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Would it be cheaper for me to open a Ebay store rather then tons of auctions?

I sell everyday on Ebay. With as many as up to 100 auctions going on one day. I was wondering if it is cheaper for me to just open an Ebay store? If so, can someone give me the breakdown ( examples of cost doing it either way)?. To be honest, what I pay in listing and final value fees make the whole thing not seem worth it?

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1. you would probably be better off to go get a real job. ebay really rapes people on their pricing now days. they say they're going to lower costs, but they'll just get you somewhere else. you can do an ebay store starting at 15 bucks a month though. if you list a lot then that would save you money.
2. Cant give a breakdown - but ebay listings are costly - at up to £4+ for a decent listing, with paypal fee's ontop - find out how much the shop costs to open, work out how many auctions you will need to run to break even an weigh up weather you can keep the auctions frequent enough in a shop to counterbalance the profit loss from individual auctions
3. Yes,it will a lot more cheaper and safer
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5. Well, my suggestion open an online store and host it. It is cheaper and its worth it. You can check out my husband online store so you'll have an ideas. His website http://www.bubbasgaragesale.com he just have books and audio books in his online store for now but were going to put more stuff soon. Goodluck and keep up the good work.
6. not really - you are still forced to pay for auctions in addition to the webstore costs - you have to count on not selling everything you list the first time (or at all) and see if the costs involved eat up too much of your potential profits. It may NOT be worth selling a lot of the items you are listing - I've sold a lot of self made cdrom products over the years that sell a very low percentage of the times I list them - I make a 95% gross profit IF I sell one, but I may have to list 10 to sell just once, so that 95% profit goes way down from the listing fees of the unsold items - evaluate what you sell and concentrate on the hoter selling items or ones with higher profit maruins
7. Opening a store is not the best for every seller who has a lot of items. It also depends on the type of item. Do you have items that are seasonal? Or do you sell a lot one week, and then for a few weeks after wards, nothing ... before they start selling again? Some items will benefit from sitting in a store, because there is not a constant want for that item. I have a store and I put most of my inventory in the store format. They are small, inexpensive items. Then I put the more desirable items up for auction and offer free shipping after the first purchase. So once someone wins my auction, they will automatically head for my store since the shipping will be free .... It works out well for me. Why don't you just try a store for a month? The 1st month used to be free, I don't know if it is anymore. And even if it's not, they don't make you sign a contract. I also found out that if you have a store set up, and you decide to get rid of it ... eBay will save your settings. So if you later decide to go back and start the store up again, most of your pages and settings will still be there. At least it was for me.