Mastodawn

I am having difficulty getting traffic to my Ebay store and am thinking of trying Big Cartel as it is inexpensive and allows me to create my site without AI taking over. (thoughts or marketing ideas WELCOME) Assuming you were interested in tropical fish keeping, would you be more likly to shop my;

Ebay first then my own site

My site first then Ebay

60%

I don't like buying online, inperson stores only

40%

you are doomed without advertising

Poll ended at Jun 29 at 8:14pm.

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Crystal_Fish_Caves

I am shocked by my poll that 40% responded they dont like buying online and perfer in person stores?

we obviously did not have the same covid experience. I don't even like going to my mailbox for fear of running into one of those 'people' things that wander about. obligatory happy face : )

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Clare Hooley 23h ago

@Crystal_Fish_Caves I’m not in the same country, but for similar businesses and products, I’d def. be doing online. I do try and remember to always look up if a seller has their own site before ordering on eBay or Etsy, just because I assume they’d get a better cut of the price on it.

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Crystal_Fish_Caves 23h ago

@clare_hooley thank you that is not what I would have expected.

I started on Ebay the same year Ebay started Ebay, but tried Etsy during lockdown. I became so furious at how they treat their shop owners basically having us all out bid each other to get higher in the rankings that struggling shops just sank to the bottom and rotted. no bueno. thanks again for the response!