John7429

WOW!

I'm impressed!!!

Good idea and I love the layout you've got started!

oregon aqua

thank you John7429. im pretty happy with the layout and way the store part of the site works.

im thinking im going to have the store up and fully running by the end of this month. the hard part rite now is the first inventory order and making sure everything is going to be what people are looking for.

newbie314

Is store setup free?
What are you doing about state sales tax for individuals you sell to in-state?

I assume for use ameteurs on the for sale/trade here don't need to deal with that since it's only occasionally and not as a side busy

oregon aqua

thier is no state sales tax in Oregon. and i dont have to worry about fed tax unless i reach over $600 in sales(could be wrong about that.

the site setup was kinda free but veryvery very limitid in what you can do. i will have to pay to get the site fully running and worth selling stuff between 9 and 15$ a month and i think 35 to start not sure at moment.

it gonna take some cash to get going but i think it will be worth it! i love this hobby and the people in it are so nice. i wanna help and have fun i think this is going to be the best way for me to do both. plus i get a little extra money to buy more plant stuff.

newbie314

So you can sell for free setup right.
This would be good to bypass ebay for small items.

Are you allowed to link to a private website from ebay?

hoppycalif

Lots of small "stores" sell on ebay, listing a very few of their items, then referring people to their store for the rest. I can recall seeing a few that were private websites, but not many. I suspect ebay frowns on that.

SKSuser

Yes. Linking is probably not the best idea.
Ebay has a clause about using ebay resources to encourage people to do business with you outside of ebay.

It used to not be a big deal. "What can they do? Disable my account? I'll just make a new one." used to be the attitude.

Recently, its become a bad idea to mess with ebay. Since they bought Paypal, they've started throwing way too much weight around, IMO. They can now freeze your Paypal account, and basically extort you into following their rules.

I have a friend who sold a firearm and had the buyer paypal him the money. The buyer made the mistake of adding the memo "for a gun" somewhere in the paypal receipt. Paypal froze and emptied the buyer and seller's Paypal accounts to further their political agenda against something that is legal in the US.

If they're willing to do that over something that isn't illegal, you better make sure you aren't in breach of their contract which is legally binding.

Deni

Jeremy, you were asking about what people want. I've been looking at the inline heater DIY instructions and I've been really interested, but I'm not even sure what some of those parts are. I can follow directions, but I don't know bushings and compression unions.

I'm not sure that enough people would buy these things to make it worth your while to stock them, but it is another idea.

oregon aqua

wow what a cool idea.

as far as the compression fittings they speak of you can get them at home depot/ lowes. for pretty cheap. the clear pvc straight pipe im debating with myself. clear pvc is pretty expensive. cost would be around 8.05 a foot. my other choice and the one i like the most i think petg pipe but i have to see what it takes to glue it to pvc. the clear pvc T is way overpriced! my cost is 36.50 each. ouch. i will try to find a better source. but i think regular pvc from home depot would be cheaper for the whole setup.


their is also this product i thought of once copying but i couldnt beat the price for just buying it LOL http://store.seacorals.net/raliincaheho1.html

Deni

Yeah, I've been looking at those, too. I probably should just go with them. But I liked the idea of the DIY one.

I really like your idea for a store. Best of luck with it!!