hello, i`m wondering if ebay prostores really worth the money and the effort. someone using them and making money? thanks!
For me the ProStores are the worst way to reach your target market. IMO of course but it just doesn't make good business sense. You see, you can setup your own store on almost any website for free.
I was excited about prostores because the idea of manually listing 1900 items in zen cart made me nauseous. In under 2 hours my store had all 1900 eBay listings. As they sell on either place, they are automatically removed from the other site. Also important since I don't want to have to adjust quantities manually in zen cart for 30 items per day. Then prostores raised their rates from $21 to $50 and I closed my store. $50 is still cheaper than volusion and other sites. Unfortunately, I didn't put much into the site the 30 days I had it. Doing the math, I'd need $500 in sales per month to make sure that the $50/month prostores fee was not more than 10% of the sale. I'm just not ready to put in the SEO or to lose money over the next 6 months.