Useful software for buying + selling on ebay

steeev

Ive recently got bitten by the ebay bug, and am now selling quite a few items, and have been reading up on various programs that can help make the whole buying and selling process smoother.

The 2 tools i came across today are "poster toaster", a bulk listing tool, its homepage is: http://www.thepostertoaster.com/index.php

and another one that looked really useful to me was called Shooting Star, its an auction management tool and its homepage is: http://www.foodogsoftware.com/index.htm

has anyone tried these programs out? or got any other recommendations for software that is useful for ebay traders? please post any thoughts and recommendations, cheers

tru

I've never heard of those, I use Turbolister from e-bay.  

Turbolister

You can upload all your items straight away or set a date for upload, you can also set it to stagger your lots so they start 5 mins apart (or however long you want).

soolin

Yep, I use turbolister as well and find it works very well for me. I leave all my items sitting in there ready and just upload the things when I want them to go. Handy as well as I am prepared for free listing days and such like.

Also, it's free..an added bonus.

Soo

steeev

thanks for your input guys + gals.

i just found a site that has a list of auction software, and reviews, might be useful

http://www.auctionsoftwarereview.com/

steeev

Yep, I use turbolister as well and find it works very well for me. I leave all my items sitting in there ready and just upload the things when I want them to go. Handy as well as I am prepared for free listing days and such like.

Also, it's free..an added bonus.

Soo

does turbo lister have any auction management features?
such as being able to search for an item by email address or item number or ebay name?

i just installed the program called shooting star mentioned above, and have to say it works quite well, its got loads of features, but the one i find most useful is the search feature, that lets you search for an item in the manner mentioned above. its great for when people mail you a cheque and dont include their full details, which means normally u would have to go trawling through all your auctions looking for the one they bid on, but this software makes that kind of thing easy, one problem i have found is it doesnt automatically import second chance offer sales, you have to input them manually into the database, which is really annoying. apart from that its pretty good.

I dunno whether the software disables itself after the free trial is ended or not, will just have to see whether its actually worth purchasing or not, by further testing.