Five Auction Tools for eBay Sellers
69EBay sellers can choose from countless auction listing helpers and tools to boost their eBay item listings and sales. From offering a 360 degree product view for potential bidders to see your items in a whole new way—to widgets that let you check your listings from your iPhone, you can use these five tools to help you grow your eBay business, without breaking your wallet in the process.
Auction Image Services by My Auction Gallery
My Auction Gallery, called MAG for short, offers eBay sellers an image hosting service that can be used to expand on your auction details by including MAG images in a customizable gallery.
In addition to offering image hosting, sellers can also use MAGPICs studio to modify, enhance or even watermark you listing images. My Auction Gallery offers bulk uploads, customizable folders, and an easy-to-use interface for editing tasks such as resize, crop, watermark and more. My Auction Gallery, which is a member of the eBay Developer Program, can also be used for those Overstock.com Auctions, JustBeadfs.com, The Auction Man, and others.
My Auction Gallery services start at just $6.49 with the Moderate User plan which will allow you up to one hundred images per month.
Full 360 Degree Image Views with ZOOM360.net
ZOOM360.net offers sellers a product display solution that enables you to show prospective bidders and buyers a full 360-degree view of your item. Using a simple click and drag interface customers can view all surfaces of products online in a 360 radius. A second tool in the image viewer is a magnifier which, when used, zooms in on the object for an up-close detail inspection of the product.
Show Your Experience with MyStoreMaps
MyStoreMaps lets sellers showcase their customers in a fun, visual way right from any eBay listing. Sellers can choose to display a world map, or one which contains only the countries you are offering shipping services to.
Once you have signed up for an account, to populate the map you can enter in your sales numbers for the different country or regional locations, based on your eBay feedback. New locations are automatically tracked by the service and added to your customer map. You can also choose to display your international shipping and payment details through the map interface as well.
This specific eBay tool is offered by MyStoreMaps, who say that buyers feel more confident buying from a seller who has shipped around the world, and that their product allows sellers to show their worldly success in a fun visual way.
The cost to use MyStoreMaps for one full year starts at $19.95, which is based on the seller having up to 500 total eBay feedback entries. The price goes up in increments to a maximum of $99.95 per year for over 5,000 feedbacks.
Catch Your Bids on the Fly with ‘iRibbit’
iPhoneAppLab.com, a member of the eBay Developers Program has a new eBay Compatible Application for the popular iPhone devices. Called iRibbit, the application offers features for both buyers and sellers. Buyers can use to find items, bid, and to view their eBay Watch List. Sellers can use iRibbit to see their selling list and to check bids while on-the-go. IRibbit is a free application and you can find it listed on the Apple iPhone Web directory.
New Service Lets Sellers Say ‘ThankYa’
ThankYa.com has a unique eBay service that lets sellers send a free “ThankYa Card” after successful online transactions. ThankYa.com says that electronic thank you cards are an ideal way for online buyers and sellers to show appreciation for a smooth transaction.
In addition to using the electronic cards as a way to show appreciation, sellers can also work on gaining repeat business when they opt to include links their other items listed on eBay embedded in the customer ThankYa card.
