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<h2>Best Shopping Deals- eBay vs Web Sites</h2>by FigsterShhh I'm going to let you in on a secret. eBay does not always have 
the best deals on-line. It's true. Many shop at eBay thinking they are 
getting the best deal around. Are they?Let's take a look at a 
basic economy rules. Rule - They higher the overhead, the higher the 
price of the product. eBay has continued to increase it's prices on 
merchants. Recently they announced a 500% increase on store listing 
fees. Although Bill Cobb President of eBay north America claims that 
the increase will amount to 6%. The actual increase from .02 cents per 
store listing to .10 cents per store listing for listing prices of 
$25.00 or more is a 500% increase.What's the big deal, 8 cents 
pffftt.. ? I know that doesn't sound like much if you are a buyer. 
Let's take a look at what it means to a merchant, and then what that 
really means to a shopper on eBay. First eBay does not allow options in 
their listings. If I want to sell leather pants that come in black, 
red, and white and sizes small, medium, large, x-large, 1X, 2X, and 3X. 
I can't do that in one listing and let the buyer pick one. I have to 
list each size and color in a separate listing. In other words to sell 
this one item means I have to create 21 listings. That's only $2.10 
right? Wrong, I also have a store fee, that fee for a basic store is 
$15.00 per month. Still not bad, but wait, we still have more fees. If 
I want a gallery picture so you can see the product before you click 
it, that's an additional fee of .01 cent. Then, when you buy it, eBay 
will charge me a final value fee of anywhere from 3 to 10% of the final 
cost. If the item was sold for $99.00 then that is another 7% or $6.93 
add in the Pay Pal fees of another $6.93. Already the have taken more 
than 50% of my total profit for that one item (remember I have to buy 
the item too). Not all my listings are going to sell each month.If 
I want to offer a large selection then I will have to have many 
listings that don't sell each month. So, if I have 700 listings and 
sell $1,000.00 worth of merchandise, I will be lucky to walk away with 
$100.00 in my pocket for the month. If I sell that well.The 
competition on eBay is steep. Most months I am not going to do that 
well if I am selling something like new clothing. The only way for me 
to make up for this overhead is to increase the price of my goods. If I 
sell on a web site my overhead is much lower. I have a hosting fee, you 
can get a good sized web site for about $5.00 per month. I don't have 
listing fees, I can include more information, have a more attractive 
listing, and sell for LESS.Why 
sell on eBay? Because of traffic. I sell more often on eBay than I do 
on my site because of the traffic eBay pulls in. They pull the traffic 
because people have the assumption they are getting a better deal on 
eBay, or that eBay sellers are some how more legitimate. The truth is 
far from this.Many of you have already experienced the .01 cent 
auction only to find out the shipping was outrageous. The seller 
resorted to making the price up in his shipping tricking you to bid on 
an item. Granted, there are a lot of honest hard working merchants on 
eBay, as well as selling on their own web sites.Here is another 
eBay trick I do a search on Google or another search engine for hot 
items, let's say digital camera's I find a great price, maybe 25 to 30% 
off retail. I copy the picture, copy the information, and put it up on 
auction for the same price plus 10%, add an additional 5 dollars in the 
shipping, and start taking bids. If it is a hot item I may sell it at 
or above retail. I take the order, go back to the site, make the 
purchase and send have them send it to you. You could have purchased 
the item at the same price the seller did if you had just done a search 
and found the web site.Even my site sells on eBay, although I 
sell for less at my site. Do yourself a favor before you make your next 
eBay purchase, do a search and see if you can find it for less. Most 
on-line merchants sell through Pay-Pal, so you still have the same 
protection. Plus your credit cards and debit cards have plenty of 
protection too. To the point where you really no longer have to worry 
about purchasing on-line any longer. 
<h3>About the Author</h3>Jim lives in Augusta Ga, where he and his wife sell <a href="http://www.hotstuffleatherandlace.com/index.php" target="_new">lingerie, sexy costumes, clubwear</a>
and biker gear, called Hot Stuff Leather and Lace. He also enjoy's
writting about romance, relationships, and fashion. You can read his
other articles or see him on his forums at <a href="http://www.hotstuffleatherandlace.com/" target="_new">http://www.hotstuffleatherandlace.com</a> Come by and say hi, or browse our catalog today.
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