Open Forum: How To Create A Successful eBay Storefront
Mashable’s Sarah Kessler includes tips such as starting by asking yourself if eBay is right for your business, starting slowly, paying careful attention to customer service and creating effective product listings.
“If the Internet has a quaint pastime, selling things on eBay is probably it. Before a thriving e-commerce sprouted a handful of platforms on which anyone can sell anything to anyone, there was a slightly thrilling novelty to participating in the online auction. “Yes,” we told our friends, “I sold it on the Internet.”
Some of the mystery and magic may have been lost over the last 15 years, but the easy selling platform remains. Up to 100 individual listings per month are free on eBay, but many people go beyond that — the site’s 90-million-person community now buys enough (about $1,900 worth of goods every second) to support many full-time businesses.”
