| Upgrading to eBay's Selling Manager | | | | your computer and then upload (or download) your |
| A versatile program, Selling Manager allows you to | | | | data when you go online. |
| monitor or automate many of the more tedious eBay | | | | Becoming a Power Seller |
| tasks. The Summary page has four major headings, | | | | The eBay PowerSeller status is given only to those |
| and the My eBay Views section on the left has six | | | | sellers who uphold the highest levels of professionalism |
| main headings. You have the option to show only | | | | on the site. Being a PowerSeller gives you membership |
| auctions, store listings, or fixed-price items on the | | | | in an exclusive club. That club has five levels of |
| Active Listings page. You can also search your own | | | | membership, depending on your monthly sales, as |
| listings by keyword or item number. Selling Manager | | | | shown in Table 5-1. Each PowerSeller tier gives the |
| makes many selling processes considerably easier. | | | | seller more privileges from eBay. One of the most |
| Take a look your Selling Manager Summary page. | | | | valuable benefits is that when an issue needs to be |
| From here, you can see how many buyers have paid | | | | addressed with eBay, PowerSellers can access |
| for their purchases - and, sadly, how many haven't. | | | | priority customer service support. As a PowerSeller, |
| Mechanizing with Third-Party Auction Management | | | | you have access to some supersecret places on the |
| Tools | | | | eBay site reserved for PowerSellers! There's a |
| Whether you use an online service or software | | | | PowerSeller newsgroup, PowerSeller discussion board, |
| residing on your own com-puter is a personal decision. | | | | and even special items at the eBay store. |
| You may find it easier to use an online system | | | | Opening Your eBay Store |
| because you can log on to your selling information at | | | | EBay is an online store that specializes in selling your |
| any time from any computer. But if you have a slow | | | | stuff, not theirs. It doesn't stock a stick of merchandise |
| Internet connection or pay usage fees by the hour, | | | | and it isn't in competition with you. In addition to its |
| managing your eBay business online can become | | | | staggering number of visitors, eBay offers you the |
| impractical. Most desktop-based software packages | | | | most reasonable .store rent. |
| have features that enable you to do your work on | | | | |