| There are many customized software products | | | | frauds, perpetrated by people on eBay and other |
| specially designed to make buying and selling on | | | | auction sites. |
| eBay a breeze. Such software can enable you to | | | | 4. eLister: |
| do quick and easy searches for potential items on | | | | Permits you to create auction listings offline. You |
| eBay. Sometimes bargain items are incorrectly | | | | can work on these at your convenience, and list |
| listed; software can help you find them and bid | | | | your auction advertisement on eBay, using the |
| for and acquire them at the lowest price possible. | | | | same software, once you are ready to start the |
| Such software can also help you make strategic | | | | auction. |
| bids aimed at keeping prices at a low level and | | | | 5. Shooting Star: |
| ward off any bidding wars. | | | | Bundles a lot of features in one product. It has a |
| This article takes a brief look at some of these | | | | utility which allows you to compose auctions for |
| free software products and their features and | | | | eBay. It can help to track hundreds of live bids. |
| benefits. | | | | You can use it to send previously written emails |
| 1. GetItNext: | | | | to others bidding or buying at auctions. It also |
| Promises to facilitate faster searches on eBay, | | | | keeps track of your bid amounts. |
| and in turn lead to faster and easier buying. The | | | | 6. Auctiva: |
| manufacturers claim to access the very same | | | | Allows eBay sellers to send pre-scheduled listings, |
| listings as available on eBay. Collectors and sellers | | | | and host images without having to pay for the |
| can avail a bulk deal search option to source | | | | service. It also facilitates insurance on shipped |
| purchases from bulk lots. | | | | items, and provides templates for use by sellers |
| 2. Auction Eagle: | | | | in their listings. |
| Allows you to monitor auctions. If you are buyer | | | | 7. MyShoppingGenie: |
| on eBay, the software will notify you when | | | | Can hasten your eBay shopping, with a live listing |
| someone has outbid you, or even when an | | | | of the best deals at the best prices, on any |
| auction has ended. It also helps sellers by | | | | product you search for in Google or Yahoo. It is |
| informing them about the number of bids, the | | | | certified by eBay and also allows you to earn |
| price of a current bid, the amount of the highest | | | | commissions from eBay from its affiliate |
| bid, and the time remaining in the auction. | | | | program, for each new eBay customer you refer |
| 3. Auction Errol: | | | | to them and from sales generated by referred |
| Enables you to check the number of buyers in an | | | | eBay customers who have installed the My |
| eBay auction before you bid. This is a specialized | | | | Shopping Genie software. |
| kind of software that aims to prevent scams and | | | | |