An eBay Drop Off Store works the same way as a conventional consignment shop, but with a much wider reach. The consignee brings the goods in to the store, negotiate a minimum price that they are willing to accept and negotiate a commission with the shopkeeper.

The eBay Drop Off storekeeper will advertise products individually, and that advertising takes place on eBay in the form of a product auction placed by the consignment shopkeeper who is experienced and has the requisite eBay success skills.

Once the item is sold, the shopkeeper handles the entire shipping/payment/feedback cycle and remits the agreed-upon percentage of the sale to the consignee.

Is it as simple as that?

Yes and No. The concept is simple. It requires the same set of skills that running any retail establishment requires including customer service, advertising and marketing, accounting and inventory management.

Beyond that, however, the shop owner needs to have the eBay specific skills and knowledge needed to design sales-pulling titles and landing pages, understand how to select keywords, and the general knowledge to handle the business side of eBay selling. Selling on eBay entails:

• Learning how to use eBay from a seller's prospective.
• Designing the auction ad page.
• Writing the sales copy
• Responding to bidder's questions
• Monitoring the auction's progress
• Closing the auction
• Collecting the money
• Shipping the goods
• Posting the feedback