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Now this is untested, but I think it might actually work. Maybe theres something I'm missing.
Within all my auctions, I have a template that links to my eBay store catagories and I link to each item I am listing at auction to the Store for "Buy It Now," at a slightly higher price. I basically use auctions to get traffic into my store for BIN where my prices are higher. This has worked very well for me. With the Store fee increase, I am reconsidering this stategy.
The idea I had is this, I would continue listing on eBay as normal for the traffic draw. Instead of linking to my USA eBay Store, I would link to a store I could open up on eBay Singapore. There, the Store costs about a flat $3 monthly, with NO listing and fvf's fee, plus its all in English.
Couldn't this work?
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I thought you had to live in Singapore?
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Not sure. I have/had stores in Australia and the UK.
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Interesting! --
OK - I had a short party.... seems like you can open it, but then the only place you're allowed to ship to on the form is Singapore -- states International shipping is not available on that site.
Good idea, tho... maybe one of the others....
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Ah well... I checked the others, either the language or currency is different... or fees are so high, why bother. Singapore appeared to be a good option. I did notice an S in front the the dollar sign.
If you don't mind the shipping problem, it should work.
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I seem to remember someone found a simaler deal with ebay Hong Kong?
Maybe they got NARU'd and caame here to complain about it?
Seem ebay has rules against that.
Maybe.
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You could just work shipping into the price of the BIN. Just make sure to mention that in the ad.
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You could ship to the US, and any other international shipping you'd have to worry about, you could charge a large, unnecessary price on. Such as $4 in US, $54 international.
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Sure, you could do it, probably get away with it, at least for a while... but you really think your store is going to have many sales? I mean, come on...
You can get cheaper rent locating your retail store in a burned out abandoned warehouse in the ghetto, too... that doesn't make it an attractive place to rent though.
I'm not saying there's anything at all wrong with Singapore, it's just that your US customers aren't going to be shopping there much. Depending on what you sell....
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You must be a citizen in order to have an ebay store in Asia.