EBay offers a new storefront option, in addition to it’s existing eBay Stores subscription, that essentially gives businesses a complete turnkey solution that is integrated with the eBay marketplace. eBay ProStores enables small and medium sized businesses to sell products and services online through a fully customized Web store. Prostores has made creating a Web store easy to use, with built-in, step-by-step wizards that help them design the look of their store, upload products, and set up shipping and sales tax information. Although the eBay ProStores includes its own hosting and would be separate then any of the services we offer here at Pezland.net, we still think it is a viable option to consider when starting your online business or as a way to supplement an existing website presense. With ProStores you can still use your own custom domain name and just have it point to your eBay ProStore.

They offer a full suite of functionality:

• Domain registration and hosting
• Shopping cart
• Secure, SSL-encrypted credit card processing
• Integration with eBay and PayPal
• Marketing and Merchandising Tools
• Product catalog

I would say the biggest benefit to using a service such as eBay ProStores is that your ProStore is integrated into the full eBay site so when visitors search for products, your store is included in those search results. You instantly get to leverage the added visibility of being part of the HUGE eBay marketplace. This integration would launch your business into the search engines.

To learn more about eBay ProStores and get a 1 month free trial, visit the ProStores website.