers/customers.

I know this because customers will often buy 2 or 3 TOTALLY DIFFERENT items from me. .... candy, a chainsaw and a case of feminine pads.  

[gamersbaystore]

Yes, having a store does help to drive considerably more sales, in a multitude of ways. But its only really useful if you have a larger inventory. You have on 63 listings, I doubt its worth the added expense unless you plan to list a lot more.

There are huge benefits to having a store subscription, including free shipping supplies each quarter, practically no listing fees at all for most categories given recent changes, the fact that having a store front puts your products front and center for buyers, and access to promotions that also help to drive sales.

Likewise, when people click thru to view your promotions, they're presented with your products taking up the bulk of the page, rather than being mixed in with everyone elses.

Without a store, your items are presented as a long vertical list to buyers, no one is going to scroll through it all. With a store I have a horizontal layout that better showcases my items to buyers.

I'd say you could view mine as an example, but I closed my store for the next week to take a break.

[jayjaspersgarage]

I think the sports trading card business died in the early 1990's.  Given the fiasco the ebay Standard Envelope roll out became our under $20 cards won't be worth the trouble unless you group enough together to mail them First Class with regular tracking.

Of course there are buyers for rare over-hyped cards from supposed sports superstars.  If you find one of those cards you will then be subject to scammers who might switch out the card on a return request or they will file a NAD case and literally rip you off by sending a 3x5 card back after you refund them.  

I've had multiple boxes of sports cards, full boxes I paid $5 for and thought I could turn a profit.  Nope.  No interest so in the recycling bin they went last month.  I have a bunch of pre 1980 baseball cards I will try to list later this year.