Hi As long as you do not post actual store items you can do that. Then our store will be your showcase but only auctions will be in the showcase. Regular, fixed or Dutch items would be in the showcase but to list store items requires a ebay store subscription.
So just to clarify that I'm on the same page here. If I cancel my eBay store and just use the Auctiva store, I can only list items that are on auction not store items? I had also hoped to get rid of my eBay store and just using Auctiva but if I can only feature auction items then that wont do me any good.
eBay fees are costing me more then what I'm earning. Between the insertion fee, the monthly fees, the final value fees and paypal fees, there's not much left.
The Auctiva store is not necessarily a replacement for your eBay store, so you certainly may want to continue with your eBay Stores subscription even though your now have an Auctiva store. Your Auctiva store is a customizable storefront that displays all of your active eBay listings at any given time, and can be reached by clicking the link on the bottom-right of your scrolling gallery,
While your eBay store also displays all of your active eBay listings at any given time, it can be reached by the “Visit My Store” link that eBay places in your auctions and, most importantly, even if you have an Auctiva store, an eBay store is still required to post “store item” format listings, which are “Buy it Now” only, entail extended listing durations, and are charged according to the eBay Stores fee structure.
I'm UK based and I've been thinking about opening an ebay store. I have 100's of car magazines I'm selling through ebay. Am I correct in thinking that if I list store items through auctiva they will be listed in SIF (shop inventory format). Is this a less expensive way to list ?
I believe in SIF though are not searchable so would this make them hard to find for visitors ?
Posts: 9 | Location: Derby UK | Registered: October 05, 2007
Yes, when you list your items through Auctiva, they still show up in your eBay store as normal.
Rsmini1071,
Yes, if you select "store item" as your sale type when listing a given item through Auctiva, iit would be posted in the store inventory format. Store inventory items entail smaller insertion fees, higher final value fees, and are not displayed in normal search results.
My jury is still out on whether the eBay store inventory format is worthwhile considering the auction insertion fees for media are lower than standard item insertion fees.
Lower insertion, higher FVF are ok for lower value iems if the items are actually found in the first place !
P.S. SIF are searchable once the buyer has found where to set it up, something like two levels down on the search customisation setup. In otherwords eBay only want auctions and know that most buyers will not either know or be able to configure thier searches that well.
Posts: 1884 | Location: England, UK | Registered: June 13, 2007
My jury returns the verdict of death by misadventure, an eBay store does not work for my magazines even though they can sell pretty well by auction the monthly shop fees (basic) are in my mind a waste of money.
Reasons :- 1) The Auctiva store front can use header pictures saving me gallery fees
2) Shop inventory format is virtually invisible, even during the two recent half price promotions here in the UK I sold less than 1% of those listed and sold many more on auction !
3) After straight eBay searches I appear to get more hits from my Auctiva store front than my eBay store
So that's it had enough of the eBay store facility.
Regarding the Auctiva store front I wish the store search facility could avoid picking up a sub-string match. When I want a whole word to be found delimited by spaces I do not want the specified combination of letters buried within a word to trigger a match. Any chance of that tweak being done ?
Posts: 1884 | Location: England, UK | Registered: June 13, 2007
It would be helpful if this was explained at the outset. I have an ebay store and decided I liked the Auctiva setup, templates etc. So I purchased a domain name and set up the store,or at least tried to, only to find that the store does not replace the ebay store but hides itself in a posted listing!! So now I have my ebay store name and an Auctiva name that Auctiva insists it seems to using the default,. Any suggestions here would be welcome. Did I make an error somewhere along the way?
It would be helpful if this was explained at the outset.
I'm afraid that the information is widely posted on these boards.
A domain name is not a prerequiste to an Auctiva store as it is only another window, lets say, on your eBay items, however using it with the Auctiva tools and image hosting is extremely cost effective when you become practised in using them.
If you believed you were misled I would suggest you contact Auctiva support before you start using it and explain, they may just cancel it for you, depends on the small print. I preferred to buy a domain name from outside because I beleive Auctiva retain ownership of the domain name they sell and so it cannot be used for any other purpose. Perhaps a regular here can confirm this please.
Alternatively I suggest you start a new thread to ask others how to use the domain name effectively.
Since I last wrote on this thread I like many others have had enough of eBay and am now selling 99% of my items elsewhere so I cannot really advise much further.
Posts: 1884 | Location: England, UK | Registered: June 13, 2007
Not a reply but a question about opening an Auctiva store. I know there is a cost for an eBay store but I could not find anything about a cost for Auctiva. Is there one? How much? Thanks much.
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