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eBay Drop Off Stores: Will The eBay Name Ensure Success For Drop Off Stores?

The astounding success of eBay has encouraged the growth of eBay drop off stores. EBay makes it possible to easily connect buyers and sellers on a nationwide (and even worldwide) scale. The eBay drop off stores, while they are still mostly operated by small and only moderately reliable companies, are constantly upgrading, making their way into the business mainstream.

What is more, the increasing number of transactions made through eBay means that there are more and more customers willing to buy through the Internet. This makes eBay a perfect medium to get to new customers. But does that mean that eBay drop off stores are automatically going to be a good idea?

Starting a drop off store business from the ground up?

The most common approach to setting up drop off stores on eBay is creating them from scratch. A completely new company with no experience in the field, however, often

faces serious problems (both technological and financial) and is pushed out of the market. The most common approach to setting up drop off stores on eBay is creating them from scratch. A completely new company with no experience in the field, however, often faces serious problems (both technological and financial) and is pushed out of the market. These drop off stores - or eBay consignment stores - have been springing up all over the nation with the fantastic growth of eBay. The top franchises are:

ePower Sellers
Picture It Sold
AuctionDrop
QuikDrop
Snappy Auctions
OrbitDrop
iSoldIt

Entrepreneur Magazine labelled eBay drop off stores one of the "13 Hot Businesses for 2005" but their future is questionable. Most of them are undercapitalized and the way they are set up makes them an almost certain failure. A case in point is Assist2Auction, a mobile auction van that supposedly has the owner driving around town to pick up items for eBay sales. Perhaps the strongest is AuctionDrop who wisely made a deal with UPS ato allow merchandise to be deposted at a UPS store. This spares the cost of renting physical space. In an effort to qualify the merchandise, AuctionDrop insists that the item must be worth $75 and weigh less than 25 pounds. The value of merchandise is quite subjective, though, and sellers often engage in wishful thinking.

Our prediction: most eBay drop off stores will be rampant failures, costing their owner a great deal of time and heartache. Think carefully before you step into this mine-laden field.

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