2. “
One of the advantages of living in
a society where everything seems
disposable is that people have
become ingenious in devising
methods to buy products...
3. Along with brand online
stores, which every business
has now, there are some
shopping platforms allowing
3rd party merchandisers to
sell their goods for free.
4. Let’s take a look the many
options available for
selling online and their
cons and pros.
5. EBayis one of the most common online
action marketplaces where you can sell, buy or bid on
products
6. eBay fees depend on your subscription
The listing fee - $0.20 per item*
Final Value Fee -8% to 15%*
eBays store cost is ~$16 per month
* Fixed Priced items
fees
7. Advantages
It is action-based marketplace which means you can buy
products “cheaper”
(Statistically, products are more expensive)
There is no store needed to sell online
8. Disadvantages
1) BIG range of selling fees
… and High selling fees lift product prices
2) Little information about seller and product
quality
4) Many fake comments
You have to pay for each extra photo you upload
9. online retailer for a different kind of
product and they sell their own products like Kindle—an
e-book reader
Amazon
10. fees
If you sell more than 40 products a month, you need to
buy a subscription, which is a $39.99 monthly
payment.
When an item sells, Amazon takes a 15%
“referral fee” and charges a $1.35 “closing fee”
Some products have even higher “referral” and “closing” fees.
12. Disadvantages
Even higher fees than on eBay, higher
product prices, and fake
comments. To sell products you need to set up an
Amazon store (which is $39 per month)!
15. DisadvantageS
It’s hard to find a particular product
because its built-in search engine is very
simple and allows you to search only by name
with exact matches.
There is no information
about the seller!
Hard to see the text, right?
Does not have a buyer-friendly interface
16. Social Networking
Websites
Allow you to create business
pages!
It is now a unique way to sell
anything as you have your own
circle of friends and groups.
17. Social Websites
Advantages:
1) Easy and free listings
2) It’s easy to share your product information
3) People already trust you and the
information about you
18. Social Websites
Disadvantages:
1) Websites are developed for social networking not for
business or ecommerce purposes
2) So there are no interfaces, online instruments to
search your products, filter results, or good descriptions
3) It is difficult to advertise your product, and you can
only share information with your friends.
19. website for business
It allows businesses to create their online
presence, list their products and
advertise them via all social networking
websites and incorporate them in
Google product searches
20. AdvantagesIt is totally FREE for any business.
It has sophisticated search engine within the information
indicted in the product description. I
It is a social hub for your social presence; synchronizing your
profile with up to 10 social networking websites.
You can easily update your company information,
photos and videos, and your
product description throughout
the 10 social networks with one
click!
21. Disadvantages
There is no official Glabex store, so you need either to
have company profile or post your goods on your
personal Glabex profile page, OR your
company page or just upload products and make sure to
provide relevant email addresses for your customers to ask
questions.
Glabex is not a reseller, nor an agent, so
*merchandisers are responsible for their products and
delivery and buyers for their purchases.
22. Just be sure to check out the
policies and guidelines of
selling, especially with online
marketplaces. Different online
venues have different policies,
so it is best to educate yourself
well with them so that you
won’t end up on the losing end.
23. CREATE PRODUCT LISTING
SET UP MARKETING CAMPAIGN
GET YOUR BUSINESS PROFIEL PAGE READY
CREATE JOB POSTING
What do you want to do?
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