Any DUers run an Ebay Drop Off Consignment Shop?...Thinking about opening1

[masmdu]

We, my wife and I, are looking for some type of business to open and we came across Ebay Drop Off Consingment Shops. If you run such a biz could you tell me a few things, please?

What's your experiece been?

Is it profitable?

What should I know, learn, avoid?

Thanks in advance,
M

[ewagner]

1. How does that work?

I've never heard of this before....

I'll lurk and learn if you don't mind.

[masmdu]

2. Just like a reg. consignment shop 'cept the reach is broadened via Ebay

lurk away

[mopinko]

3. lurking, too

i got a phone call from ebay, asking if i wanted to set up a store. i was going to hook up my buttons. someone was supposed to call and walk me through it. they did not call when they were supposed to. maybe i was punked. it is on my to do list to get going with that, tho.
got a store room full of junk, too, tho. i have seen these stores.

[babylonsister]

4. I've seen stuff sold on eBay this way; it's a go-between

for people who don't own computers or can't be bothered learning what they need to know. Must be a lot of people like that out there. Good luck!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. I do not have an eBay consignment shop but have been an eBay Powerseller

now for 5 years. Frankly, it is a lot of hard work just selling my own offerings where the profit is purely my own, whereas, if you were to just take a percent of the profits from the sale, it might not be worth it.