Auction Business Frank Ross on 01 Mar 2007 04:07 pm
eBay Rolling out New Sell Screen
Over the past few months, eBay has been rolling out a new Sell Your Item (SYI) screen. They are phasing out the old form and according to a recent announcement, they will kill the old form completely sometime in May 2007.
The new form is actually easier because it gives you access to more of the listing components on one screen then the older form. It eliminates having to move back and forth between 5 screens as the old form required. This one is a two step process form.
The reality of volume eBay selling however, is that you probably will not use the form that much. If you sell in higher volume, you can use TurboLister or a variety of other offline products. With these kinds of products, you can prepare your listing locally (offline) and just bulk upload them. This saves time from the standpoint of waiting for screens to load which even on a high speed connection, can take time.
We use TurboLister for most all our listings now. I only use the SYI form when I have to make a revision to an existing listing. However, I do give the new form a thumbs-up from a usability standpoint. eBay has a page where you can read more about the new SYI form (link here).
Tags: eBay Sell Your Item, Sell Your Item Form, eBay Selling, SYI Form
on 03 Mar 2007 at 6:17 pm 1.Randy T said …
Hi Frank!
Great post! I also use Turbolister/Selling Manager Pro for my average of 1100 ebay listings per week.
I have been having an awful time getting the new version, Turblister 2, to function well for me, although I’ve made multiple attempts and am communicating with ebay tech support at present.
I fear they are sunseting both the old version of Turbolister and Blackthorne prematurally, as I write this the old Turbo version has about 30 days left before its support end.
I am wondering if you have had any similar problems? It seems everyone who is importing data from T1 to T2 (or to Blackthorne3) is having a fit right now!
Great blog, keep up the good work!
Randy T
on 11 Mar 2007 at 3:40 am 2.Frank Ross said …
Randy, thanks for the comment, no I have not noticed any problems with TL 2.0 although there are some things I would call ‘annoyances’. Although I don’t list as many items per weeks as you, so what kinds of issues are you having?