I have been selling seriously for the past 3 years and always do well at christmas. I would like to hear about ways to use the ebay seller tools to increase my sales and continue the high buying volume during the rest of the year.

Deirdre,
Since I've been over on the Seller Discussion board complaining about the ridiculous new SYI, I thought it only fair that I participate in this workshop. Can anyone there tell me, and others, what is up with the new SYI and why it is being forced on the sellers before the glitches are all worked out?! You mentioned the upcoming holiday season, and of course that's the peak season for all sellers, but those of us who have tried to struggle with the new SYI form see it as a bad sign for the holiday sales. Implying that the new form is a tool is a joke. A tool is used to facilitate an action. The way the new form works, filled with glitches and bloated with superfluous pop-ups and drop downs...its anything but a "tool". Imagine how depressing that is to seller facing the holiday season! It would be nice to actually get some answers. There are dozens of frustrated sellers on the other board, and doubtless thousands of others who don't know where to turn for answers. Thank you. Sue

eBay Turbo Lister

It is a Free desktop bulk-listing tool. It helps you create professional-looking listings in seconds. You can also manage and save your listings inventory. You can upload thousands of existing listings in just a few clicks.

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eBay Selling Manager

It is an online sales management tool. You can perform bulk post-sales management and apply feedback in bulk too. It has customizable email templates. You can relist items and print invoices, shipping labels. You can export your sales information for bookkeeping.
Cost: free for basic eBay Store subscribers; 30-day trial, then $4.99/mo. for all others

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That's it from my side! We want to dedicate the remaining time to answer specific questions you might have.

Don't wnat to sound stupid but what is SYI stand for?

I currently use Selling Manager Pro, Turbo Lister 2 and ebay store.

Tried to use blackthorne but found it wasn't that easy to work with and gave up on it after the trial period.

Hi suejaysclay,

Thanks for your post, and for your concern over the new Sell Your Item form. Miyuki and I have both been closely monitoring the thread on the Seller Central board and have been working hard with our team here to iron out the remaining issues with the new flow.

First, let me say that we are definitely not forcing the new flow onto members. All members have a way to opt-out and go back to using the old flow, and the old flow is absolutely going to be available at least until early next year. To go back to the old flow, just click on the Sell button at the top of any eBay page, and then click "List using the original Sell Your Item form."

We do acknowledge that we have had some glitches in the system the past few weeks, but we have been monitoring sellers that are using the new flow very closely. The vast majority of sellers have been able to list items successfully - and do it faster - with the new form. We do know that it takes folks a while to get used to the new flow, because it is radically different, so there is a bit of a learning curve.

If you are still facing issues with the new form, I would encourage you to detail them out on the Seller Central thread, and we'll work hard to get them fixed for you!

Thanks,
Nate

What is the advantage to using Blackthorn versus Selling Manager pro as it seems they do many of the same things?

Is one better then the other? Or do you need both to really run an ebay business and store?