Tuesday, January 10, 2012

A Guide to eBay Online Tools

More and more businesses are “working smarter” and making use of online software tools and sites to manage their businesses and multi-channel online selling. Using an eBay interface for reading email, auction management services, online listing services and feedback sites are all tools that small businesses will need to learn to use, to help become efficient and profitable to grow their business in 2012.

We realize many of you are already using some of these tools, but thought we would take a few moments to highlight some worthy services.
Auction Management and Listing Services
  • Channel Advisor - www.channeladvisor.com
    Access hundreds of online channels with a single inventory feed
  • Infopia - www.infopia.com
    Manage inventory, create storefronts, and integrate with other business applications
  • Vendio - www.vendio.com
    Ecommerce software solution for eBay, Amazon, Facebook & more
  • Frooition - www.frooition.com
    eBay store and listing design templates, proven to increase your sales by up to a massive 30%!
Order Management Tools
  • Linnworks - www.linnworks.com
    Order management software and stock control system that integrates the entire multi-channel sales process
  • Stone Edge Technologies, Inc. - www.stoneedge.com
    Their Order Manager program is feature-packed for order, inventory and customer management capabilities
  • eSellerPro - www.esellerpro.com
    Complete eCommerce solution that integrates your entire online sales operation
Shipping Tools
  • Shipworks - www.shipworks.com
    Shipping software that helps online sellers manage, automate tasks and ship their orders
  • Endicia - www.endicia.com
    Mailing and shipping software solution to simplify your shipping needs with USPS for label printing, prepaid return labels, and package tracking
Other Worthy Notes
There are many free services available to use, but these particular online selling tools have many additional features to allow more creativity, customization and flexibility.