here are plenty of that they've been doing it for so
companies out there long - they're not some
offering third party eBay fly-by-night organisation, and
tools. Most of them are web-based many eBay sellers have been using
instead of downloadable, so you their free counters for
pay a monthly fee instead of just absolutely years. They also have
buying the software. But do you a reputation for being very
know what these sites can do for responsive to customers, and will
you? It can be hard to get to often talk to you directly on
grips with what's out there using their forums and implement any
a search engine, so here's a suggestions you might have for
quick rundown of the key players. improving their software.
Andale (href="http://www.andale.com" href="http://www.vendio.com"
target="_blank">http://www.andale target="_blank">http://www.vendio
.com). .com).
Andale offer lots of small Vendio offer two editions of
products instead of one solution their software, Sales Manager: a
that does everything: you can Merchandising edition and an
take your pick from a lister, Inventory edition. The difference
image hosting, counters, between the two is that the
analysers, a gallery, a checkout Merchandising edition is designed
and an email manager. The price to make it easier to list
plans are a bit of a maze, but individual auctions, while the
quite reasonable as long as you Inventory edition is for sellers
don't go and use everything. who sell many of the same item.
They offer a pay-as-you go price
Andale's real claim to fame is of 10c per auction.
They also offer software called It offers all the standard bulk
Tickets Manager, special software listing and inventory features,
for people who sell lots of as well as the unique feature of
tickets on eBay - an odd product being able to create auctions
to have, but useful if you happen from an Excel spreadsheet of your
to sell tickets. Other services inventory. The cost is high,
offered by Vendio include web and though, at $29.95 per month.
image hosting, fancy Flash
galleries of your products for And Many, Many More...
your listings, and stores.
eBay maintain a comprehensive
ChannelAdvisor (href="http://www.channeladvisor.c software, which you can browse
om" through anytime you have a few
target="_blank">http://www.channe days to kill. You can look either
ladvisor.com). for complete solutions or for
each part of what you want
ChannelAdvisor offer their individually - the choice is so
software in three versions: daunting that there's bound to be
Enterprise, Merchant and Pro. something out there for you. You
Enterprise and Merchant are both can look at their directory at designed for very big businesses, href="http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBa
though, and the chances are that yISAPI.dll?SolutionsDirectory"
the Pro version does everything target="_blank">http://cgi6.ebay.
you'd want. ChannelAdvisor is com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SolutionsDir
popular among sellers who want a ectory.
solution that they know is used
and trusted on a very large scale Once your items have sold and
by enterprise-level customers. you're about to ship them, you
might be a little nervous about buyers before you send them
whether you can trust your buyer. anything.
Our next email will give you a
few tips for spotting problem
About the Author:
Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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