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Auction Reporter - Newsletter provides information about the weekly top selling items.

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Useful Information for eBay - Advice on selling and bidding. Some links are to pages within ebay, others to outside sites, services and help.

eBay software

AuctionSage HomePage - Management and posting services for eBay sellers. Works with Bidville also. [Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP/2000]

SimpLister - A listing and image hosting service for eBay.

Trak Auctions - Free eBay web based auction management, including counters, emails and feedback. Also offers image hosting.

Snip - Allows monitoring auctions on eBay and Allegro and automatically places a bid in the closing seconds. [English/German]

SmartCollector - Provides research tools based on eBay sales data to determine item values and market trends for collectibles and antiques. Also offers a collection management tool and educational resources.

AuctionHot.com - Lists eBay auctions by bid count to help users find the hottest items.

Ebaytools - Sourceforge - Free (Open Source) tools for watching, bidding, selling and searching on eBay auctions. All data and pictures stored in local SQL database for offline searching and viewing.

NobleSpirit Enterprise Software - Meridian is a web-based management tool that automates eBay auctions. Sends emails, calculates shipping and invoices customers.

Bargin Bot - Ebay Auction Management, snipe bide, Search and Alerts - Auction management and bidding application for eBay. [Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP]

Auction Measures - Provides counters and analytics for eBay auctions.

Ebay Auctions Info - Allows using a customized URL to redirect to an eBay auction or list of auctions.

eMarketManager.com - Free service that allows calculation of PayPal and eBay fees, item cost, and shipping/handling charges.

Terapeak - Find pricing information on products on eBay.

Bid Boosters - An eBay tool used by sellers to easily create listings. Also offers custom templates, store design, About Me pages, and selling advice.

Free Auction Tools - A collection of tools, information and other free resources for eBay. Also provides Auction Magic, a downloadable eBay browser.

Auction Sherlock - Scan items listings to provide market research for eBay. (Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP)

Auction Software - Provides various programs for managing eBay and PayPal.

Auction Wizard 2000 - Supports eBay, eBay Stores, Yahoo! and Player Auctions. Includes inventory, label printing, image editing, ftp and other features. (Windows 95/98/ME, NT 4, 2000, XP)

Auction Lizard - Creates listings on eBay, Yahoo, Amazon and other auctions. (Windows 95/98, NT, 2000, ME, XP)

MyLister.com - Provides Ebay auction listings and photo hosting.

Village Photos - Auction compatible image hosting and management, counters, HTML layout tools. Also provides seller listing aid for eBay.

MyEasyPics.com - Create and store instant eBay auction galleries, slideshows, and photo albums.

3cim - Images for eBay auctions, allowing users to batch upload multiple image files that may be presented in sequence.

Black Magik Software - eLister allows the creation of listings for uploading to eBay.

eChat Auctions - A live chat service embedded into eBay listings used to promote higher bid amounts through better buyer confidence.

The eBay Feedback Generator - Free online service generates automatic buyer or seller feedback.

EasyTicker.com - Provides an auction ticker to place on a website to highlight auctions in one eBay category, a search term, or an eBay seller ID.

Auction Follow Up - Monitor sales on eBay. Data collection, item tracking status, and emailing.

The Auction Software Review - Offers help for eBay users looking for third-party software and services. Categories include sniping, ad creation, seller tools, auction management, monitoring and searching.

Expert Auction Services - Lists items on eBay for businesses specializing in big-ticket items. Also offers training, store creation, digital photography, and web site design.

AuctionLink - Creates short web addresses for eBay sellers that automatically link to users' current auctions. Free and paid options.

Andale - Services for eBay including page counters, pricing research tools, image hosting, listers, fixed price storefronts and customer management.

InkFrog - Image hosting, templates, feedback, emails and other support for eBay sellers.

Auctioncentric - Offers software to add eBay auctions to a web site.

Bay to Go - Provides SMS alerts to eBay seller's cell phone when a new bid is placed.

eBizAutos - Offers automated management solutions for sellers on eBay Motors.

Auction Hawk - Services for general auctions on eBay. Images hosting, ad creation, scheduling and post-sales.

Manage Auctions - Free services for managing selling on Amazon, eBay, Excite, Lycos and Yahoo.

AuctionIntelligence - Can be used to analyze eBay auctions in order to determine what is selling, who is selling, and for how much items are selling.

AuctionTeller - An auction management solution for the eBay.

EA tools - Auction management tools for high volume eBay sellers.

The eBay Feedback Generator - Free online service generates automatic buyer or seller feedback.

Auction Follow Up - Monitor sales on eBay. Data collection, item tracking status, and emailing.

AuctionSniper.com - Buyer tool for eBay and other online auctions.

Andale - Services for eBay including page counters, pricing research tools, image hosting, listers, fixed price storefronts and customer management.

Auctioncentric - Offers software to add eBay auctions to a web site.

eBizAutos - Offers automated management solutions for sellers on eBay Motors.

SimpLister - A listing and image hosting service for eBay.

Snip - Allows monitoring auctions on eBay and Allegro and automatically places a bid in the closing seconds. [English/German]

AuctionHot.com - Lists eBay auctions by bid count to help users find the hottest items.

NobleSpirit Enterprise Software - Meridian is a web-based management tool that automates eBay auctions. Sends emails, calculates shipping and invoices customers.

Auction Measures - Provides counters and analytics for eBay auctions.

Ebay Auctions Info - Allows using a customized URL to redirect to an eBay auction or list of auctions.

eMarketManager.com - Free service that allows calculation of PayPal and eBay fees, item cost, and shipping/handling charges.

Terapeak - Find pricing information on products on eBay.

Bid Boosters - An eBay tool used by sellers to easily create listings. Also offers custom templates, store design, About Me pages, and selling advice.

Team Redline Software - GutCheck - freeware utility that sorts, filters, and presents in spreadsheet form an eBay member's feedback. GiveSomeBack - a bulk feedback tool.

Kinem Software - eBay tools - builds HTML, submits items, generates bidder emails and leaves bulk feedback.

Easy Auction - eBay auction management software for buyers and sellers.

Raje Software - All My Auctions - a tool for sellers that copies listings from eBay, and helps organize invoices and shipping. Creates financial reports. Other software available.

Area51mods.com - eBay auction calculator to indicate how much profit an auction listing can make. Requires Microsoft Excel.

Certes.net - AuctionIntelligence - a tool for searching and building transactions from eBay to analyze results and aid in buying and selling.

My Auction Search - Auction search manager for eBay. Organizes and runs multiple searches at the same time and allows viewing results and items in one program.

AuctionFeeCalc - An eBay calculator for Windows: listing, final value, and PayPal fees as well as cost of goods and profit/loss calculation.

Xellsoft - HarvEX Auction Processor + Turbo-Sniper SE, shareware tools for automating tasks in eBay. Harvester, sniper, watcher, Excel export/import, MS Outlook interface. International eBay support.

Whiz Mining - WhizAnalysis - provides personalized performance and pricing reports for eBay listings. Indicates potential items that can make money based on the past statistics.

American Marvels - OpenAuction Ticker for eBay, a free product that adds a scrolling window to monitor auctions. Requires IE 5.5 or later.

Auction Watchdog - Track unlimited numbers of eBay users and their auctions.

AuctionSieve - Filters through the auctions in eBay categories and allows searches, with the ability to combine search results. Freeware. Multiple platform versions, including Windows, Macintosh, Java, Linux.

eBay snipe and sniper tools

Snipe Swipe - An online sniping service for eBay users.

Prospector for eBay - Search management and browser tools. Includes an auction sniper, item management, watch lists, and searches.

Auction Raptor - eBay sniping service that places bids in the final seconds. Allows multiple currencies, email notifiction and bid grouping.

Snipe Champ - Sniping software for auctions on eBay.

EZ Sniper - Automatic eBay auction sniper. Places a bid in the final seconds.

cniper.com - Free auction sniper tool for eBay.

Auction Attendant - An agent that allows tracking auction items on eBay's web site.

BidSlayer - Watch eBay auction items and bid in the last few seconds.

I-Bid - Search, watch and bid on eBay from a cell phone. Integrates with desktop browsers to minimize phone typing.

eSnipe - A bidding service that places last minute bids on eBay.

Auction Sentry - Sniper software for eBay and Yahoo auctions.

Auction Agent - eBay auction sniper software supports delayed bidding for up to four users.

Auction Navigator - Sniping, bidding and tracking tool for eBay (Windows 98/Me/2000/2003/NT/XP)

Bidnapper.com - Sniper bidding tool for eBay that allows bids to be made in the last few seconds.

EZ Sniper - Automatic eBay auction sniper. Places a bid in the final seconds.

eSnipe - A bidding service that places last minute bids on eBay.

Snipe Swipe - An online sniping service for eBay users.

Snipe Monkey - A program to snipe eBay auctions, 14 day trial. Multiple languages.

iSnipeIt.com Auction Sniping Software - Designed to track and place automated bids at the end of eBay auctions.

Snipe Right - Sniping software and online service to win eBay auctions at the last moment.

Auction Raptor - eBay sniping service that places bids in the final seconds. Allows multiple currencies, email notifiction and bid grouping.

About eBay

eBay is a very successful online auction website, at which people from all around the world buy and sell goods and services.

eBay was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as "AuctionWeb", part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus. Originally marketed to investors as a place to sell and trade PEZ dispensers, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology Group, Omidyar's consulting firm. He had tried to register the domain name "EchoBay.com" but found it already taken, so he shortened it to his second choice, "eBay.com". eBay is headquartered in San Jose, California. Meg Whitman has served as eBay's president and CEO since March 1998. In terms of revenue growth, eBay is the fastest-growing company of all time.

eBay Items and services

Millions of collectibles, appliances, computers, furniture, equipment, vehicles, and other miscellaneous items are listed, bought, and sold daily. Some items are rare and valuable, while many others are dusty gizmos that would have been discarded if not for the thousands of eager bidders worldwide, proving that if one has a big enough market, one will find someone willing to buy anything. A recent search of eBay uncovered thousands of passé beanie babies and hundreds of vintage Kewpie Dolls. It is fair to say that eBay has revolutionized the collectibles market by bringing together buyers and sellers internationally in a huge, never-ending yard sale and auction. Large international companies, such as IBM, sell their newest products and offer services on eBay using competitive auctions and fixed-priced storefronts. Regional searches of the database make shipping slightly more rapid or cheaper. Software developers can create applications that integrate with eBay through the eBay API by joining the eBay Developers Program .

In June 2004, eBay prohibited the sale and auction of both alcohol and tobacco products. Some exceptions to this rule are made for rare aged liquors, where a bottle may sell for many times higher than its actual value in alcohol.

There has also been controversy regarding items put up for bid that violate ethical standards. Once, a man put his kidney on eBay, attempting to profit from the potentially very lucrative (and illegal) market for transplantable human organs. On other occasions, people and even entire towns have been listed, often as a joke. eBay is also a repository for cheap imitations, which can be difficult for novice buyers to distinguish without careful study of the auction description.

eBay business model

eBay generates revenue from sellers, who pay a fee based on the selling price of each item, a fee based on the starting price, and from advertising. In February 2005 it was announced that eBay would increase fees it charges to eBay Stores  sellers, which caused considerable enough controversy among eBay users that the President of eBay's North America business recently emailed all eBay users with news that other fees would be decreased. eBay does not handle the goods, nor does it transact the buyer-seller payments, except through its subsidiary PayPal. Instead, much like newspaper want-ads, sellers rely on the buyers' good faith to make payment, and buyers rely on the sellers' good faith to actually deliver the goods intact. To encourage fidelity, eBay maintains, rates, and publicly displays the post-transaction feedback from all users, whether they buy or sell. This way, the buyer is encouraged to examine the sellers' feedback profile before bidding to rate their trustworthiness. Sellers with high ratings generally have more bids and garner higher bids.

Source: This informational article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article eBay.

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