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I'm checking into starting a store at ShopPal and was wondering if anyone used it or could find some drawbacks to it.
Plus +
500 products for $14.99 a month....a good price for the size of site I am wanting
Has inventory control
Paypal integrated
Can be integrated with eBay for $5.00 more a month
No hidden %'s taken from your sales
and other pluses
Minus -
Your own website address http://www.yourdomain.com one time fee of $49.99
International Shipping Module 49.99
Anyway, here are the pricing options
Here are the features listing
I am not affiliated with this site, just found it on the list in auctionbytes and seemed like the kind of place I am looking for.
If any of you see any pitfalls I've missed or just tell me what you think of it, it would be appreciated.
TIA
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What are the listing and final value fees?
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There are no listing fees or final value fees.
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Sounds like it'd be a lot cheaper than ebay then. Dunno how user friendly it would be though. But it sounds like an option at least.
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It looks VERY interesting, Blondie! Especially in light of the Ebay prices on the new ProStores. I would be way more inclined to do something out of the Ebay stranglehold, if I decide to do something.
Right now I'm having pretty good results with Yahoo! free auctions, so I'm busy building that up. But this ShopPal looks like something I would be interested in if I decide to do the website thing. I'm too lazy (and too computer illiterate) to do the web stuff on my own lol.
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Blondie, will they let you register your domain somewhere else and then configure the domain with their DNS settings (through the people you registered the domain name with)? If so, I would recommend that.
That's quite expensive for a domain name--unless of course, that entitles you to quite a few years in a row of ownership of the domain name.
If you were to leave them, do they own the domain name--or can you take it with you (you might want to check on the details, because it sounds like they're offering a so-called "lifetime" ownership of the domain).
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thanks for the replies, I have sent an email to find out about the domain charge.
There is a 30 day free trial, but I don't have the inventory on hand right now to give it a real try yet.
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Here's another one that I bookmarked when someone here at here recommended them. Free trial, no credit card required until you decide you want it. Competitive rates, all the bells and whistles. This one you keep your domain name if you leave.
http://www.citymax.com/
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Here's the response I got to my email about the domain name.
You own your domain when you use one other than the generic ShopPal provided one. If you decide not to use our ShopPal solution any longer, you simply change your DNS settings so that it no longer points to our servers. You get directions on how to do this once you set up a Top Level Domain with our company. Each company would have different web addresses that you would need to link to your website name should you go elsewhere. But, once you pay for a web site address, it is yours as long as you maintain it with the service you purchased it from such as GoDaddy.
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Do you have to buy a domain from them? Or can you use the one you already have?