Secret Tools used by eBay PowerSellers!

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.

ebook Gold

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.
My Fashion Guru