Whether you’re someone who sells on eBay in their own time to bring in a little extra money each month or a professional online vendor, selling on eBay can quickly become a chore if you don’t make use of the software that’s out there to streamline the process and help your business grow. There are hundreds of tools out there, so here are just 10 of the best.
Turbo Lister
Uploading a high quantity of listings can be extremely time consuming but Turbo Lister lets you bulk upload thousands of listings. It’s extremely easy to use as well, and an absolute essential for eBay sellers.
Pixlr
You need your listings to stand out, and gallery images are extremely important in looking professional when showcasing your products. Pixlr offers free image editing online to help you get the most out of your image library.
FileZilla
If you’re selling a high quantity of a product, or you’ve a regular product in your inventory, storing the images on FileZilla rather than uploading them each time for a new listing is the only way go.
Selling Manager Pro
Selling Manager Pro has a number of excellent features for sellers, including automatically listing items at the optimised time, automatic relisting and basic inventory tools. It also automatically sends positive feedback to buyers, saving you a job.
Terapeak
Doing a bit of research in advance can revolutionise your eBay listings, and Terapeak does all the hard work for you in this regard. Evaluate what sells well for others and how those listings are optimised, with detailed stats and reports. Then apply this to your own shop.
MailChimp
Many people don’t think beyond the buying stage – make a sale, job done – but you need to be able to target customers for repeat business and the best way to do this is with an email client like MailChimp. Set up autoresponders or create your own campaigns to drive new sales, but whatever you choose MailChimp makes it easy.
Title Builder
Optimising your listing with the best keywords for eBay search is vital if you want your products to be found. Title Builder will help make sure you get the title of your product right first time with the most search for phrases, suggested categories and more.
Simple Inventory Control
Does exactly what it says on the tin, this one – a great tool for tracking inventory with various options for reporting and alerts on low stock levels. There are more complex inventory programmes out there but this is a great introduction for small to medium businesses.
Xero
If you own a shop on eBay then you officially run a business and this means paying tax at the end of the financial year. Xero is one of the UK’s biggest online accountancy programmes, and it allows you to automatically import your eBay sales through integrations to keep the whole process moving smoothly.
DesignCart
DesignCart is a bit of software that allows you to add a shopping cart to your own website – and it’s compatible with eBay listings. If you own your own website, this lets you get your eBay listings even more exposure, with auctions updated on eBay live as purchases are made on your site.
Selling on eBay doesn’t have to be arduous when you make use of the software that’s available, and these 10 programs will make for a much more efficient experience. Any essential eBay tools that we’ve left of this list? Let us know in the comments below.
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