Re: selling on eBay
sometime around 3/13/03 8:37 AM, Ted Burford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to know if any one on this list is selling on ebay. If so how do you keep track of your auctions? If someone is using a database I am interested in getting a template. Ted Today I downloaded the demo version of Auction Tender from Colourfull Creations at http://www.colourfull.com/at40.html. I have not used it in a real transaction yet. Has anyone ever used this program? It is pretty simple and straightforward. It's not near as robust as eLister but it is only $20. For the occasional lister it may suffice. Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: selling on ebay
On 12/03/03 13:18, Ted Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to know if any one on this list is selling on ebay. If so how do you keep track of your auctions? If someone is using a database I am interested in getting a template. I'm not selling a lot on eBay, but when I have something up, I usually use the My eBay web page that I did configure to show me my selling auction. -Laurent. -- === Laurent DaudelinDeveloper, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA * Usual disclaimers apply * -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: selling on ebay
on 3/12/03 1:18 PM, Ted Burford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to know if any one on this list is selling on ebay. If so how do you keep track of your auctions? If someone is using a database I am interested in getting a template. Ted I have used A.I.D. In the past and liked it. It does work in Jaguar but eBay has apparently changed things to make it more difficult for third party software to interface with their site. eBay seems to want people to use their own web-based auction managing software. This has resulted in various aspects of A.I.D. not working anymore. I don't know if there is any future for A.I.D. so it may not be a good investment at this time but I still use it and work around the features that don't work. Andre -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: selling on ebay
Hi Andre - I set up my wife in an Antique Selling business last October. I've tried some web-based auction management tools, but they all seem to fail miserably: being a graphics and marketing guy, the online services generate very ugly listings, and offer clumsy interfaces. I tried using A.I.D. too, and found their listing options somewhat tedious. Also, inquiries to their support folks seemed slow and uncaring. It's true that ebay changed the way that outside vendors access their API, and I don't think that the A.I.D. folks are going to continue. Then I found eLister, by Black Magik Software: http://www.blackmagik.com Although the eLister program is shareware, it's a slick and intuitive as you'd expect ANY Boxed Retail Mac software to be. Timothy Brown responds quickly to questions, even the dumb ones that are answered in the manual. And the manual is VERY thorough. He provides about 25 templates, all of which can be modified very easily with Simpletext or BBedit or the text editor of your choice. For listing, I'd recommend eLister. It's the best $$$ you'll ever spend on ebay listing software. Again, since ebay changed the API, the fee is annual (since the software vendor has to pay per API call, this is entirely fair). BUT as far as sales histories, P L's, and regular business stuff, you'll need to get some type of accounting package. And DO NOT get QuickBooks 5 for OS X. You'll be so sad, you'll probably have to go into therapy. Save your money, and try something else. Our volume is so small, the wife doesn't do the accounting thing on the computer. One thing you probably haven't discovered is picture management. In Antiques and Collectibles, buyers want to see lots of pics. Managing these can get a little hairy, so I wrote an Applescript that takes a group of shots from the camera, moves them into a folder, and renames them with their Item Name and a Date Code. You can find this script by searching for eBay on the Macscripters.net BBS. You'll have to do a little tweaking to make it work for your, but it does work nicely. Hope this info helps. Feel free to reply off-list if you have more questions. Rich Graham http://www.richgraham.com On 3/12/03 4:39 PM, Andre Ruegg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said something like: on 3/12/03 1:18 PM, Ted Burford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to know if any one on this list is selling on ebay. If so how do you keep track of your auctions? If someone is using a database I am interested in getting a template. Ted I have used A.I.D. In the past and liked it. It does work in Jaguar but eBay has apparently changed things to make it more difficult for third party software to interface with their site. eBay seems to want people to use their own web-based auction managing software. This has resulted in various aspects of A.I.D. not working anymore. I don't know if there is any future for A.I.D. so it may not be a good investment at this time but I still use it and work around the features that don't work. Andre -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
