eBay Tools - Tools for Online Sellers and Buyers
Here are links to various eBay tools for eBay and Internet
sellers. Some of them are free, some of them are places to purchase
supplies or services, some are educational and all, we hope, are useful.
eBay Tools ~ Product Research/Sourcing Tools
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The Surplus Profits Guide shows you where and how to source
liquidation and surplus products for high profits.
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Sellathon
Analitics are designed to help eBay sellers maximize profits.
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TeraPeak – This is another good eBay tool for research. Allows you
to research average prices, other sellers, current eBay trends and more
from a web based interface.
- Product research is essential to building a successful eBay business. I
have used all of the research tools over the years, but the new release from
HammerTap is without question the best research tools I have used.
In return for promotional consideration, I have recently made a great
deal for my readers. Instead of a 7-day free trial and then $24.95 a month,
you can get try HammerTap3 for 14-days and subscribe for only $17.95 a
month.
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Firefox toolbar for eBay is an excellent eBay tool for buyers and
sellers. The Firefox add-on lets you quickly access things like your eBay
auctions, price comparisons for various products and customer reviews. You
can easily search eBay using this tool and get preview pictures for products
in the search results. The Firefox tool also supports eBay in the UK,
Australia and Canada.
If you don’t have Firefox the
default toolbar provided by eBay has similar features.
- Here is a link to a great sourcing tool. It's a
Wholesale Search Engine that will help you find wholesale sources for
eBay and your web site.
eBay Tools for Sellers
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Fflap is a system
that automates posting your eBay items to Twitter. They are also
working on adding Facebook. As I wrote last year about Twitter, whenever
you post an auction listing to your Twitter account you create another
inbound searchable link on the web that goes right to your listing. In
addition your Twitter followers are exposed to your listings and you may
get some sales that way.
- BuySAFE
- BuySAFE is a bonding service that insures your auction and website
listings up to $25,000 against fraud. If you are selling any type of
expensive or luxury products, buySAFE can give your customers confidence
to buy.
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Listing Ticker
– This eBay tool creates a ready-made code to copy and paste
into your web pages so that you can display your current eBay auctions.
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ChannelAdvisor –
Tool for inventory management, ad creation, order
fulfillment and more.
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Vendio – is one of my favorite eBay tools. You can use it to maximize
your eBay sales, open a store, brand your business and make your eBay
listings more effective. You can also launch listings of Amazon from Vendio.
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ReliaBid –
This handy eBay tool is a service that aims to eliminate
non-paying bidders, so you can receive your payments sooner.
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AuctionWizard 2000 –
Software that enables you to manage your eBay
listings and eBay stores at the same time.
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eBay Sales Reports – Essential on your list of eBay tools. This helps
you track your performance, measure your existing business and determine
areas of improvement.
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Infopia –
Is one of the best eBay tools to help eBay sellers manage
and integrate every aspect of their eBay business with the rest of their
e-commerce ventures.
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Turbo Lister – This is one of eBay's tools for free listings. It
allows you to customize your listings, upload and edit items in bulk and
manage your auctions. Essentially for bulk posting.
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Auctiva
is a great tool for small eBay sellers. Auctiva costs $9.95 per month but it
includes several features that eBay charges for such as photo hosting,
scheduler and hundreds of auction templates. The Auctiva eBay tool also
includes a scrolling gallery you can put in your auctions or on your website
or blog so you expose everything you are selling on eBay when someone looks
at just one of your auctions.
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I have used
Seller's Voice for over a year now. It has increased both the sell
through rate and the average final value of my auctions for my firepits,
Starbucks collectibles and my EZ Cube light tents.
It is easy to use and pays for itself many times over. I
have arranged for my readers to get a three-week trial for only $1.00.
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AuctionBloopers lets you search for misspelled items on eBay which
escape the eyes of most of the buyers and hence you could get them at a
lesser price. A simple but effective tool which saves you money.
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FatFingers, like AuctionBloopers, is
another free online tool which
helps you find misspelled items on eBay and cash in on the low bids. It also
provides some advanced search options.
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Photoblat is a neat utility if you want to save some money on adding
photos to your eBay listings. The site allows you to upload photos
to the service. From there, you can add those photos to your eBay
listings page through tools like eBay's Blackthorne Pro. All the photos
are hosted on the Photoblat site. Photoblat charges $3.99 per month for
access to its service. Personally I would rather use Auctiva or Vendio
for $9.99 month and get other services like scheduling and free
templates.
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Selling Manager and Selling Manager pro are eBay's apps. They
are installed into the My eBay section of a seller's listing page. The
apps allows you to manage all your listings in one place. You can also
create customized e-mail templates to send to buyers who won your
auction. If the buyer doesn't pay, it automatically relists your item.
If you want all these options, you'll be forced to pay $15.99 per month.
The free version of the Web-based app will let you create a professional
listing and edit your listings in bulk.
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Toolhaus
is a service that allows you to see the reliability of an eBay user. It lists all the feedback the user has received, including both positive
and negative reviews. It's not the most useful tool in this roundup,
since it basically lists information you'll find on eBay, but it does
come in handy when you want to quickly determine if you can trust users.
eBay Tools for Buyers
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itemALARM
- This unique FREE search tool allows you to set up
specific search terms, keywords, phrases, etc of items that you want to find
on eBay. Once a posting is listed on eBay, Item-Alarm immediately sends you
an email letting you know that a match was found. Strike first, don't snipe
last.
Be first to get those Buy-it-Now BIN items before
anyone else knows they are listed. Use
item-alarm.com.
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Auction Sniper is an excellent eBay tool which can increase your chances
of winning eBay auctions. It automatically places your bid just before the
auction closes so you “snipe” last second bidders and get the best price.
Auction Sniper isn’t free. They charge you a small fee only if you win
the auction. I used to use BidSlammer, but I like Auction Sniper better.
- The
Firefox toolbar for eBay is an excellent eBay tool for buyers and
sellers. The Firefox add-on lets you quickly access things like your eBay
auctions, price comparisons for various products and customer reviews. You
can easily search eBay using this tool and get preview pictures for products
in the search results. The Firefox tool also supports eBay in the UK,
Australia and Canada.
If you don’t have Firefox the
default toolbar provided by eBay has similar features.
- If you are having a hard time searching eBay for that one rare item and just
can't find it, then
Stuff Alert is a great eBay tool.
Stuff Alert helps you set up a customized alert for a specific product
and let’s you know when it appears on eBay. Alerts are sent through email or
via SMS on your cell phone.
- PicClick
is a visual search engine for eBay which lets you browse through the product
images based on product categories, price range and listing or ending time
of bidding. It is a faster way to browse through thousands of items on eBay.
eBay Tools to Help you Manage Shipping
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Shipsurance.com is a great tool that provides low cost shipping
insurance for eBay sellers with rates as much as 60% lower than UPS
or the Post Office.
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Shipping
Sidekick lets you compare shipping rates between all the major
carriers all in one spot.
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Stamps.com – is another on the list of great eBay tools to help you
save time and money on postage.
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Zoovy – Manage your billing, inventory and shipping for your eBay
business.
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Endicia – Print, pay and manage your postage and shipping right from
your computer.
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AuctionInc
– A complete shipping calculator to check rates for Fed Ex, UPS and
DHL. This tool can even calculate drop shipping fees.
eBay Tools for Drop Shippers
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Shipwire - Shipwire is a third-party fulfillment service
where you can store your merchandise and they will drop ship it directly
to your customers.
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WorldWide Brands - WoldWideBrands is simply the best
service for locating legitimate drop shippers who will work with small
eBay sellers. They have been in business for ten years and is the only
drop shipping info company that eBay works with
Miscellaneous eBay Tools
eBay Tools and Resources from Skip McGrath
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