| Your eBay Shop |
Other Web Shops |
| Exposes your merchandise to millions of eBay buyers. |
Receive limited buyer exposure. |
| Offers benefit from association with the eBay brand — one of the most recognised Internet brands in the world. |
Offer limited brand association. |
| Offers the ability to increase your eBay feedback rating. Develop your professional reputation and earn your buyer's trust. |
Receive no eBay feedback. |
| Helps you save with lower subscription fees. |
Have higher subscription fees. |
| Your eBay Shop |
About Me page |
Contains all of your items: fixed price and auction.
Benefits of fixed price: create a single listing to sell multiple quantities of an item; buyers can then purchase multiple quantities of an item in one transaction. |
Can only display your auction items. |
| Lets you create custom categories to help your buyers browse for items within your Shop. |
Has no customised categories. |
| Offers a search engine so buyers can search through your items. |
Has no search engine. |
| Gives you an easy, customisable template to build your eBay Shop. |
Has no templates for building an eBay Shop. Although, the About Me page provides you with a choice of three templates where you can include the page title, a welcome message, your feedback and your auction items for sale. |
| Your eBay Shop is included in the eBay Shop Directory for further exposure to buyers. |
There is no central About Me directory for buyers. |
| Instant checkout appeals to new buyers. |
No checkout functionality. |
Must use Buy It Now and PayPal.