Power Sellers Unite

lammergeiernet · Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 1007 Location: Canada

Hi everyone ,I've been on the site since 2005 and I really liked eCrater when I was busy with stores and de-eBay'd myself.

WHo has the best eCrater site? Or at least has eCrater shop beening running for months ,and intend to run for months more !

So lets show off some eCrater stores !!! Post in this thread !

P.S.
Since then I've been involved more in marketing and driving traffic then selling products. I may list the RSS feeds of your stores on some of my sites , you may see a little extra traffic ;) So I will visit this thread every week and update some of my sites !!!

knappschiles · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4035 Location: Wi

I've been there since late 05. It was OK for all the years that BJ was good. But last year when BJ tanked, eC took off for me.

This year sales have been slower than last winter, but still pretty good. It's still somewhat early for seed sales but picking up.

Carol

bgnagn1 · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 683

I left ebay in 2006 and tried several sites. Then I found eCrater and have been there since 06 and it only gets better every year.

In fact, for 2009 my sales doubled in dollar amount from 08. So, I would say my store is going strong and I plan on being here for years not just months.

I appreciate any help, thank you so much L ! 8)

elgato · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 17237 Location: Texas

Like Carol, my items are sometimes seasonal (depending on which catagory you explore in my store) so you can never tell when a sale will come along.
This past holiday I sold more items at EC AND BJ than I have in the past. Nothing to brag about but a sale is a sale.......with no fees! :D

Overall my online sales were down a bit in 2009 and I can only figure it was due to the economy.

strikingedeals · Joined: 22 Aug 2009 Posts: 98

I am also a very happy ecrater store owner from 2009.Sales were good compared to the small number of items I listed.Not to mention no fees. :wink:

http://strikingedeals.ecrater.com/

http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/Strikingedeals

IllinoisGal · Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 203

My store Periwinkles has been around since 2006 and I have done really well there. I have four other stores as you can see in my signature. They have also done fairly well. Some better than others. I love eCrater and will sell there as long as they are in business. I haven't sold on Ebay for at least 2 (maybe 3) years.

Comics-Emporium · Joined: 09 Sep 2009 Posts: 53

I've been on there since 2007 and have enjoyed it very much. Nice Sales, The site is very easy to make your own store and if you ever have any problems their Forum on there is the best place to ask questions and people on there really are helpful

Not to mention that the place is Fee Free. No selling fees or listing fees

hotnana · Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 875

I love eCrater...I find the listing format to be very user friendly, and easy to manage. The design is quite simple, but It Works! I decided to leave ebay and planned on simply no longer selling online, then I found eCrater. I am continuing to expand my inventory, and my sales continue to increase as well. I couldn't be more please with a site, the fact that it's totally free is wonderful...the fact that sales happen with little effort other than just listing is what keeps me there!

lammergeiernet · Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 1007 Location: Canada

Ahhhh good ,I had to close my store 18 months ago but intend to return to eCrater under another form.I'm glad people are doing well on it and I like the changes they made on the site with RSS feeds.

So I've added one of your stores from every poster above ,I will then eventually add them to several more sites in form of RSS feeds and links.

Traffic is currently low on one new site ,and erratic on the older site ,the new content that all your stores provice should increase this and generate more interest and thus more links to your stores !

At the very least it will be some clicks and improved SEO 8)

Katinka · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 50

I'm happy to say that my eCrater sales increased 500% 2009 over 2008. I intend to keep my store open there for many years. Good luck, Katinka

elpereles · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1478 Location: Puerto Rico

There is a lot of people here from PSU that have strong stores in eCrater.

In my case I'm not a big seller, but one thing is true about eCrater. Never failed to me like other eBay alternatives. You can see my firm and you will understand what I said. :wink:

lammergeiernet · Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 1007 Location: Canada

Katinka whats the link to your store?

elpereles I added your store

Im glad there is sitll and interest in eCrater stores

Tizzyloucat · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 51 Location: Cape Coral FL

I have been doing pretty well with my store on eCrater this year. I have been listing there since 06. I finally got serious about listing items and sales have picked up. Lots more traffic...

Jerryb · Joined: 15 Mar 2009 Posts: 444

Well I'm still waiting for my first Goggle or Ecrater sent customer. :-)

But... sales in my ecrater shop have started to increase greatly from my customers I sent to ecrater via my website- very decent totals with no percentage to be paid. I guess it doesn't matter really where the customers come from as long as they buy. It is fairly simple to buy on ecrater. I decided to look at ecrater as basically an extension of my website with about 100 links from my website to my shop ecrater search. another way to put it is my website is a fancy frontpage to my ecrater store. lol.

The nice things about ecrater is the payment setup (i use paypal only) I hate paypal enabling every item on my website with html code. it is a pain in backside. If the specialized search links go to ecrater items it becomes simple to process payments.

Also, the simplicity to list is a real bonus in my opinion. You can list a lot of items quickly on ecrater.

BigT · Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 305

You probably know my story. I've been on ecrater since March 2005. Started with 3 stores. I currently own and or manager about 25 online stores - most of which are on ecrater.
eCrater is my site of choice. Easy to list, easy to manage, etc.
Of course I think their community is second to none, lol.

My first 3 stores are
www.BigTallMensClothing.ecrater.com
www.FormalDresses.ecrater.com
www.FashionsForHer.ecrater.com