EBay Selling Tools

eBay wants you to succeed when you are with them. For sellers, they provide a number of tools available for free and for a monthly fee. Each of these tools allows you to manage your items and your auctions. Keep reading and find out what tools are available.

Free Selling Tools

Let's start with the free tools. There's nothing wrong with free and eBay knows it. So, make the most of what is available to you before signing up for more advanced tools.

1. Turbo Lister - This is a free eBay selling tool that you can download to your PC. Before you log on to your eBay account and create listings, use Turbo Lister. It allows you to design your listings on your desktop and finalize them before you upload them on eBay. You can design more than one listing at a time and upload them in bulk. It takes some of the work out of getting your auctions up and running quickly.

2. File Exchange - This tool is available for free to qualified sellers. If you have been on eBay for a while and are doing high volume business with a ton of positive feedback points, you can access it. The tool is online and accessible through My eBay. It allows the user to create and upload listings in bulk. In addition, the seller can also download selling reports and manager listings to relist items when needed.

Monthly Fee Tools

Each of the following tools is accessible for a monthly fee. To give you a chance to check them out, each also has a 30-day free trial.

1. Selling Manager - Listings are followed through from the beginning to the end with this tool. Not only can you look at new and active listings, but you can manage items after they are sold. For easy customer communication with your buyers, Selling Manager features eMail templates you can send to follow up with them. The online program (accessed from My eBay) can be used to print invoices and package labels. The cost is $4.99 per month after a 30-day free trial.

2. Selling Manager Pro - It's a step up from Selling Manager for medium and high volume sellers. You can do everything that you are able to do with Selling Manager plus schedule listings, print labels in bulk, access profit and loss reports and manage feedback and emails. The cost is $15.99 per month after a 30-day free trial.

3. Blackthorne Basic - With this tool your listings can be managed offline on your PC and information uploaded to eBay as you need it. Also, it assists with communication with buyers. The price is $9.99 per month after a 30-day free trial.

4. Blackthorne Pro - For high volume sellers, Blackthorne Pro allows you to manage your inventory, active listings, relist items, upload listings in bulk, print labels and involves in bulk and receives monthly statements to track how business is going. The price for this all-in-one application is $24.99 per month after a 30-day free trial.

Before beginning to sell on eBay, check out the tools available to sellers. Using them can increase your profits and eliminate many "beginner" errors.