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Top 10 Reasons to Open a Shop!
 
OneBigger profits from increased sales and savings on insertion fees!
 
TwoYour Shop gives you credibility and polish, so buyers will know you are a serious merchant.
 
ThreeAll your eBay listings in one place - everything you list on eBay appears in your Shop.
 
FourNo more relisting! You have the opportunity to stock your Shop with the items you always want available to buyers - for longer durations.
 
FiveCustom Categories in your Shop make it even it even easier for your buyers to find exactly what they want.
 
SixAlways wanted your own Web address? You get one with your Shop!
 
SevenYou'll be able to sell more to interested buyers while they are looking at your items.
 
EightYou get your own search engine in your Shop - so buyers can stop searching and start finding (and buying).
 
NineWe'll promote your Shop for you and leave the easy stuff - like collecting all those revenues - to you.
 
 
1. Sellers, on average see a 25% increase in sales the three months after opening an eBay Shop*. In addition to selling more, you can also save money on listing fees. Shop Inventory listings only cost 5-cents for each 30-day period, plus Gallery is just 1-cents. Sellers who balance their Auctions and Fixed Price listings with Shop Inventory listings can save on total listing fees and thereby increase their sales and bottom line. Learn more about Shop Inventory listings! Learn more about Shop Inventory listings!

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2. A professional-looking Shop gives you credibility as an online retailer - and makes shopping easier for buyers. Having an eBay Shop strengthens your identity as a merchant who takes their business seriously, giving you an established, 'we're here to stay' appearance.

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3. Because everything you list on eBay appears in your Shop, your Shop is the best way to display your items and make it even easier for buyers to find exactly what they are looking for. Auctions, Fixed Price and Shop Inventory listings all appear in your Shop.

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4. Want to list for 30 days ... 90 days ... or Good 'Til Cancelled? Go for it using our Shop Inventory listings. Now you can list items you want to have on the site for extended or unlimited periods of time. Learn more about Shop Inventory listings!

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5. By creating Custom Categories in your eBay Shop, you can now group similar items together - thereby making it easier for your buyers to shop your Shop and find the items they want. Better yet, you get to decide which categories make the most sense for your items and your buyers. Set up your Custom Categories in the Shop Builder.

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6. When you open an eBay Shop, you'll receive your very own unique URL, built around your Shop's name. That's right! We do this for you, so you can get right down to business and drive buyers directly to your Shop. Learn more about how to promote your Shop to buyers.

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7. Using Shops' Merchandising Manager, you have precise control over the merchandising placements shown on your Bid and Checkout Confirmation pages-the pages your buyers see after placing a bid. eBay Shop sellers are the only sellers who get this type of control. Learn more!

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8. With your very own Search box within your Shop, buyers will be able to search through your items to find exactly what they want. There's no other way on eBay for buyers to do such searching - and finding.

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9. That's right, we'll take on the job of helping you promote your Shop - on Shops pages as well as in the Related Shops area on eBay's Main Search and Listings pages. Plus you can use your Auctions and Fixed Priced listings to drive buyers to your Shop. Talk about marketing made easy!

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*Based on data from May 2002-Feb 2003 normalized for site seasonality. No representation is made that your actual sales will increase by the average percentage points.

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