eBay Selling Manager

eBay Selling Manager (pages.ebay.com/selling_manager/) is another official eBay auction management toolthis one web-based, not a separate software program. When you subscribe to Selling Manager, the Selling tab of your My eBay page is transformed into a Selling Manager tab, where you can manage all your auction and post-auction activityincluding sending customer emails and leaving feedback. Cost is $4.99 per month.

As you can see in Figure 19.6, the main Selling Manager page provides an overview of your active and closed auctions. You can click on any link to see a finer cut of your activityto view only your active listings, for example, or only those listings that are paid and ready to ship.

Figure 19.6. The My eBay Selling page turned into eBay Selling Manager.

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I don't recommend Selling Manager for high-volume sellers because it isn't very automated; all the transactions have to be handled manually. You also don't get any listing creation features, which is why eBay recommends using Selling Manager in conjunction with the free Turbo Lister program. Together, they're not a bad combination for low-volume sellers.