I agree with Bruce about the cost being low at the start - it's about
getting market share and then dictating the terms and the prices when
they have you locked in (fortunately no one here just uses eBay to sell
their products through... ;-) )
But Facebook is here to stay, they will (continue to) offer plenty of
new services and add-ons that will continue to grow their share of the
online business, some will work, some will not, and despite their poor
share market start they have proved they can generate income and profit
and their share prices have reflected it. Companies will continue to use
them as a means of marketing themselves and their products - hell with a
billion members only a fool would ignore that sort of potential audience.
My main worry is, and as I have said elsewhere, will your Facebook shop
be found? SEO plays a key (Search Engine Optimisation) does anyone
search for a business etc on Facebook? Perhaps one day you will, who
knows. Type 'Vintage Movie Posters' in Google and check the results, now
do the same in Facebook - I have no idea the results but was that the
result you were looking for?
I have advertised on Facebook, do I care you (the royal you not the
Bruce you) think there are too many adverts? Hell no! Every time I spend
money on Facebook I generate a solid ROI. I haven't yet found a
newspaper that has no ads, or a specialist magazine that doesn't promote
a specialist supplier.
I've said it before and I say it again, anyone can have an online
presence, making it work for you is the trick and believe me it's hard
work and it will cost money. Facebook, eBay, Google Shopping etc etc
it's here to stay because it's the way the world works now and it will
work but as the old bumper sticker said: Gas, Grass, Or Ass - No One
Rides For Free.
David Rew
Bruce Hershenson did previously state on 13/06/2014 8:42 AM:
In my opinion, they will get these going at a really low cost. Then
they will get people with business pages to switch over. Then the
price will rise and rise and rise and rise. Meanwhile the site will
get even more cluttered with ads, and young people will continue to
desert the site in droves, leaving the retirees and shut-ins. Then the
"next big thing" will come along, and everyone will say "Remember
Facebook"?
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Posteropolis <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I’ve been holding back, mainly because of Facebook’s recent
practice of throttling the reach of FB business pages, which would
also affect any store you set up.
I happen to know Shopify because my website is built on their
platform. Overall I’m happy with it but I have noticed (this is
common these days for companies like this) that the level of
customer support is starting to erode. Also, despite promises to
the contrary, you get virtually no help with marketing and search
engine optimization, other than pointing you to a series of videos
that tell you things you probably already know.
So I’m sceptical and see it as another grab for fees by both
companies. Doesn’t mean I might not try it, though, at least as an
experiment. Any additional presence online is a good thing if it
builds your relationships with your customers and brings you
sales. Multi-platform is the way to go, obviously. Besides the
website and Facebook, I have a presence on eBay, Amazon and Etsy,
as well as accounts on Tumblr, Flickr, Pinterest and Twitter. It
can suck up a lot of your time when you’re a one-man band like me,
but there really is no other choice in this day and age if you
have limited resources and want to reach people.
Dave
Posteropolis Vintage Movie Posters
http://www.posteropolis.com/
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