eBay Sellers Can List Faster with Product Details and Certified Providers

List even faster when you use eBay Product Details!

Quickly fill out item descriptions and add photos when listing to eBay with Product Details. Depending on your item and the category you are listing in on eBay, you may be able to include information from our catalogs in your listing, known as product details. Adding product detail information not only makes listing easier, but also helps your items gain added visibility on eBay in our product details page.

Some categories contain items associated with products in our catalogs. If you are listing in one of these categories, you'll be able to add product details along with a stock photo from our catalog to your listing.

Product details can help you create complete listing descriptions that are more visible and appealing to buyers in the categories: Books, Movies, Music, Video Games, Digital Cameras, PDAs and Cell Phones.

Benefits:

• Easier, faster listing
• More complete and detailed descriptions
• Item visibility in product details page—easier for buyers to find your listing
• Can be added to your existing listing templates

eBay Certified Providers provide listing tools supporting product details, thereby allowing you to list even faster, easier and manage your inventory.

Certified Providers work with all levels of eBay sellers from beginners to advanced PowerSellers to online retailers.

Certified Providers:

Kyozou

Mercent

Infopia

Seller Sourcebook

Vendio

Monsoon

ChannelAdvisor

inkFrog

Auctiva

eBay Certified Provider Fair - Helps Build eBay Customer Support Awareness of 3rd Party Services and Solutions

eBay held its sixth Certified Provider Fair at the eBay Customer Support center in Salt Lake City, UT. The purpose of the event is to expose Customer Support employees at eBay to the software and services available to the eBay Community from external eBay partners qualified to be an eBay Certified Provider.

Over 300 eBay employees attended and viewed product demos, discussed each solution and relayed ideas and feedback on what their eBay sellers needs are. Lots of interest at the Certified Provider Fair on how Certified Providers support SR2 and help sellers adapt and succeed with the new changes.

• Selling Manager Applications
• Bulk revising of all listings to include Return Policy & Handling Time
• Shipping and tracking automation in My eBay

eBay Customer Support teams were impressed at the range of software and services available to help eBay sellers be more efficient and successful -

• business and strategy consulting
• shipping automation for multiple carriers
• customer relationship management
• market research
• listing solutions
• and more!

Certified Providers in attendance:

1. Vendio
2. ShipWorks
3. Auctiva
4. Seller Sourcebook
5. Worldwide Brands
6. Terapeak
7. inkFrog
8. ShipRush
9. Monsoon
10. Selling Manager Applications from eBay Developers Program Team

To learn more about the tools and services from eBay Certified Providers, check out the Certified Provider website.

Click here to view photos from the Certified Provider Fair.

Monsoon Wins "Most Innovative" eBay Star Developer Award - Video Interview

Monsoon, an eBay Certified Provider, was awarded the eBay Star Developer Award for "Most Innovative" at eBay's 2009 Developers Conference in San Jose, CA June 17th.

The eBay Star Developer Awards are awarded each year to the eBay developers recognized for building applications on the eBay API platform and for their achievements in enabling sellers to improve customer service and keep pace with eBay's dynamic marketplace. Monsoon was recognized by eBay for their "Dynamic Pricing" feature.

Dynamic Pricing automatically searches for competitive items on eBay and will re-price a seller's inventory to beat their competition. Automatically reprice items up or down as demand fluctuates. Sellers can maintain the best price realization possible by leveraging their great DSRs and maximizing visibility in eBay search.

"For our customers, we found that conversion -- if you have real-time, accurately priced inventory -- jumped up between 5X to 15X compared to where the sellers had been previously -- a huge, huge increase in sales." - Clark Hale, VP of Product Managment for Monsoon

Congratulations to Monsoon for this distinguished honor and for their ability to assist eBay sellers with competitive pricing, maximizing the value of their items based on competition and demand!

Monsoon is an eBay Certified Provider assisting sellers with an end-to-end solution for the management, processing, pricing, and reporting for successful online selling. Monsoon supports eBay.com, eBay Motors and Half.com.

Tools to Help You Easily Update eBay Listings to Include Return Policy and Handling Time

Update - Sellers on eBay are now required to specify a return policy and handling time when they sell items. This is true even if the seller's return policy is not to accept returns.

eBay sellers can easily update all their listings to comply with eBay’s new policy with the help of our eBay Certified Providers. Easily revise listings in bulk and add your return policy and handling time. Including live listings and stored inventory.

Benefits:

• Bulk search and replace text in Item Description
• Ability to edit any section of an eBay listing
• Edit stored, scheduled and live inventory
• Edit and update listings for multiple eBay IDs
• Will not lose Recent Sales score

While all Listing tools offer bulk management of eBay items, some eBay Certified Providers offer the ability to bulk search and replace, allowing you to efficiently change your listings to adhere to eBay policies.

Certified Providers:

ChannelAdvisor - Premium
inkFrog
Mercent
Monsoon
Vendio

All tools adhere to eBay policies on revising listings, and keep your recent sales where policy allows. See our listing revision policy for more information.

Stand Out from the Crowd with Advanced Photo Features for eBay

You can increase buyer confidence and capture more bids with great pictures. Make the most out of your eBay item pictures and provide a visual shopping experience for eBay buyers. Pictures attract attention. Put your best “picture” forward and give your buyers a clear and detailed view of your eBay items.

eBay Certified Providers can help you show your product in its best light through Advanced Picture Services:

• Image hosting
• Bulk image uploading
• Super sizing
• Zoom ("zoom" in to view sections of the image in detail)
• Watermarking
• Image protection
• Image management (organize)
• Image editing (crop, resize, rotate and enhance color)

Benefits:

• Increase bids, conversion and DSRs through accurate and informative product representation
• Reduce Unpaid items and “Significantly Not As Described” (SNAD) claims
• Save time and money by optimizing your listing and image workflow

For photo hosting, easy uploads, image protection, image management and more, check out our eBay Certified Providers.

Certified Providers:

Vendio

inkFrog

Monsoon

Auctiva

Infopia

Kyozou

ChannelAdvisor

Seller Sourcebook

Established in 2004, the eBay Certified Provider Program recognizes third party companies excelling at providing the tools or services an eBay seller needs to grow their business and increase efficiency.

Monsoon Awarded as "Most Innovative" eBay Star Developer

Monsoon, an eBay Certified Provider, was awarded the eBay Star Developer Award for "Most Innovative" at eBay's 2009 Developers Conference in San Jose, CA June 17th. The eBay Star Developer Awards are awarded each year to the eBay developers recognized for building applications on the eBay API platform and for their achievements in enabling sellers to improve customer service and help sellers keep pace with eBay's dynamic marketplace. Monsoon was recognized by eBay for their "Dynamic Pricing" feature.

Monsoon's Dynamic Pricing feature will automatically search eBay competitive items and re-price a seller's inventory to beat their competition. Automatically reprice items up or down as demand fluctuates. Maintain the best price realization possible by leveraging great DSRs and maximizing visibility on eBay search.

“We are honored and excited to accept this award,” stated Monsoon’s vice president of product development, Clark Hale. “This has been an exciting project for us, one that we hope will bring our users even greater success when selling on the eBay platform. eBay has been a great partner in the effort to create these exciting tools, and it is flattering for Monsoon to be recognized for our hard work.”

Congratulations to Monsoon for this distinguished honor and for their ability to assist eBay sellers with competitive pricing that maximizes the value of their items based on competition and demand!

Monsoon's Press Release

eBay Developers Program Star Developer Award Announcement

eBay Certified Providers Win 4 out of 5 Star Developer Awards

Congratulations to our eBay Certified Providers winning in 4 of the 5 eBay Star Developer Award categories!

The following eBay developers and Certified Providers are recognized for building applications on the eBay API platform and for their achievements in enabling sellers to improve customer service and help sellers keep pace with our dynamic marketplace.

2009 eBay Star Developer Award Winners:

• DSR Rockstar - Seller Machine CRM by Bengal One
• Most Innovative - Dynamic Pricing feature by Monsoon
• Early Adopter - Mercent Retail for eBay by Mercent
• Rapid Evolution - Sales Manager by inkFrog

2009 Runner-Ups:

• Most Innovative - Vendio Research by Vendio
• Rapid Evolution - ShipRush by Z-Firm

Congratulations again to our Certified Providers for their hard work, innovation and focus on helping eBay sellers grow and improve their business through efficiency.

Read the full eBay Developers Program blog post here.

The eBay Certified Provider Program recognizes third party companies excelling at providing the tools or services an eBay seller needs to grow their business and increase efficiency. The Certified Provider designation helps an eBay seller identify providers with the expertise and experience to assist in growing their eBay business.

Easy Listing Revisions for eBay – Bulk Editing

Following up on the topic of Bulk Editing from eBay’s Webinar, we’d like to provide more information on how eBay Certified Providers provide the tools and assistance eBay sellers need. Particularly on the topic of Listing Revisions and Bulk Editing.

While all Listing tools offer bulk management of eBay items, some eBay Certified Providers offer the ability to bulk search and replace, allowing you to efficiently change your listings to adhere to eBay policies.

Benefits:

• Bulk search and replace in Item Description
• Ability to edit any section of an eBay listing
• Edit stored, scheduled and live inventory
• Edit and update listings for multiple eBay IDs

All tools adhere to eBay policies on revising listings, and keep your recent sales where policy allows. See our listing revision policy for more information.

Certified Providers:

inkFrog
Mercent
Monsoon
Vendio

Please contact the Certified Provider direct and fully discuss your needs to decide if they offer the right tool for you. Or you may post a question on our eBay Certified Provider Discussion Board.

Inventory Management Tool for eBay and Half.com by Monsoon, Inc.

Listen on eBay Radio as Monsoon, Inc, an eBay Certified Solution Provider, discusses their unique listing tool for eBay.com and Half.com.

• Desktop Solution
• Complete Inventory Management and Order Fulfillment
• Enable an Efficient Pick-n-Pack System
• Dynamic Pricing Tool
• Automatic slotting of eBay listings for maximum visibility
• and more...

Monsoon has been working with eBay.com, Half.com and eBay Motors sellers since 2003. Monsoon provides intelligent and automated software tools to efficiently manage, price and sell eBay inventory.

Meet Monsoon, Our Newest eBay Certified Provider!

We are excited to announce Monsoon, Inc as the newest eBay Certified Solution Provider. Monsoon has been working with online marketplace sellers and enabling several hundred million dollars worth of online transactions for over six years. They have a staff made up of dedicated account management, support and development teams focused on ensuring eBay seller success.

Monsoon provides a listing tool that allows for easy, automated and bulk uploading to eBay, eBay Motors Parts & Accessories and Half.com. Monsoon offers different packages dependant on your selling needs, some features worth looking more into are their: Smart Selling tools, Pre-filled item/catalog information, integration into an existing point of sale system and dynamic pricing.

http://www.monsoonworks.com