I've been seeing lately where Ebay has lowered their fees and that potentially a slew of Etsians are going to selling over at Ebay. I, myself am not sure what exactly sure what I want to do. I know Ebay is lowering their fees, but the duration of Ebay's listing period maxes out at 10 days where as Etsy let's you list an item for maximum of 4 months. Listing on Ebay will definitely get a seller more views and recognition, but you gamble with the idea of your listing expiring before you sell in a shorter time frame. Etsy has spurts from what I've come to realize, where sales peak. Over a 4 month period you could potentially sell a good bit depending on these spurts. On Etsy there's a lot of promoting and self advertising to do, on Ebay not as much.
Which one do you prefer or has had the most success on?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Ebay vs Etsy...is it really even a competition?
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Cute!
While ebay is lowering their listing fees, they are now charging upwards of 8% of your final sale price now. That doesn't really sound much cheaper to me, save a quarter to list and then loose way more of your end bid price. I won't ever go back to selling my handmade items on ebay. You have great cards, I definitely think that etsy is the better place for you. Your cards are great!
I see you point totally tallgiraffe. Thanx so much for the compliment on my cards.
I think you need to consider the realiability and ease of use of ebay compared to Etsy too. I've only been using Etsy for a few months but the number of problems and bugs I have encountered have me seriously considering going back to ebay. I guess you get what you pay for.
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