Would you prefer Amazon or ebay store to list ALL your products?

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If I have MANY products, should I go for Amazon or Ebay store to list them. I think I can only afford to use one type store plan for now. Please let me know your opinions.
Pro and Cons.

Thank you for any replies!

Tan
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  • I have tried an Amazon store many time, and have not had very much success from it. In fact, on one of my websites, I incorporated an Amazon store into the web page itself. However, I ran into a problem with Google, on the basis that, this is not original content.

    The only time I use an Amazon store now is as a pop-up window. I try to post some good content, and then, try to work an Amazon store into my page that is related to the content of my page. To see an example of what I am talking about, visit Good Food and Food Ideas | Foodmazing.com, and look at the menu item entitled, "Kitchen Store".

    What I have said here is what I learned from talking to an Amazon representative.
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    • BOTH. Do you have product ID's for your products? Then just list them for sale on amazon. If not, you can list them for sale on amazon under "everything else". Don't pay for an amazon store. Also post them for sale on ebay. There are no listing fee's for up to $5,000 in listings on ebay unless they sell.

      Personally, I have my products for sale on Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, Zazzle, my website and a tab on facebook. I feel that saturating just gives you more exposure.
  • I would sell on both the platforms.test the market keep good records and and then see where the most sales are and the most profit, and then just rinse and repeat.
  • Thank you all for the advices. The listing fee is what killing the margins, so I thought if I have for instants having more than a thousand products to list.Using Amazon paid plan will allow me to post unlimited products with lower fee, while ebay will allow up to 500 free listings + lower final value fee. Both seem on par with each other in term of cost. That is why I want to know if it is feasible to list on Amazon or ebay with paid plan...Or I can just list them all without paid plan at both store.

    Thank you!
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    • Your comment here concerns me - primarily because not only are costs predictable BEFORE you list, but so are profits.

      In fact, you should ONLY list items that are profitable and not 'guess' as to which ones will do well.

      In addition, store costs are justified when you have a certain number of items.

      32 items in total justify a basic store subscription because your listing fees would total the insertion fees.

      600 would justify a premium store because of the same reason

      6000 would justify an Anchor store for the same reason. (Previous subscription plus the previous listing fees even though these numbers change all the time) It used to be that you needed 16 THOUSAND items to justify the cost of an anchor store.

      But, you should sell 100% of your items for a profit as the strategy and format to list them is known PRIOR to listing them.

      Which would also beg the question: "How many of your listings are profitable on eBay?" Because then you can list them in all Good til cancelled, multiple quantity listings' to have them in perpetuity.

      The views to actions ratio on them would skyrocket and your listings would sell like crazy, pushing your competition out of the water over time.

      Remember, you don't have to be the cheapest, you just have to be the best.

      Many people make that very common mistake - where they believe 'lowering the price increases turnover'. That's not the case. RANKING HIGHER increases turnover when SOLD the right way.

      You have something potentially very exciting here.

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  • You can use Amazon and eBya for sale your product, but it will be more helpful if you have your own store as well.

    You can sale product in less price what you are selling on Amazon and eBay so that people will see your product on Amazon and eBay but most of the people will buy it from your store.

    You can link your Amazon and eBay store with you Web store.

    These days so many eCommerce platform are in the market you can choose right one and design your own store at very competitive price
  • I'd try listing everything on both with unpaid plans, then wait a month or two to see what works better- than go with that.
  • i buy on both so I don't see any reason why you should limit your consumer's choice. The only hindrance is when you don't have much time to do both.
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    • There are ways to test both to see what converts better.

      Obviously with eBay, you don't need a pro plan, just wait for them to do a free listing and test it out that way, save some of your margin.

      If you are not on a Pro plan with Amazon, you have to have UPC's that are existing in the system to be able to list. But if you have UPC's that are already listed, go ahead and test those over time.

      My only advice, if you have products that are not currently selling on Amazon and you think they will sell well, avoid selling on Amazon. If you have a good product that sells well, Amazon will back door you to the supplier.

      Like others have said, to get the most margin and control over your customer, setting up your own ecommerce store is what I would consider doing. It is not expensive, a platform like BigCommerce will only run you 25 bucks a month for 100 products and lets you plug into eBay to autolist there.
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  • I like amazon. Amazon does not "'disadvantage"' sellers, as eBay does, by moving them down in the results when shoppers perform a search.
  • Both the platforms are very good for the product listing. But I will choose the Amazon
  • Also - what people are saying is correct with a mailing list. When people buy from you, you can link your Paypal account to an auto-opt in account such as aWeber.

    From there, you can do email marketing to your website.

    eBay only cares that your INITIAL sale is on your website - but from there, they don't care what you do with YOUR customers. It's a GREAT list-building tool, and something NO one does, unfortunately.

    Retarget your audience with something incredible engaging and you'll enjoy a TON of sales.

    That's the great thing about having Paypal as a payment platform with aWeber integration.
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    • What Retargeting tool do you use or have had success with?
  • Regarding both of them , I actually believe that the mobile app for both is better than the website. But I would definitely go with Amazon because of the fact that they are a company with history and their image is quite good lately, with all the new acquirings they're making, not to mention self products.

    I hope you make the right decision,
    Best of luck!
  • Ecom newbie here. This may be a stupid question, but what is the advantage of getting a paid plan with amazon or ebay?
  • Thanks again for the reply. I already calculated all the profits for my ecommerce store. It is just that ebay and amazon fee will decrease margin greatly with their fee. As Moneymaker mentioned, ebay decreased your ranking as opposed to Amazon. Hmm...Tough decision.
  • I use amazon as ebay is too expensive to list products when you list in bulk. Bonanza is a good alternative but you don't get as much sales from there
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  • Definitely both of them. Analyze after a few months and adjust accordingly.
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    • Both good options. Just start with one and add the other later.
      I have an Amazon store and just FYI if you are matching to existing listings is big quantities be very careful that you are matching to the exact product. It's like the wild west out there is some product categories (Grocery)
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