westveld
Experienced Member
Do you order from small business online stores?
I'm thinking Unicorn Electronics, TexElec, ReActiveMicro.
Do you order from medium-size stores?
Like Jameco, maybe Monoprice, Parts Express.
My guess is no, aside from unique items that are only available at a specific store.
Free shipping and one-stop shopping are hard to beat.
Plus already having an account and a level of trust with your CC info and personal data.
My reason for asking - I'm thinking about setting up an online store to complement the eBay stores.
We have a large stock of vintage electronic components - some generic (logic ICs, resistors, caps), some rare, many vintage computing related.
eBay is moving away from that type of listing - they promote fast-selling and high-value stuff.
We could offer things like custom 3d printing, ROM/PROM/GAL/PAL burning, custom floppy disk creation.
Also a stock of vintage parts - ISA, PCI, AGP cards, processors, stuff like that.
Same or next business day USPS shipping, payments via an external processor (CC via PayPal, maybe Amazon Pay or Google Pay)
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Matt
I'm thinking Unicorn Electronics, TexElec, ReActiveMicro.
Do you order from medium-size stores?
Like Jameco, maybe Monoprice, Parts Express.
My guess is no, aside from unique items that are only available at a specific store.
Free shipping and one-stop shopping are hard to beat.
Plus already having an account and a level of trust with your CC info and personal data.
My reason for asking - I'm thinking about setting up an online store to complement the eBay stores.
We have a large stock of vintage electronic components - some generic (logic ICs, resistors, caps), some rare, many vintage computing related.
eBay is moving away from that type of listing - they promote fast-selling and high-value stuff.
We could offer things like custom 3d printing, ROM/PROM/GAL/PAL burning, custom floppy disk creation.
Also a stock of vintage parts - ISA, PCI, AGP cards, processors, stuff like that.
Same or next business day USPS shipping, payments via an external processor (CC via PayPal, maybe Amazon Pay or Google Pay)
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Matt