b>Testing the Waters safe investment.
If you’ve ever dreamed of
quitting your job and going 5 Benefits to Choosing
into business for yourself, you EBay
may have considered online EBay takes care of much of the
retail. But opening your own web busywork associated with running
site is quite an undertaking — an E-Biz . There are numerous
you’ll need to acquire a domain advantages to starting an eBay
name, integrate shopping cart store before creating your own
software, design your web pages, web site:
optimize your copy, and the list
goes on. And all those services • EBay hosts your site, provides
will cost you money up front, you with a URL, a shopping cart,
which means you’ll need to have and an easy-to-use tool that lets
some capital set aside. So before you quickly design an attractive
you tell your boss what you storefront.
really think of his toupee, you
may want to consider trying a • EBay takes care of search
somewhat simpler option first — engine optimization for you —
the eBay store. making sure that you'll be listed
with the major search engines, as
Running an eBay store is a great well as the minor engines they
way to get a feel for whether or feed.
not selling online suits you.
It’s a simple entry point that • When you start an eBay store,
lets you test the waters, you have an immediate presence
without committing a lot of your online — from Day One, you have
money or time. The cost is 170 million customers.
only $16.95 a month and the first
thirty days are free — a pretty • EBay provides an 800 number
with live support. and pull down menus, and your
newsletter is ready to go in a
• EBay offers workshops, at no matter of minutes. A simple
extra cost, on how to implement source to keep your customers
the various tools they offer. coming back, but many people
don’t even realize that option is
3 EBay Tools You Should Be available to them.
Using
EBay even offers built in • RSS Feeds (Really Simple
channels for growing your Syndication). Once you turn this
business. Janelle Elms (href="http://JanelleElms.com" to do is click on it, and
title="http://JanelleElms.com" every time you put new
target="_blank">color="#001000" auction, they’ll get an
size="-2">http://JanelleElms.com< update telling them what
/font>), successful you’ve added. Says Elms, "An RSS
e-business author and lead Feed is basically a legal version
instructor for eBay University, of a pop-up ad.”
tells, "What amazes me is how
many sellers are not taking • Printable brochures of your
advantage of all the amazing eBay store to send out with every
tools that eBay gives you for package to show your
that $16 each month.” She quickly customers what else you offer and
lists a few of eBay’s biggest to remind them to shop with you
untapped resources: again.
• An opt-in newsletter to keep EBay stores are user-friendly —
your eBay store in front of your anyone can run one. In addition
customers. A series of clicks to being a great proving ground
for your online retail skills, itself.
you may find it to be a very
profitable enterprise in and of
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