
Auction Monitoring
Part of the fun of eBay is tracking your auctions and seeing new bids being
made or - for buyers - following a category or product to find new bargains.
But it can be a drag constantly visiting the same web pages just to see nothing
has changed. Auction Monitoring programs regularly check eBay for updates
and alert you when an event that you are interested in occurs - such as a new
bid, a new item listed, an item being viewed, or feedback being left.
Auction Informant
Auction Informant tracks all of the eBay sellers you are interested in and
sends you email whenever items are posted or bids are placed.
OpenAuction Ticker
An auction version of a share price ticker - scrolls information about auctions
you are following.
Auction Searching
eBay's searching feature is key to the success of buyers and sellers. For
buyers, choosing the right keywords can uncover a whole new set of bargains
that were missed with more common words. For sellers, judging the popularity
and market price of items is crucial before buying goods to sell. Auction
Searching software automates and simplifies some of the tasks that are
difficult and time-consuming (if not impossible) using eBay's search, such as:
*Sorting search results by the number of bids
*Finding items that have misspellings or typos in their titles (and can
therefore sell for less than the normal market value)
*Saving search results so they can be browsed offline
*Creating virtual photo albums of search results, with full-sized pictures, to
speed up buying decisions
HotBidz
HotBidz searches for auctions by category or by keyword, can create preset
searches, find items with a minimum number of bids, and sort the results by
various fields.
Prospector Professional
Search manager, item tracker, and bid sniper via the publisher's own bidding
server. Features include a search for other auctions that an item's bidders
have bid on, saving search results and more.
AuctionSieve
Attractive and user-friendly searching tool. Each "sieve" consists of a category
or keyword search, which is refined by choosing words to find or exclude from
the results. May require update following download.
eBooks
Packaged as single files containing a book in electronic format to be read on
your PC, eBooks cover a wide range of topics from buying and selling on eBay
to general guides on eCommerce.
eBooks normally come in pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format, or as single exe
(executable) files, which use web-browser style navigation and hyperlinks.
eBooks vary widely in topic and quality, so only those with good, relevant
content are included here.
Also included is eBook writer software (used to create your own eBooks from
scratch), and eBook compilers, which package web pages and graphics into a
single eBook file.
eBooksWriter
Full-featured eBook creator. Comprehensive pdf manual is included in the
installation folder on the CD-ROM. It is possible to buy the PRO or GOLD
edition of eBooksWriter LITE at the product web site.
ProCompiler 1
eBook compiler that creates a single executable file from a set of HTML web
pages.
Feedback Tools
Feedback is the cornerstone of the eBay community, but it is sometimes
difficult and time-consuming to build a picture of a buyer or seller when
trawling through pages of feedback.
Feedback tools help you get more out of the feedback system by:
*Making it easy to find negative and neutral feedback
*Helping you evaluate the trustworthiness of eBayers by analyzing feedback
left for them, the feedback they have left for others, and other factors
*Leaving feedback in bulk - entered manually or chosen at random from a list
*Identifying buyers who are late leaving feedback on a transaction with you
*Searching for patterns that may indicate dishonesty such as shill bidding
(when a seller uses another eBay ID to bid on their own auction)
Merlin Instant
Merlin InstantFeedback can either leave bulk feedback for your transactions
or automatically reciprocate when feedback is left for you.
BayCheck
Uses four separate browser tabs to retrieve seller history, bidder history,
feedback received, and feedback left for a particular user ID
GutCheck
Installs as a context (right-click) menu in Internet Explorer. Right-click on an
eBay member name or feedback score to analyse feedback - view all or just
negative feedback, filter and export.
FTP Clients
FTP clients are used to transfer files between your computer and Internet
servers - useful for sending image files to hosting services so they can be used
in auctions. There are excellent free FTP clients available, and some
innovative ideas - such as combining image editing with FTP transfer, to
eliminate the back-and-forth process of editing an image on a hosting service.
WS_FTP LE
Popular FTP client for file uploads and downloads. Read the license
agreement to see if you qualify for free use.
CoffeeCup
Popular FTP client for file uploads and downloads.
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