posted on September 26, 2001 08:10:03 AM new
Hi all-
I'm new to the selling side of Ebay (definitely not new to the buying side!), and am trying to make my way through the maze of software and hosting services available.
Would you guys mind giving me an idea of what you use/what you think about it/pros and cons, etc....??
Thanks in advance!
posted on September 26, 2001 01:47:14 PM new
I use Auction Manager Pro, you can download it for free from Auctionwatch. You pay .10 an auction starting in October and .01 percent in final value fee.
I have tried only one other auction software and found it confusing.
As a new person doing auctions, I found Auction watch's program, very simple to figure out, very easy to create, save, and launch auctions with pictures included in one easy upload step.
The software is also has a great set of end of auction tools, that makes it very easy to keep track of the process of each sale.
I do love Auctions Watches software, to me it is worth every penny even with the new increase per listing.
Just my personal opinion!
When your at the end of your rope:
Tie a knot and hang on!
posted on September 26, 2001 02:04:12 PM new
I don't use auction software; I load my auctions directly through eBay.
To write my html templates I use Evrsoft's 1st Page 2000 (freeware and available at tucows - you do need to know basic html to use it). Html isn't necessary for eBay listings, but it makes them look nicer.
I use Jasc PaintShop Pro ($99) to edit my pictures, and I host them in my own web space ($9.95/month from dzones.com... which might not be worthwhile for image storage alone, but I use it for other things as well).
Edited to add: I'm a very low-volume seller and I keep track of my auctions on paper using a printed Excel spreadsheet.
posted on September 26, 2001 05:41:58 PM new
I use eBay's Mister Lister for bulk listing and a homemade database to track everything--every time eBay changes something (seems to happen a lot) you will find most all the eBay dependent auction programs don't work right and it can be days, weeks or forever before they get fixed. If something is not airtight reliable, I won't stake my business on it.
I do not use images in my auctions as they are mostly books. It's not worth the time and expense for me.
Fee-based auction software is too expensive for the small seller in my opinion.
posted on September 26, 2001 06:55:37 PM new
Baypal $5 per month for photo hosting and super-easy template creation (it generates the html for you).
Then ditto what BJGrolle said: AuctionTamer for listing (on-the-spot or scheduled) plus dynamite post-sale management. One-time purchase of $39.95, free updates, virtually instant reaction to ebay changes, genuine hand-holding when you hit a snag (the owner of the company spent an hour with me yesterday going back and forth on a problem caused by EBAY changing a category number and ME stupidly not catching it).
