David, As an individual who already knows your website, I would prefer to buy direct from that website.
That said, I am also a past small business owner. And Peter makes a great point regarding the advertising exposure regarding ebay. The ebay expense could be regarded as an advertising expense. I am an example of that. Eight years ago I did not own a single model train of any kind. After once mentioning that I had American Flyer as a kid, my wife found them for sale on ebay - which I had never been on at that point. I had no idea American Flyer trains still existed, and assumed they all were in trash cans many years prior. I now have well over 100 locomotives and my interests have migrated more to scale. I suspect that I am not the only one that is into this hobby and knows about your website because of ebay... But then, how does one know about your website solely by ebay shopping, as apparently your website can not be listed on ebay ads? I suspect that is thru your presence on Yahoo Groups. --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > Hi David; > > If I know someone has a website, I'm just as happy buying directly. The only > question is how much advertising exposure do you get through your Ebay store? > If most of the customers there are new, then how do you replace that > advertising? > > If most are repeat customers, the only question becomes getting them to go to > your website instead. > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Fri, 1/20/12, David <reujan2000@...> wrote: > > Do to the rising cost and anti-small business sentiment associated with the > EBAY ORGANIZATION we are considering closing our EBAY STORE or at least > scaling it way back. It is getting to the point, do to EBAY'S ever increasing > fees and regulations, that in future our clients will be paying more for > their items at EBAY than at our web site at www.lbrenterprisesllc.com We have > the same items their and a whole lot more (more than 900 items) and, except > where noted, we have FREE SHIPPING. Plus you may still use PAY PAL to pay for > your purchases or, unlike EBAY, you can pay by check or money order. > We are asking you to reply to this email with your thoughts on this move as > we always think about our clients well being NOT EBAY'S profits. > Thank you all for your continuing support. > > "The Crew At LBR" > www.lbrenterprisesllc.com > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
