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Title: Creating own website store & to not rely on only ebay store. Post by: WhatTheGox on May 20, 2015, 07:35:10 PM Wondered if anyone here has created their own website store & to not rely on ebay store. Bit of a random question i know... we dont seem to have a business section on this forum. Getting traffic seems to be the challenge + giving people the confidence to buy. I plan on using shopify unless its a bad idea? & hey they take bitcoin also!
Any tips tricks ideas would be handy, currently i sell clothing btw. I will keep ebay store open but try to channel traffic from it - not sure on what is against ebay TOS atm, any ideas for that? sending out a site advert leaflet with every sale wont be enough. & yes i am waiting on open bazaar also :) Title: Re: Creating own website store & to not rely on only ebay store. Post by: pedrog on May 20, 2015, 08:54:13 PM As far as I know you can have your own website and advertise it in your ebay store, don't know if you need to be a top seller to do so.
Magento, WooCommerce, great platforms, don't know how Shopify works, for choosing your ecommerce platform you should test a few. Do you want full control of your store or something already done and you pay a fee to use it? Title: Re: Creating own website store & to not rely on only ebay store. Post by: Vod on May 20, 2015, 08:57:24 PM I plan on using shopify unless its a bad idea? & hey they take bitcoin also! Why spend $30 a month? Try Opencart. Version 2 looks really good. Title: Re: Creating own website store & to not rely on only ebay store. Post by: Lethn on May 20, 2015, 09:12:28 PM While there are a couple of options out there to transfer to fiat your only real chance of making a truly independent store is in crypto but even then it's really only in alpha, nobody yet has managed to make any open source scripts or SCIs that are simple to use so you can create your own stores.
Title: Re: Creating own website store & to not rely on only ebay store. Post by: mayflor2 on May 21, 2015, 05:36:43 AM Wondered if anyone here has created their own website store & to not rely on ebay store. Bit of a random question i know... we dont seem to have a business section on this forum. Getting traffic seems to be the challenge + giving people the confidence to buy. I plan on using shopify unless its a bad idea? & hey they take bitcoin also! Any tips tricks ideas would be handy, currently i sell clothing btw. I will keep ebay store open but try to channel traffic from it - not sure on what is against ebay TOS atm, any ideas for that? sending out a site advert leaflet with every sale wont be enough. & yes i am waiting on open bazaar also :) There are a ton of solutions. Try woocommerce(for wordpress). Also, I like magento even though it is fairly resource intensive. Title: Re: Creating own website store & to not rely on only ebay store. Post by: WhatTheGox on May 21, 2015, 06:24:48 AM As far as I know you can have your own website and advertise it in your ebay store, don't know if you need to be a top seller to do so. Magento, WooCommerce, great platforms, don't know how Shopify works, for choosing your ecommerce platform you should test a few. Do you want full control of your store or something already done and you pay a fee to use it? I dont know the ebay rules, ive read you cant have a link to you store in the listing. Then i see listings like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1st-Class-Stamps-x-100-Mint-Sheets-Cheapest-on-ebay-Express-Postage/321677927694?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107083358%26meid%3D69fa8d6c167c403ba603c9f036572afa%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D181741361425 with link site wrote in the photo wtf. I want the store full built and easy to create, i would be willing to pay a fee if its good. I plan on using shopify unless its a bad idea? & hey they take bitcoin also! Why spend $30 a month? Try Opencart. Version 2 looks really good. thanks i will be checking that out right now, would be good to save the $30 sure. just needs to look top quality, shopify looked good i thought? While there are a couple of options out there to transfer to fiat your only real chance of making a truly independent store is in crypto but even then it's really only in alpha, nobody yet has managed to make any open source scripts or SCIs that are simple to use so you can create your own stores. i'd love to have it crypto only but not sure if i'd get the sales, i have a ton of womens stuff to sell also. its good to have as a payment option. Wondered if anyone here has created their own website store & to not rely on ebay store. Bit of a random question i know... we dont seem to have a business section on this forum. Getting traffic seems to be the challenge + giving people the confidence to buy. I plan on using shopify unless its a bad idea? & hey they take bitcoin also! Any tips tricks ideas would be handy, currently i sell clothing btw. I will keep ebay store open but try to channel traffic from it - not sure on what is against ebay TOS atm, any ideas for that? sending out a site advert leaflet with every sale wont be enough. & yes i am waiting on open bazaar also :) There are a ton of solutions. Try woocommerce(for wordpress). Also, I like magento even though it is fairly resource intensive. will check out your suggestions. Any tips on traffic? & i guess hostgator for hosting? Title: Re: Creating own website store & to not rely on only ebay store. Post by: Blackmet on May 27, 2015, 07:28:34 PM I plan on using shopify unless its a bad idea? & hey they take bitcoin also! Why spend $30 a month? Try Opencart. Version 2 looks really good. |