Useful eBay Selling Tools:
Software and Tools to Help You Sell
When you're ready to take your eBay selling to the next level, it's time to learn about the software and tools that you can use to help you drive sales, manage your accounts, monitor your progress, and grow your selling volume and profits month over month and year over year. Don't be afraid to let your practices grow with your revenue.
Shop and Sell Better with RSS
If you're not using eBay's RSS feeds, you're missing a world of opportunity, from finding great deals through selling automatically to interest communities and through Twitter. Find out how to take advantage of eBay's RSS features.
If you're not using eBay's RSS feeds, you're missing a world of opportunity, from finding great deals through selling automatically to interest communities and through Twitter. Find out how to take advantage of eBay's RSS features.
Increase Profits with PayPal Micropayments
High-volume low-margin sellers need every advantage they can get, and at these levels advantages are often measured in cents rather than dollars. If this sounds like you and you're not already using PayPal Micropayments, now may be the time to start.
High-volume low-margin sellers need every advantage they can get, and at these levels advantages are often measured in cents rather than dollars. If this sounds like you and you're not already using PayPal Micropayments, now may be the time to start.
Add eBay Apps to Your Selling Strategy
eBay's Selling Manager is now free, but there's more to the story than that; with eBay's recent initiative to engage developers and social networking tools, Selling Manager now incorporates an "app store" for your seller account that promises to grow over time.
eBay's Selling Manager is now free, but there's more to the story than that; with eBay's recent initiative to engage developers and social networking tools, Selling Manager now incorporates an "app store" for your seller account that promises to grow over time.
Streamline Your Records with PayPal and Excel
If you're a small or medium-sized eBay buyer or seller, get a leg up on your bookkeeping by downloading all of your PayPal transactions and accessing them through financial or numerical software programs!
If you're a small or medium-sized eBay buyer or seller, get a leg up on your bookkeeping by downloading all of your PayPal transactions and accessing them through financial or numerical software programs!
Using PayPal as a Small Business Tool
PayPal offers features to help small businesses to thrive beyond merely selling on eBay. Two of these are virtual terminal, which can enable you to accept credit cards through PayPal even at your retail brick-and-mortar store, and automatic shopping cart features that can help you to build an e-commerce website almost automatically.
PayPal offers features to help small businesses to thrive beyond merely selling on eBay. Two of these are virtual terminal, which can enable you to accept credit cards through PayPal even at your retail brick-and-mortar store, and automatic shopping cart features that can help you to build an e-commerce website almost automatically.
Check Your Seller Dashboard
As a seller, your goal is always to offer great customer service and to follow eBay's rules to the letter. But how are you actually doing on these fronts in eBay's eyes, and is eBay's opinion about your performance having a positive or a negative effect on your ability to sell? eBay's seller dashboard provides the answers that you need.
As a seller, your goal is always to offer great customer service and to follow eBay's rules to the letter. But how are you actually doing on these fronts in eBay's eyes, and is eBay's opinion about your performance having a positive or a negative effect on your ability to sell? eBay's seller dashboard provides the answers that you need.
Get Ahead with Selling Manager
If you're expanding your selling operation and have begun to feel as though My eBay is a little too thin while Turbo Lister isn't quite "directly connected" enough to eBay's website, Selling Manager and/or Selling Manager Pro could be just what you're looking for.
If you're expanding your selling operation and have begun to feel as though My eBay is a little too thin while Turbo Lister isn't quite "directly connected" enough to eBay's website, Selling Manager and/or Selling Manager Pro could be just what you're looking for.
Using Selling Manager
Selling Manager is a great set of tools intended to help medium and high volume sellers to streamline their eBay lives. If you've already activated selling manager and want help using it, read on for step-by-step instructions.
Selling Manager is a great set of tools intended to help medium and high volume sellers to streamline their eBay lives. If you've already activated selling manager and want help using it, read on for step-by-step instructions.
Attend eBay University
If you're looking for eBay tutorial and help material that goes beyond what eBay's extensive but rather reference-like help system can offer, eBay University may be right up your alley.
If you're looking for eBay tutorial and help material that goes beyond what eBay's extensive but rather reference-like help system can offer, eBay University may be right up your alley.
Visual Introduction to Turbo Lister
If you're selling in any volume at all, you'll be interested in Turbo Lister, eBay's own free software for streamlining the selling process.
If you're selling in any volume at all, you'll be interested in Turbo Lister, eBay's own free software for streamlining the selling process.
Handling Growth With Auction Managers
It's one thing to sell a few times every week or month on eBay, but it's quite another to manage dozens of auctions a day, or coordinate selling across sales platforms outside of eBay. When you're ready to move to the next level, auction managers will be there to help you.
It's one thing to sell a few times every week or month on eBay, but it's quite another to manage dozens of auctions a day, or coordinate selling across sales platforms outside of eBay. When you're ready to move to the next level, auction managers will be there to help you.
Find Some eBay Privacy
Openness is one of eBay's greatest strengths. Bidders and buyers see each other in open trading and see the feedback that others have left about them. Every now and then, however, a little privacy on eBay can be a good thing. These tools make it possible.
Openness is one of eBay's greatest strengths. Bidders and buyers see each other in open trading and see the feedback that others have left about them. Every now and then, however, a little privacy on eBay can be a good thing. These tools make it possible.
Finding Out What's Hot
To really get an edge, you want good market research. What's going to sell on eBay this season or this quarter, and what is eBay going to promote on their front page and through marketing channels? Fortunately, eBay makes this information available to sellers for free.
To really get an edge, you want good market research. What's going to sell on eBay this season or this quarter, and what is eBay going to promote on their front page and through marketing channels? Fortunately, eBay makes this information available to sellers for free.