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We asked our design team at iBusinessLogic to create this five star service eBay customer service for our own eBay Store because rather than plant negative ideas or images in our customers minds about feedback on eBay, we would rather have them thinking about the 5 Star DSR ratings we hope to earn on each and every transaction.

As a service to our clients and our readers we would like to offer this logo to eqach and every one who sells on eBay for your use under a creative commons license. This means you can use it, as long as you refer back to us when asked where you the logo came from. The logo is hosted on our Flickr account and the code is available there, but we will paste the actual code in a box below.

Please use this free 5 Star eBay customer service logo for all of your listings! (remember - you will have to remove any links from your eBay listings before the end of next month).

Contact us if you are in need of web, blog, eBay Stores or graphics design...

http://iBusinessLogic.com

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Market analysts and eBay sellers themselves recommended the lower fee structure and it looked as though eBay was listening. We have all read in many industry magazines and blogs about the new lower listing fees in the future... It was all spin...

eBay has taken on the panache of a high powered political campaign. Leaking stories about fee reductions and changes in search while a changing of the guard at the CEO position is orchestrated. This was and is a very nifty piece of politicly styled spin. It worked for awhile, but now the truth is out.

While auctions listed with a starting price of less than $1 will cost 15 cents in Insertion fees (down from the current 20 cents), eBay will no longer allow sellers to list items in fixed-price format for under $1.

• Final Value Fees increases are larger than expected - more than offsetting the small reduction in listing fees.
• Items that sell for under $25 are currently charged 5.25% of the closing value - this will be increased to 8.75%.
• The FVF for items that sell for between $25.01 - $1,000 are currently 5.25% of the initial $24, plus 3.25% of the remaining closing value balance; this will change to 8.75% and 3.5%,
• Store Inventory listing Final Value Fees will rise from 10% to 12% for items that sell for $25 and less.
• For Store Inventory items that sell for between $25 and $1,000, the fees will be 12.00% of the initial $25.00, plus 8.00% of the remaining closing value balance.
• Reserve fees will no longer be refundable if the item sells.
• The Good News is.... Drumroll Please...Gallery Fees are no longer charged!

Will the reduction, small as it may be, of initial listing fees help your overall bottom line costs when the increase of almost 3.5% is added to your final value fees?  Even with the removal of a gallery fee, a 3.5% hike in final value may be hard to swallow.

We all will benefit from the initial reductions, but the compensation on the back end seems a bit extreme.

eBay sellers should always be aware of the value they receive from listing items on eBay while at the same time being aware that eBay is a business, and they are in the business to make money. We still feel that even with these recent fee changes, there is no better place to advertise your products and your brand than in an eBay store.  You may need to be even more diligent about how you go about doing this however.  Make sure you have tight controls on your eBay listing habits and know your cost per unit sold before launching any new eBay inventory.

For your convenience we have included all of the details of the new fee changes below. Please refer to these graphics as released by eBay today as the real fee structure moving forward.

eBay Stores Search Exposure Announcement

We know it is sometimes difficult for eBay management to comprehend, but eBay stores are the main reason most smart marketers are paying eBay fees. Sure the fees in the stores are not as much of a sure thing for eBay as the listing fees for auction style listing is... But if eBay were to promote the stores sellers more consistently within eBay's main listings, (Google promotes eBay stores sellers just fine outside of eBay)... It is quite possible a higher percentage of stores listing will sell, resulting in final value fees for eBay.

Now what could be wrong with that?

Comments are gladly accepted...

Richard Carpenter - Owner of Cornerstone is very pleased with the immediate and verifiable advertising exposure already generated by the site. "We have already had inquirys from professional carpet cleaners in other states asking about purchasing our best Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning machine packages and we do not even have any of them listed in the eBay store yet". "I am really excited about all of the exposure this eBay store".

When asked about the process of getting all of the design work done and items installed, Richard Carpenter said "Scott Pooler has taken care of the entire process, from photographing our products to designing our eBay store and store header they way we wanted it, to setting up our auction management software. Scott has worked closely with my daughter Connie to get it done. I couldn't be more pleased because all I had to do was answer a few questions and continue to run my business".

Richard and Connie at Cornerstone opted to use the AuctionLogic software suite to manage thier auctions.

"The software makes it easy to organize all of our products and get them ready to launch on eBay as store items or auctions" Connie Carpenter said. "I have over 100 item SKU's and descriptions ready to go, we just have to get our pictures and we will be the largest store of our kind on eBay soon". "I can see that managing over 500 items in an eBay store would be a nightmare without a software management program of some kind".

Connie will be very pleased with the automatic item re-listing features in AuctionLogic with that many items running concurrently on eBay.

The team at Cornerstone is also excited about the prospect of selling used consignment merchandice for regular customers.

Richard Carpenter said, "Scott told me I could up-sell my customers by offering to list thier used items on eBay if they purchase a new machine from me. It's a great idea, because I don't have to use any operating capital for trade in equipment and my customers are interested in the idea of getting value for thier used equipment while upgrading to my best machines and tools".

Cornerstone still has to build positive feedback for their new eBay store but with a solid retail location and business reputation and hundreds of niche items to sell, it should not take long...

Afterall they did make thier first eBay sale on the first day of operations with no eBay feedback.

Call Scott Pooler at iBusinessLogic / All Business Auctions to learn about the benefits of an eBay store for your business.

727-596-6900

Frooition's incredible eBay store design - Pirate PartyOriginally uploaded by All Business Auctions

As you can tell from previous posts I am very enthusiastic about our affiliation with the premier eBay stores designer in Europe and the U.K. - Frooition.

One of the most impressive aspects of the Frooition design of an eBay store is the cross selling capability.

With a eBay stores design powered by Frooition, your store will have features not found in any other advanced or eBay supplied stores package. Your listings will cross sell other listings and your categories will promote other categories - all automatically. Changes can be made on the fly and it all integrates seamlessly with the eBay API.

I am sure I will have ample opportunity to extol the virtues of Frooition here and on our iBusinesslogic.com website in the future. For now, please read the Frooition blog post below, visit their site at www.frooition.com and check out the amazing designs and functionality they have built in to the system.

We are proud to help Frooition and our clients with this incredible package. If you do give them a ring, please tell em Scott Pooler at All Business Auctions sent ya!

At Frooition we are lucky enough to design with such concepts as the Pirate Party Store. With a swashbuckling theme tune to the website and a matching pirate eBay shop design, it is a delight to see these designs come together. I am sure they have recruited plenty of shipmates since the design was installed!

There products include games, activities, chocolates, decorations and even beach party accessories!

Link to a full screen shot of the Pirate Party Store eBay Shop Design

Tags: eBay Design, ebay shop design, frooition e-commerce, website design

Uploaded by All Business Auctions on 27 Nov 07, 12.51AM EST.