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"Christina Peterson" wrote in message news:1060569417.424445@prawn... You know, I go to eBay to find new glassworkers, etc. You've got to do a lot of scanning to find something, and then I usually make a guess as to whether I want to see other things by the same artist. I would imagine something similar could be accomplished by listings of artists who sell their own works. It could be divided by type of work, and perhaps also by region or state. Does Wet Canvas do that? It wouldn't be hard to set up a site that would feature a group of artists, but the trick is in getting the large numbers of buyers to come in to the site. Laura |
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I sell on eBay mostly because that's where I get the best prices for my
work. I put items in my eBay store for those who want buy it now without the auction hassle. I have auctions for those who like auctions. I use my website as a gateway to my storefront. It's an easy way to get the traffic and customer exposure I need, and it's relatively inexpensive when you consider how much it is to advertise these days. eBay has a huge customer base, and that's what I need. I don't get the same prices at Justbeads or any other auction site, and I don't get the exposure at my web site. I get *some* exposure at the web site, but not enough to justify making it my only venue. And it's a pain to update. Hope this helps! -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net so many of the people here have gone to only selling on E-bay. can i ask why? because i don't do E-bay. which means that being able to buy is getting more difficult, when i go to a website and it says something along the lines of "see my auctions on E-bay". any thoughts? ----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com (Jewelry) http://www.vickijean.com ----------- The Bill of Rights - Void where prohibited by Law. Regime Change in 2004 - The life you save may be your own. |
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Yep - I have an eBay storefront where people can just buy the items I have
without doing the auctions. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net If you go to the stores on eBay, you can usually just buy stuff. No bidding against other people. ]You can do that on eBay -- stick with the stores. ???????? i'm sorry - you'll have to 'splain that one, Lucy. ~~ Sooz ------- Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi I'm not a hamster, and life's not a wheel. --Sooz ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html |
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Unfortunately my cupboards are a tad bare right now until the concentrator
gets here (Tuesday I hope). -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net If you go to the stores on eBay, you can usually just buy stuff. No bidding against other people. For instance: Marjean's sto http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=1146230&ssPageName=L2 Kandice's sto http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=639620 None of these things are up for competitive bidding. It's all Buy It Now only. ~~ Sooz ------- Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi I'm not a hamster, and life's not a wheel. --Sooz ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html |
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The three day auctions keep her
stuff in one of those two places almost the whole time they are up, with less time for customers to shop around and maybe buy elsewhere. That's a very interesting observation, Laura! I think she might be on to something! Carol in SLC My new stuff: http://members.aol.com/carolinslc/emma.jpg |
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Because it's easier on eBay. Registering with eBay is very secure -
sometimes a whole lot more secure than sending money through snail mail these days. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net ]None of these things are up for competitive bidding. It's all Buy It Now only. okay - i'm still confused. to USE the "buy-it-now" you still have to register with E-bay, correct? Kandice only has finished pieces in her store and Marjean's store completely confuses me, because it says "buy-it-now", but then it says not to use E-bay's checkout. i KNOW i can just e-mail Nicole with items i need, but . . . i'll figure something out . . . my original question was why people abandoned selling on their own sites. ----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com (Jewelry) http://www.vickijean.com ----------- The Bill of Rights - Void where prohibited by Law. Regime Change in 2004 - The life you save may be your own. |
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Been there done that. Remember Eclectic Beadery? It was well done and had
a lot of talent (still does) but it's hard to get customers. It took so much of my time that I didn't have time to make beads. Most of that time was devoted to maintaining the site and advertising. And we didn't get a lot of business, because good advertising costs money. Most artists do not have the means to maintain and advertise their own site enough to get enough customers to justify the cost. eBay does that for a fraction of the cost. The fees are very well worth it. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net You know, I go to eBay to find new glassworkers, etc. You've got to do a lot of scanning to find something, and then I usually make a guess as to whether I want to see other things by the same artist. I would imagine something similar could be accomplished by listings of artists who sell their own works. It could be divided by type of work, and perhaps also by region or state. Does Wet Canvas do that? It wouldn't be hard to set up a site that would feature a group of artists, but the trick is in getting the large numbers of buyers to come in to the site. Laura |
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I think there is a problem getting enough paying customers to a web site. To sell from a web site you have to deal with the web site, domain, and advertising. ahh - didn't realize this was what Vicki meant. I don't find having my own website that expensive. Additionally, if you are running a legitimate BUSINESS and keeping records and paying taxes on it - (like you should be.... ahem), then all of those expenses are totally deductible. I do a considerable amount of business direct from my website... more than 3/4 of my sales are from my website, I just do the "one off and unusual" stuff through my Justbeads.com auctions. Cheryl of A HREF="http://www.dragonbeads.com" DRAGON BEADS /A Flameworked beads and glass http://www.dragonbeads.com/ |
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No - that would be fee avoidance - a major no-no on eBay. If I did this, I
could get kicked off, and that would be a bad thing for me, sorry. If you see something of mine for sale on eBay, it should be purchased through eBay. eBay is fairly harmless for buyers. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net ]Yep - I have an eBay storefront where people can just buy the items I have ]without doing the auctions. so . . . i can e-mail you for them, rather than going through E-bay? ----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com (Jewelry) http://www.vickijean.com ----------- The Bill of Rights - Void where prohibited by Law. Regime Change in 2004 - The life you save may be your own. |
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Oh, yes. Lots.
-- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net ]Unfortunately my cupboards are a tad bare right now until the concentrator ]gets here (Tuesday I hope). ah - so beads WILL get added there???? cool! ----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com (Jewelry) http://www.vickijean.com ----------- The Bill of Rights - Void where prohibited by Law. Regime Change in 2004 - The life you save may be your own. |
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