Ebay is definitely worth doing if you tweak it correctly. Doing a lot of expensive auctions, never worked for me. I use Ebay to establish a base of customers and then I bring them into my own website which of course has no fees or commissions. I also don;t like spending a tremendous amount of time listing items manually. I have a dbase and I load auctions from my dbase, meaning I only have to catalogue items once throughout their lifetime. I know people who manually list itmes on Ebay and other services and it's way too time-consuming and tedious for me to do that. You've got to play with it for a while and see what works for you. There are other selling boards and services out there but they haven't been profitable or advantageous for me. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of All About Movies Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 12:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] OT is eBay worth getting involved with Hi all I am keen to get the opinions of the dealers out there that either are on eBay now or have been or possibly revisiting. I have have sold a few posters over the past years but not alot due to the time taken to have mass volumes up for sale. I also run a DVD business (since 1995) via my own website (Australia's largest database of every movie or documentary ever released in Australia onto video or DVD). Sort of like an IMDB of video and DVD pertaining to Australia.Hence why you can see eBay comes second. >From what I read it would seem most dealers "put up" with eBay (fleabay) because unless you have a huge amount of money to invest in your own website such as Bruce or Grey then it is either eBay or your own site. If you look around the DVD industry which is highly competitive, alot of big players have eBay as well as there own websites which would suggest even in a very very competitive industry such as DVD, there is life in eBay. However with the recent shipping final fee controversy, is this the final nail in the coffin (fee wise) for some and thus poster sellers are leaving or is there still life in eBay yet for someone considering to re-enter it with posters? Look forward to hearing some words of wisdom from experienced folk Kind Regards Ben Wadley Ph:07 33798566 Fax: 07 33798128 Po Box 2135, Graceville, 4075 www.allaboutmovies.com.au Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
