Finally the clothes are up.

[valis2]

*ginormous sigh of relief*

It only took countless photos, a new email account, new Paypal account, new eBay account, a new template, several hours checking out existing auctions, an hour of measurements, several hours with Photoshop, and several near-meltdowns.

And of course, there is always the impending feeling of doom. I doubt I'll make any money on this at all, especially after seeing the competition.

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[ook.livejournal.com]

I have a ton of stuff to list but just can't get into the mood to do it. Do you still have your store on eBay?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, the store is what keeps me at eBay, honestly. The auctions are doing horribly--the weather change has turned everything sour. Wah!

[ook.livejournal.com]

How does the store work? You pay a monthly fee and you can list as much as you want without having to worry about incurring additional fees? Are stores only for set-price and BIN? or can you have actual bidding auctions?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

The store charges 3¢ per listing, and they stay up for a month. It's BIN exclusively (though I think you can do Best Offers on the listings as well). It's $15.95 per month or something like that, and I've seen stores with thousands of items, so there must not be a limit. They have a higher FVF, which I think you knew already. I usually have about 100 items in the store.

I keep getting new emails for something called "ProStores" which seems to be eBay stores that aren't as integrated into eBay. Haven't checked into that yet. I assume it's an answer to Yahoo stores.

[ook.livejournal.com]

Is it 3 cents per listing no matter the BIN price? Like a $5 would be as much as a $75 dollar item>

I'm still waiting for the new changes on eBay to shake out. They are definitely heading in a direction that's very bad for small sellers. :(

I'm really pissed off that eBay is wrongfully trying to sue Craigslist for not allowing eBay to do a hostile takeover. >:(

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I believe it is 3¢ no matter what, but I might be crazy.

eBay is trying to sue Craigslist? OMG, they really are turning into the Evil Empire.

And wow--I actually already have a bid on the clothing! Even though my fb is zero and everything! And I have watchers! I'm totally boggling right now.