Online Shop Vs Ebay
August 14th, 2008You may already be selling on Ebay, which is a good start if you are considering starting up your own online shop. You know how Ebay works as well as being familiar with the popular payment methods like Paypal. If not, then still having an online shop isn’t too hard.
So… Ecommerce Marketing Positives:
- All of the proceeds go to you with your online shop, Ebay take a percentage
- You are building up a brand which your customers will become loyal to
- The Design can be pretty much anything you want
- You can update your site and products instead of taking a long time to input them on Ebay
- No other competition is on your site, so people are more likely to purchase from you
- People can trust you more than someone on Ebay, as you will have your own policies
Ebay Positives:
- Ebay is a well known to almost everyone worldwide
- If you are the most competitive and can still make a return after Ebays charges
- A great start to advertise your bew online shop and its other products
- Easy to use and good to run alongside your business online shop
To really get your online shop to a head start, you need to get a niche product, that will sell. If you are selling a product that other well known companies are selling better, you probably won’t get a lot of interest. However, if you create a site that sells a niche product, then you cannot lose.
In Conclusion, having your own online shop will have more long term benefits for you, as you will have complete control, as well as gaining all the profits, however Ebay is perhaps a good method of advertising your online shop by adding a product to. It is also a good starting point to get you used to the way Ecommerce works, and how many orders you may get.