posted on June 26, 2001 09:27:12 AM
Hi guys. I was doing some research on something the other day but I can't remember what it was now when I ran across a company called CommerceFlow. They have a license agreement with eBay as well as SquareTrade, PayPal, Stamps.com among others to use their channel management services.
I assume this means they are licensed to use eBay's API but I'm still a bit confused by this because I can't find any info concerning fees for the individual or business user for CommerceFlow's auction software - CommerceFlow Enterprise or CommerceFlow Merchant.
I did a search on eBay for CommerceFlow and found almost 3000 auctions using their software and some were very small sellers, not just busnesses. I know registration is required in order to use their product but does anyone know if there's a fee?
There just has to be a catch somewhere. I would be interested in finding out more about this company. Does anyone on AW use it or know anything about CommerceFlow?
posted on June 26, 2001 01:27:50 PM
Thanks for the info saljo63. Are you using CommerceFlow's software for your auctions? It appears to have all of the tools necessary for listing an auction so FREE is a great deal. I'm going to check it out to see if it's feasible for a small seller to use. I noticed that CommerceFlow supports eBay, Yahoo and Amazon. Unless I'm missing something, this software looks COOL.
Of course, I KNOW it can't be free forever because I don't see any way for this company to make money without charging a subscription fee.
posted on June 26, 2001 01:39:47 PM
Hi tomwiii. Well, if you can't figure it out I'm sure I'm DOOMED. LOL It does appear to have some neat tools though.
posted on June 26, 2001 01:48:37 PM
My point was...THIS ain't no new site (I don't think)...just NEW packaging of a site that's been there for (??) at least a year! They did have neato tools...I just couldn't get them to work
posted on June 26, 2001 02:50:14 PM
Can you tell me how to do a search on E-bay to see which auction management services are being used? How did you do that?
posted on June 26, 2001 03:49:33 PM
I occasionally use them. I had all the same questions you did- they sure don't make an effort to spell out their fee structure, do they?
The tools work fine, but if you write your own HTML, it is much more of a pain to do it through commerceflow. As I don't like their available templates too well, I find that pretty aggravating. But everything else about them is pretty cool.
posted on June 26, 2001 05:07:49 PM
Hi JG. Use eBay's Smart Search and type in the words commerceflow and be sure to check the box to search description as well as title.
CAgirl, I haven't looked at their templates yet but thanks for the heads-up. Is the software still totally free at this time?
Blanche
[ edited by bhearsch on Jun 26, 2001 05:08 PM ]
when I ran across a company called CommerceFlow. They have a license agreement with eBay as well as SquareTrade, PayPal, Stamps.com among others to use their channel management services.
