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Spoonfeeder Gone Away

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:07:51 +0000

For eBay Powersellers who had come to depend on the Spoonfeeder listing tool, the recent news that Spoonfeeder has shut down came as quite a surprise. Spoonfeeder was targeted at the mass market; casual and small to medium-size eBay sellers.

So now what do you do? Well, there are a few options:

Switch to eBay’s TurboLister 2. eBay Turbo Lister is a FREE listing tool to help you create professional-looking listings, as well as upload and edit items in bulk.
Try inkFrog. Since 1999, inkFrog’s solution has provided sellers on eBay the auction management software they need to effectively manage their listings. Pricing starts at $9.95 a month, similar to what Spoonfeeder charged.
Sign up for a free trial with Auctiva. After a quick and well-explained signup, Auctiva imports listings directly from eBay so their tools can be used immediately. You can develop eye-catching listings using their free template gallery, upload photos, add counters and organise content with their tools
Try AuctionSplash’s advanced eBay tools; designed to make it easier for you to buy and sell on eBay. AuctionSplash brings eBay tools onto your desktop offering huge time savings and efficiency gains by linking to the eBay API. AuctionSplash is the only FREE eBay auction software solution for buying and selling on eBay.
Powersellers may also want to switch to ChannelMAX. A little pricier, but certainly loaded with features that eBay Powersellers (and Amazon sellers!) will find the ChannelMAX features quite a bit more comprehensive than others (inventory management and order fulfillment, etc.)

While many eBay sellers depended on Spoonfeeder and nobody seems to offer a clear migration path at least there are plenty of options to keep your business going! If you know of other eBay listing tools please leave your comment and let others know what you’ve found!

eSellerPro Software Review

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:16:20 +0000

Product: eSellerPro

Company: Sandbourne Systems

URL: http://www.esellerpro.com/

Platform: Multiple

Trial: Demo available

Applicable Auction Sites:

eBay: All

Others: Abebooks.com, Alibris, Amazon, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Google Base, Half, PlayTrade

Pricing:

A one-off setup fee, plus 1.5% gross monthly turnover for support and maintenance. Minimum turnover thresholds apply.

Developer offers hosting capabilities for all aspects of its software, including back-up services for customers running the system locally.

Description:

Management solution that integrates the whole sales process, automating tasks such as stock management, product listing, sales order processing, picking and dispatch, as well as customer communication.

Works with sellers’ own online storefronts, is integrated with UK couriers, and can export data to SAGE and QuickBooks. Supports eBay Express, and a range of shopping comparison sites and third-party shopping carts.

Available for Windows, Mac, or as a hosted service.

Provider Comments:

The complete and fully integrated solution for today’s online retailers

eSellerPro has been designed to provide a complete end-to-end solution that is simple to use and meets the needs of all online retailers, whether shipping 10s or 1000s of items each day.

The system simplifies and streamlines all aspects of online sales, from stock acquisition and management to picking and dispatch. eSellerPro has a simple console layout that is intuitive in design, from which all aspects of the system can be operated. As a result the level of training required is minimal.

The system works with eBay, Amazon and a client’s own shop front and is easily integrated with other auction sites as required. It provides comprehensive listing and scheduling facilities, including a choice of standard templates or the ability to integrate bespoke designs. eSellerPro includes a comprehensive shopping cart facility for those customers who don’t already have a webstore presence.

For organizations operating in a drop-shop environment, the system includes a specific consignment module, streamlining the whole process of stock registration and listing.

The system works from a central inventory database from which items can be listed for sale through multiple sales channels, giving optimum exposure and maximum control over stock.

Full barcode support and the use of hand held devices within the system makes it straightforward to check stock in and out as well as ongoing location management within the warehouse. eSellerPro also supports the spread of stock across multiple warehouse locations.

eSellerPro is a JAVA application and has been designed to make maximum use of published APIs, ensuring ongoing integration with third party services.

eSellerPro can be purchased for execution on a hosted basis or run locally. In either case Sandbourne Systems offers the facility to dynamically backup the key databases, providing a complete fall-back environment in the case of local disaster.

MarketplaceAdvisor Premium Software Review

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:03:30 +0000

Product: MarketplaceAdvisor Premium

Company: ChannelAdvisor

URL: http://www.channeladvisor.com/products/marketplaceadvisor/

Platform: Web Based

Trial: none

Applicable Auction Sites:

eBay: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Others: Amazon, Amazon.co.uk, Google Base, Overstock Auctions, Yahoo!

Pricing:

Setup fee plus percentage of sales.

Description:

Enterprise-level auction management solution. The system is inventory-based, localized, and offers sophisticated listing, management, automation, and reporting, as well as an eCommerce store. An optional brand development service is available. Visit www.channeladvisor.co.uk for UK-specific information.

Provider Comments:

MarketplaceAdvisor Premium

A powerful part of the ChannelAdvisor Complete solution, MarketplaceAdvisor Premium enables retailers to automate the labor intensive tasks of e-commerce from inventory management, to ad creation, to order fulfillment. Leveraging these efficiencies, business owners afford themselves more time to focus on building a firm that operates more strategically, sells more products, and becomes more profitable across all online sales channels.

With MarketplaceAdvisor Premium, sellers can efficiently sell through the largest online marketplaces including eBay, Amazon.com and Overstock.com – all from a single platform. MarketplaceAdvisor Premium arms sellers with the most comprehensive set of functionality available to quickly scale an online business.

From the company’s public information

SpoonFeeder

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:45:57 +0000

Product:SpoonFeeder

Company:SpoonFeeder

URL: http://www.spoonfeeder.com/

Platform: Windows

Trial: 30 days

Applicable Auction Sites:

eBay: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, eBay Motors, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Pricing:

Software License: Basic $19.99, Standard $49.95, Full $99.95, Premium Deluxe $199.95

Service Levels: Bronze Free, Silver $10.00 per month, Gold $20.00 per month, Platinum $40.00 per month

Description:

Professional auction management software includes auction creation and listing from templates. Registration required for free trial.

Provider Coments:

SPOONFEEDER IS EBAY CERTIFIED WITH FREE PICTURE HOSTING TOO!

We offer SpoonFeeder in different configurations and at different price points to suite the needs of our customers.

The Basic version offers an excellent listing tool, with free scheduling, bulk listing capability, professionally designed ad templates, photo enhancement capability, scanner and camera interface, FREE picture hosting with FREE supersize images on a reliable picture server, integrated spell checker and thesaurus, and support for direct posting to all eBay API supported international sites.

All of this is without a recurring monthly fee. Our standard version adds invoicing, tracking, reporting, email notifications to buyers, automated feedback, late payment reminders, non paying bidder alerts, and final value credit requests, all for a small monthly fee. We offer a free 30 day trial.