Buy it Now vs auctions on eBay

[rhettyeakley]

After a discussion about ebay stores here on the forum a few months ago I decided to give it a try to see if it was worth it. I gotta say that I have been pretty happy with my experience up to this point (kryvintage on ebay for those that don't recognize my ebay name as I was primarily a buyer there). I set what I feel are decent prices (not the 3-4X what I have seen similar cards selling for) and I have sold a lot over the last 60 days.

I used to sell quite a bit on ebay many years ago but I eventually developed my own website and began selling exclusively there (which I still do) and swore off ebay for a good 3-4 years. It has been great being able to turn over some inventory and liquidate some stuff I have had for a long time and use those funds to purchase things that are closer to my current focus.

I tend to factor in ebay fees as I am trying to set a decent price while not shooting for the moon (something seen way to often on ebay it seems). The upside of selling via the store is that I am never going to sell something I paid $100 for $20-30 as I have the power to directly conrol that aspect, on the flip side however you also won't get the occasional outragous prices you get when you have two people battling it out on a card they both need. The latter, it seems, was happening less and less these days anyways so I don't feel like I'm missing out on too much.

-Rhett