OT: What is the best eBay listing tool

[ibuysportsephemera]

I also have used Inkfrog for many years. This year I decided to stop using them because they rolled out a new version and have offered very little support for the old version. Be aware that if you ever decide to break away from Inkfrog, you will need to manually reload all of your photographs to your eBay items. Also, if you are using any of their templates, you will need to re enter all of that information on eBay as well. Basically if you start using them, you will be married to them. I have found that I can accomplish most of the same Inkfrog functions by using Selling Manager and folders on my computer. I would imagine that when you start using any listing service you will have similar problems if you ever want to break away.

Jeff

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

I would imagine that when you start using any listing service you will have similar problems if you ever want to break away.

This was exactly the reason that I went with the Simple Store software that our own Bob Freedman (hi Bob) runs as a companion to his Simple Auction platform. I had been using a series of Excel spreadsheets to catalog my inventory and generate .csv files for uploading to eBay with their TurboLister tool. For various reasons, I was looking for something different than TL, and was able to migrate over to listing via the Simple Store software relatively painlessly. There was a bit of a learning curve, as with any new software, but I did not have to re-enter thousands of listings, which was the only reason I was able to make the break. It was just a matter of re-configuring my spreadsheets, re-uploading the images to their ftp server, and then pushing everything out to eBay. It was a bit pricier on the front end to get started, but having used them for about 3 years now, I am pleased with the relative ease with which I can generate new listings, push them up to eBay, pull them down if need be, and the auto-relist feature they have implemented is an incredible time-saver. I'm sure there are ways to do it cheaper, but I couldn't imagine holding down a full-time job, spending time with my family, AND managing the 16k+ active listings that I have posted on eBay without something like this. There is a point where time-saving features become a necessity to keep all the plates spinning.

And no, Bob did not pay me to say any of this, or even request my endorsement

[jsq]

if i only want to sell 10 or so items a month what is a easy tool to use.

since many of the items going forward will also be similiar i would like a tool that let me reuse the bulk of the information in the listing generator.

any thoughts?

thank you

[Luke]

I'd just create them manually if you are only doing a few. If you click "sell similar" it loads all the info from the listing you clicked on and you can just change the title and item specifics.