{"id":9553,"date":"2016-04-11T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T09:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2020-03-31T16:18:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T15:18:50","slug":"ebay-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/","title":{"rendered":"When’s the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just about everyone who sells online started off the same way: in baby steps, putting up a few products and finding success \u2014 and then leveraging that into their own store. But RepricerExpress<\/a> knows that as simple as that sounds, there\u2019s actually a pretty big leap between the two and much of your success will depend on your timing in opening your own eBay store.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The First Rule: You Need to be Selling Enough<\/h2>\n

As soon as you’ve put up one item on eBay, you know that it costs money to do so. And opening your own store means entering a new world of differing store fees and subscriptions. So, it\u2019s pretty easy to see that the first rule of opening your own eBay store is to actually be selling enough items. But how do you actually know you’ve reached that point?<\/p>\n

Well, give yourself about a three-month time-frame. And within that time-frame, set \u2014 and meet \u2014 a goal of selling enough that it constitutes a part-time job. It\u2019s highly, highly unlikely that you\u2019ll be pulling in enough profits from selling in small volumes that opening a store will make sense. And if you really want to succeed, work towards making selling a full-time occupation.<\/p>\n

Be Able to Cover the Store Fees and Subscriptions<\/h2>\n

As we briefly mentioned above, there are different tiers of eBay stores and associated fees\/subscriptions that go along with each, and they are:<\/p>\n

Basic:<\/strong> This is your least expensive option at $15.95 USD a month, and is essentially a bare-bones model to get you up and working. Some sellers will sneer at this option as not having enough tools, but it\u2019s perfect for mastering the basics of selling on eBay. Remember, you\u2019ll want to build a solid foundation and become an expert at the fundamentals before taking on fancier skills.<\/p>\n

Premium:<\/strong> Once you’ve established yourself as a solid option in the small-to-medium-sized business category, you\u2019re ready to open up a premium store at $49.95 USD a month. It\u2019s a big jump in subscription costs but opens you up to things like free traffic reports and customer support available at any hour of the day or night.<\/p>\n

Anchor<\/strong> This third type of store is sort of a cross between a necessity and a nice extra. It costs quite<\/em> a bit more at $299.95 USD a month, so like platinum credit cards, the only people for whom this option will be worthwhile are those who do serious traffic each month. However, if this is you, you\u2019ll get perks like up to 10,000 newsletters to email out each month, no fees for owning a Selling Manager Pro account, getting some solo time in the \u2018Shop eBay Stores\u2019 section of the site, and more.<\/p>\n

You’ve Got a Brand You Want to Show Off to the World<\/h2>\n

Although there are many types of sellers, let\u2019s simplify them into one of two kinds: those who just want to sell products and make money, and those who want to imprint their own personality on the selling process. For the latter category of sellers, owning your own eBay store lets you fiddle around with things like logos, fonts and templates.<\/p>\n

The downside is a bit of a learning curve as you step away from the comfy confines of eBay\u2019s proven product, and move into the territory of attracting greater visibility with your own style. The best sellers in the world (and we\u2019re not talking about just those who sell online) are the ones who have come up with their own brands \u2014 the Apples, Beats headphones and Lexuses of the world. And really, the vast majority of eBay store owners are the ones who fall into this category, otherwise, they\u2019d probably just choose the easier option of having the design already laid out for them.<\/p>\n

Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n

Ooh, we forgot to mention one other thing of knowing when it\u2019s the right time to open your own eBay store: when you\u2019re selling enough items to warrant the necessity of using eBay repricing software. As part of RepricerExpress<\/a>, you can get this benefit and start streamlining your sells into higher profits. Go ahead, try it out for free for 15 days<\/a> to see just how fabulously it works for you.<\/p>\n

\"eBay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just about everyone who sells online started off the same way: in baby steps, putting up a few products and finding success \u2014 and then leveraging that into their own store. But RepricerExpress knows that as simple as that sounds, there\u2019s actually a pretty big leap between the two and much of your success will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ebay","category-news","category-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nWhen's the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three things to consider before you decide to set up an eBay store. The first rule of opening your own eBay store is to actually be selling enough items...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When's the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three things to consider before you decide to set up an eBay store. The first rule of opening your own eBay store is to actually be selling enough items...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RepricerExpress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/repricerexpress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-11T09:14:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-31T15:18:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"880\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"587\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Seamus Breslin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Seamus Breslin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Seamus Breslin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3a136b67199cecf1cc48ce34d50ef4bc\"},\"headline\":\"When’s the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-11T09:14:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-31T15:18:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/\"},\"wordCount\":727,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"eBay\",\"News\",\"Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/\",\"name\":\"When's the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-11T09:14:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-31T15:18:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Three things to consider before you decide to set up an eBay store. The first rule of opening your own eBay store is to actually be selling enough items...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png\",\"width\":880,\"height\":587,\"caption\":\"Amazon Sponsored Products\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"eBay\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"When’s the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/\",\"name\":\"RepricerExpress\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RepricerExpress\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RepricerExpress-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RepricerExpress-Logo.png\",\"width\":490,\"height\":83,\"caption\":\"RepricerExpress\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/repricerexpress\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/repricerexpress\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/repricer.express\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/repricerexpress\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3a136b67199cecf1cc48ce34d50ef4bc\",\"name\":\"Seamus Breslin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e136e11504f3e39bb710499fa505d85231f8ab8a5cbed323a3c0d834e726345b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e136e11504f3e39bb710499fa505d85231f8ab8a5cbed323a3c0d834e726345b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Seamus Breslin\"},\"description\":\"Designer, marketer and all things ecommerce related.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/author\/seamusbreslin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"When's the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?","description":"Three things to consider before you decide to set up an eBay store. The first rule of opening your own eBay store is to actually be selling enough items...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"When's the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?","og_description":"Three things to consider before you decide to set up an eBay store. The first rule of opening your own eBay store is to actually be selling enough items...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/","og_site_name":"RepricerExpress","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/repricerexpress","article_published_time":"2016-04-11T09:14:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-31T15:18:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":880,"height":587,"url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Seamus Breslin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Seamus Breslin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/"},"author":{"name":"Seamus Breslin","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3a136b67199cecf1cc48ce34d50ef4bc"},"headline":"When’s the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?","datePublished":"2016-04-11T09:14:24+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-31T15:18:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/"},"wordCount":727,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png","articleSection":["eBay","News","Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/","url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/","name":"When's the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png","datePublished":"2016-04-11T09:14:24+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-31T15:18:50+00:00","description":"Three things to consider before you decide to set up an eBay store. The first rule of opening your own eBay store is to actually be selling enough items...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/amazon-webstore-5-steps.png","width":880,"height":587,"caption":"Amazon Sponsored Products"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay-store\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"eBay","item":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/ebay\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"When’s the Right Time to Set Up an eBay Store?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/","name":"RepricerExpress","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#organization","name":"RepricerExpress","url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RepricerExpress-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RepricerExpress-Logo.png","width":490,"height":83,"caption":"RepricerExpress"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/repricerexpress","https:\/\/x.com\/repricerexpress","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/repricer.express\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/repricerexpress"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3a136b67199cecf1cc48ce34d50ef4bc","name":"Seamus Breslin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e136e11504f3e39bb710499fa505d85231f8ab8a5cbed323a3c0d834e726345b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e136e11504f3e39bb710499fa505d85231f8ab8a5cbed323a3c0d834e726345b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Seamus Breslin"},"description":"Designer, marketer and all things ecommerce related.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/author\/seamusbreslin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repricerexpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}