eBay Selling

There have been several news stories lately, most notably a huge CNN spread, about eBay sellers who leave the site and open their own Web stores. This proves to be a fantastic move for a lot of sellers, apparently. I do know of one seller who makes just as much with her own site as she does with her eBay sales, and both are extremely respectable amounts.

But, is this idea really practical for most eBay sellers? Isn’t the marketing involved likely to kill a good bit of the profit, not to mention the time it takes for a store to gain a following. It seems to me that most sellers who try to migrate their inventory will likley not find the same number of customers that they did on eBay.

If you do think you’d like to leave the site, do read the CNN story . It’s an inspiring look at five sellers who left the site and struck out on their own. All have been wildly successful away from eBay.

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