Step 1: Register on eBay
The first step towards setting your foot in eBay storefront is to register your selling account. If you are using eBay as a buyer, still requires you to register a different account as a seller.
Step 2: Choose subscription package
Once you get registered selling account for your store, you need to choose a subscription package. The basic package will cost you $15.95 each month which includes basic features like free images, nominal listing fees, and basic business reporting. Next is the premium package costing $49.95 each month which include free images, nominal listing fees, advanced business reporting, and use of business management application. If you intend to make money selling products on eBay and willing to invest some amount to get better results then this is the ideal package. Last is the $299.95 package which includes free images, nominal listing fees, advanced business reporting, use of business management application and use of marketing and customization tools to help your business to take to new horizon eBay-store
Step 3: Design your storefront layout
Next is to create your storefront layout. You can either choose from the available template or design according to your choice. Select detailed display settings to make your products listed in the storefront. You can categorize your products for a better display. Create customized web pages to display special features, promote and sell your products. Designing is the subject of creativity and hence you need to add creativity where visitors are pleased to catch hold to view listed products and ultimately buy products from your storefront.
Step 4: Promotion of your storefront
Once you have designed the layout of your storefront, you need to carefully list your products. You need to promote your storefront along with the available products. You can use SEO/SEM strategy, email marketing, article marketing and affiliate marketing. It’s time to know everyone about your eBay store, its products, schemes and latest arrivals.
Step 5: Managing inventory
Once you have designed your storefront, listed and promoted all products, it’s time to maintain inventory. You need to create flattery and tempting descriptions for each product, post images and pictures of each product and post them at a suitable place. Ensure that your web store looks attractive to your potential consumer base.
Step 6: Tracking your sales
Maintaining and managing your eBay store is just like managing your small traditional business. You need to keep track of your sales. eBay business reporting tool is a wonderful tool that shows what people look for and from where they have referred to your web store. The reporting tool also tells you about who is buying what. This is important information to decide on what you should stock in and what you should exhaust, revise your current marketing and promotional strategy. Tracking will help you to analyze and take important decisions to get better sales from your eBay storefront.
Recommended : Read our previous article on eBay Scams
Above are simple steps that you can follow to set up your virtual storefront. Don’t you feel that it is quite simple and easy to build up online storefront than traditional physical storefront? Then open your eBay store today.
1 Comments