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Not sure what you mean by the "Auctiva Checkout Process". Everyone uses the same checkout process & it's eBay's. There is no other checkout. As for 3rd party listing/storage software, there are many. IDK of too many who use Auctiva anymore. Ebay's that was called Turbolister, has been gone for several years now. The one eBay reccomended as their replacement is Sixbit. I've been using it for well over a year now. It's a lot more robust than TL, but gets the job done, even if I don't use half of its functionality. There are also many that are more geared towards cross-listing on mulitple sites (Sixbit does that too).
Be sure to read up on Managed Payments & you'll have to register b/c that's how everyone gets paid now. No more PP. Though a buyer can still pay with PP (and a whole host of other methods).
@mozartbach1971 wrote:I heard awhile ago that there is a learning curve with Sixbit. I currently use Wonderlister, which overall works pretty well.
@mozartbach1971 @ There's a learning curve with anything you use! I find the learning curve gets greater, the older I get LOL. The biggest issue I had with SB is migrating my TL database. I got some bum info on the most ideal way to do it, which caused me a lot of problems. The actual product is quite easy to use. There are some things I would have designed differently, but there always is. It's an occupational hazard when you were in IT & Software for most of your working life. There are a LOT of things to like about SB, but what is important to me, may not be important to someone else. I want local storage of my DB & Sixbit has that. I also really like the platfrom that SB uses for their actual DB. It's more complex than TL, but it does SO MUCH more. SB did have an introductory price for TL users that was 14.99. I'm not sure if that's still avl.
If you don't have a TL DB to port over, it will be a much easier transition. I've heard of Wonderlister & I think I remember hearing that it looked a lot like TL. How much is it per month? Some of the options have tiered plans, based on how many listings you have.
@mozartbach1971 wrote:I think I pay around 25 dollars per month for the medium level plan with Wonderlister. The program looks a lot like TL which made the transition easier for me. It is much faster than TL in loading photos which is one of the best features of it.
@mozartbach1971 It likely uses a different DB platform, which franky TL desparately needed. Since I have a tech background, I was fine with TL, even the 3million times I had corrupted DB's & had to restore. The average user would have had much difficulty with that & wouldn't have bothered doing backups, so would have had nothing to restore from. It was also a huge resource hog. Sounds like Wonderlister did a good job of keeping the look/feel, but using a more reliable DB platform. IIRC, it's from someone who was initially involved in coding TL. Just curious if data is stored on their platform or your system? That's key for me, but probably isn't important to most people.
@clothesoutsnmore wrote:Thank you so much for all the links & info! I was trying to set up Managed Payments a few days ago, but it didn't seem like I could sign up until after I've sold something. I probably misunderstood. I'll check your links out. Thanks again!
@clothesoutsnmore That is not correct. You must sign up & be enrolled BEFORE you sell .
