Sales agent

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In the eBay virtual marketplace, sales agent is the name of a seller who carries out sales on eBay for a fee for a fee.

In order to be certified as a sales agent, one must have received at least 98% positive ratings on eBay, have at least one hundred rating points, be registered as a commercial member on eBay, and strictly adhere to certain rules - this includes, among others. a. that the sales agent may only sell his articles under his own name.

Some sales agents operate shops and take over goods of all kinds. There are now even larger sales agent chains in Germany (clevereasy.de) or in several EU countries (auktionsbote.de). The concept of such sales agents comes from the USA, where a large sales agent chain already dominates (auktionsdrop.com). Auction drop is considered the inventor of the sales agent shops. As early as 2007, most of the professional sales agents who had privately auctioned off goods disappeared again. Dropshop.de and auktionsbote.de have stopped trading on Ebay. As reported by www.wortfilter.de, this is due to falling sales in recent years.

eBay sales agents must always appear on eBay as traders who sell the items on offer in their own name (eBay principles). This differentiates the sale on eBay from a normal commission business. Since the eBay sales agent must act as the owner of the goods, he is also obliged to comply with the legal requirements. In particular, the Distance Selling Act and the warranty obligation should be mentioned here. eBay sales agents who attempt to circumvent these regulations run the risk of being excluded from trading by eBay.

Especially in times of high unemployment, more and more people are trying to set up their own business with the help of this business model - according to a recent study, however, more than half of entrepreneurs have to close their business prematurely. For this are u. a. lack of experience in online business, strong competitive pressure and a lack of business know-how.

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