Third Party eBay Research Tools
The other day I discussed about available eBay tools inside eBay.com that you can use for market research. Today we will look at several other companies outside of eBay which provides you powerful tools in your market research to stay competitive and on top of the game.
Each compiles data from eBay listings, which includes most popular items, starting and final bid prices, total sales and sale through rates. These are cool because you get information report on category and successful sellers within the category. By knowing who the winning eBay seller is, you can learn a thing or two from their listings and re-align your strategies to compete.
You can also predict trends, pricing, purchasing and positioning decisions for your products. These highly effective and powerful tools come with a fee. It makes you feel good though because it is like you have just dig into the deepest secrets.
1. Terrapeak Marketplace Research: www.terrapeak.com
2. Smart Collector: http://www.smartcollector.com– for antiques and collectibles
3. eBay Solution Center: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SolutionsDirectory – A comprehensive list of solutions on various categories.
Do you know of any other great tools out there? Do share with us!
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Hi,
Welcome back to the blogging world.
Another informative post!. Keep it up.
Remember “Great Blog comes with Great RESPONSIBILITY!”
Nice research. No wonder the bidders are faster than me.
Hey Jac, great to see you commenting again. Hopefully my blog is informative. It is suppose to be a personal blog, but i do chip in eBay info once in a while since there are requests by readers.
Hey KuanHoong, your blog is the one who is under the category “GREAT BLOG”, not mine
Hey Jerry, these research tools are supposed to be for sellers? I think you always got beaten in bidding because most bidders use a snipe software to help them.