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How to Cross list From Ebay to other Platforms
Need some guidance on how to cross list my store here to other compatible marketplaces and the easiest and most affordable way to do it.
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Need some guidance on how to cross list my store here to other compatible marketplaces and the easiest and most affordable way to do it.
kh-jean
·1 year agoHi everyone,
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alinalk-0
·1 year agoCross-listing from eBay to other platforms involves strategically listing your eBay products on multiple online marketplaces such as Amazon, Etsy, Shopify, and others to broaden your reach and boost sales. Start by selecting platforms that best match your products and target audience, then ensure your listings are optimized with consistent titles, detailed descriptions, high-quality images, and competitive pricing. Utilize cross-listing tools like Sellbrite, InkFrog, or Linnworks to streamline the process and manage inventory across all channels effectively, preventing overselling and maintaining synchronization. Tailor each listing to meet the specific requirements and SEO practices of each platform, and continuously monitor performance metrics and customer feedback to make necessary adjustments, I did it for my client. By efficiently managing inventory, adhering to each platform's policies, and optimizing your listings for different audiences, you can successfully expand your eBay business to additional marketplaces, increasing visibility and driving more sales.
arraus
·2 years agoI've been searching and searching.
I finally tried Listing Mirror. It's reasonably priced, simple to use, powerful, excellent customer support, runs fast too...
There are things I don't like, but I'm pretty sure they exist in all Cross-Listing tools. For example:
- When it imports eBay listings, it saves all photos and overwrites them so the cross-listing tool is the image host (no longer eBay). You really have to be ready to create all your new listings in the tool (no eBay or another platform). Listing tools can be slower (we use eBay templates, nothing like that in other listing tools).
- It's all-or-nothing inventory syncing (we can't choose some listings to sync UNLESS it was originally an Amazon listing, then if sold on eBay it will update AMZ inventory but not the other way around).
I really really love Listing Mirror. However, I need an easier way to create listings and a phone app that allows us to directly insert photos like eBay does. I need Templates that already have Category set too.
I wish eBay could be my source of truth... and cross-listing tool would allow us to list on other sites.
granitegirl99
·2 years agoECOMDASH - you can cross list, it can be paired with quickbooks, you can even ship from within the program. It takes a bit of getting used to but it will delist items across marketplaces as well. It’s also affordable.
retro_entertainment_collectibles
·2 years agoChannel Advisors one of the oldest in the business of multiple marketplace support, many of them now but depends what features sellers want/need. If for example one is selling at Amazon anything that has more than a handful of sellers you have to have a re-pricer and it needs be done multiple times daily.
postcardcountry
·2 years agoStart with which sites are you thinking of cross posting to?
All tools do not work with all sites.
What type of items are you selling?
Some tools work better with certain types of items.
Desktop or App?
Some are strictly desktop, some strictly App and other will work on either platform.
Google is your friend, you can do a google search and find listing tools. You can also check out youtube, I think several have youtube channels or you may find seller recommending cross posting tools.
When you think you have some candidates, check their pricing carefully. Some are by the item, some are subscription and I have even seen one that wants a commission.
The ideal cross posting software will let you originate your listing with their software and then list to eBay, and all other sites.
You may even want to look into joining a couple of facebook sellers groups and ask for suggestions from them.
ziggylab
·2 years agoI've been investigating this myself and have tentatively chosen litcommerce ( https://litcommerce.com/ ). With their system, your "master" inventory would be on Shopify (I think they also allow a couple other sites to be masters, but Shopify looked best for me). Then, you can sync the Shopify site to Ebay (and/or other sites). They also have a mechanism to do a one-time import from your Ebay listings to Shopify.
Currently, I have a master spreadsheet that I use to upload templates to Ebay. I'll use this to help create my Shopify site and then turn on the syncing. I've only done initial testing, so I can't give a full recommendation yet.
reallynicestamps
·2 years agoSome markets will do it for you. Bonanza and HIP are two of those.
More important is to have an inventory system on hand that will tell you where all your items are listed so you can take them down immediately.
Because there is nothing like making two sales of the same unique item to ruin your day.
toomuchstuffagain35
·2 years agoEspecially to the SAME buyer within a minute before the other site was able to delist it LOL (She must have had both sites open on different browsers I think - it was THAT fast).
vintagecraze50
OP2 years agoThanks all of you wonderful folks for giving me your ideas. Much appreciated.
tobaccocardyahoo
·2 years agoA lot depends on what sites you want to cross list on. Amazon is one of the hardest. It has a catalog system which your Ebay description may not be acceptable to. Your condition notes will map, but condition definitions may not be equivalent.
How the software synchronizes inventory levels varies widely in quality creating serious issues if you have to cancel orders.
gloryglorygifts
·2 years agoThe only cross listing I've done is with my website, which is hosted by GoDaddy. It was extremely easy to import the ebay store listings onto the web store and it was free to do so. My website, plus e-commerce store, are only $32.65 a month, which is cheaper if you pay for it annually.
Upside: it's very inexpensive, easy to import the marketplace stores from Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Google Shopping Actions and Walmart. Inventory is synced with the original store, so if you sell out on something, it will update that on the website. You get notices of sales. You can add items to the website and not affect marketplaces. Easy to set up shipping, taxes, and payment methods and they have quite a few options for all.
Downside: You have a limit, depending on the size of your store and how much sales you do in a month, and ALL sales are counted as sales regardless if they were through your marketplace or through your website. Once you hit that limit, you no longer get sale notices (until the next month when the count starts again). You have to remove listings from your source store first, before you can remove them from your website. Sales are reduced from the website, but if you restock an item on the source store, you have to physically add it to your website. That is not synced. Most important of all. The only way to unlink them is to close your website store. You cannot unlink them.
I have no clue how a Wordpress store would work, but make sure you hit at least those points in looking into it, or any other software that imports/exports for you.
Good luck with your decision.
retro_entertainment_collectibles
·2 years agoWordpress w/ WooCommerce is literally the #1 eCommerce application going and its all free. There are countless free and paid for plugins, templates, on and on. Simply find a decent hosting provider, they'll have Wordpress sitting there on a automated install, I recommend A2Z Hosting. That's $1.99 a month to start, can always upgrade the virtual server.
But Wordpress is much more than simply eCommerce and there is a learning curve and heaps upon blobs of youTube videos on the software. It is a Content Manager System or "CMS" and powers more of the Internet than any other application by huge factor, like 42% of the Internet is powered by Wordpress.
Now I've no idea how the cross posting to eBay, Amazon, perhaps others (likely) operate within WooCommerce. WooCommerce is a Wordpress "plugin" and likely the cross post tools are WooCommerce Plugins. There are literally hundreds of plugins for WooCommerce alone, thousands upon thousands upon thousands for WordPress.
gloryglorygifts
·2 years agoI'm sure the OP will appreciate all of your info on Wordpress. Maybe someone else, with experience in import/exporting marketplace listings to or from it, will be able to add to it.
retro_entertainment_collectibles
·2 years agoI've very little hands on with WooCommerce, Wordpress I've a ton of experience with. I know there are hundreds of plugins for Woo and surely one's to handle the popular marketplaces. Wordpress / Woo has free and or paid plugins so... Hoot knows? I know there was an auctions plugin, run auctions right on you're own website too and the obvious payment integrations stuff, PayPal, Stripe, this one, that one, one's own merchant account.
For Wordpress itself there are plugins that do just about anything anyone might imagine, forums, social media, internal site social media, there's like 50,000 plugins, no exaggeration.
gloryglorygifts
·2 years agoI actually took a look at it yesterday, after seeing your post, to see what they offered. The list is quite extensive compared to the one I use. I think the OP is looking more for WooCommerce info if they are selling items. I don't even know if they are looking to convert to another marketplace or their own website. Maybe a user of WooCommerce would be able to list the pros and cons or they can find them on line and if you could import from eBay. I think they are actually looking for a program to copy the store from here to another marketplace, like Amazon. I know that it is against Amazon policy to copy listings from another marketplace and seller, but not sure if it still applies if you own both selling id's. Someone else mentioned that Bonanza and HIP will do it for you, but again, I don't know how those affect each other and how their syncing works. All I know is eBay to Godaddy has glitches.
farmalljr
·2 years agoMost of the ones that cost money, are costly, if you are not listing a lot. All of them have pro's and con's. There is nothing that is inexpensive that is REALLY good.
That's not a direct answer, because no one is going to have the right answer for you. Not enough people on board with one of them, to definitively say. But GENERALLY, all of them add a lot of cost to your business and none of them are perfect. There are frustrations using them.
dhbookds
·2 years ago6 bit isn't free..........but a good program..........
ebeths_eclectic_collectibles
·2 years agoEasiest way is to just create accounts on other market places and list your items. Just make sure you manage your accounts and make sure you remove cross posted items as you sell on other sites
allthingssurplus
·2 years agoThat's great if you have a few items, we over 4300 listed. Not enough time in the day to do what you are suggesting on 5 platforms.
allthingssurplus
·2 years agoSellbrite, best we found so far and affordable. You need to be somewhat tech knowledgeable.
retro_entertainment_collectibles
·2 years agoThere are many services that do this with various features.
There are also web applications that can do this in creating you're own website. Wordpress with WooCommerce and proper plugins. I believe OS Commerce also has some cross listing features.
vintagecraze50
OP2 years agoI was looking at this subscription to a site called cross list. Any other better suggestions?
vintagecraze50
OP2 years agoLooks like the subscription sites help you with a dashboard to be sure your item is de listed from the other sites once it sells. Is that correct? That would be my only concern. Do not want reputation problems here or defects for out of stock.
retro_entertainment_collectibles
·2 years agoYep most of them handle inventory management and they'll vary in features and complexity. For the most part they are pretty simple applications under the hood per se. They tend to price based on listing volume which from my perspective (software engineer) is just hilarious given they are far less complex than the .99 cent Scrabble game for you're cellphone but that's the horse race.
I recall seeing something about one thats completely free, Fly something? FlyP? I dont know.
cardxcraft
·2 years agoNo, last I checked, there are currently no cross listing tools/software that remove listings once sold.
The explanation given from various sources (unconfirmed) is that having a tool/software that removes a listing once sold: it would be identified as a bot function and prohibited by TOS of various ecommerce platforms. Cross listing tools are not allowed to perform automatic functions in regards to communications and actions between software and selling platform. Functions must be manually initiated by user.
It's been about a month since I did a deep dive, researching various cross listings tools. If you find out any new information, please come back and post.
toomuchstuffagain35
·2 years agoThen Bonanza must be an exception as they DO remove listings when sold on ebay and items sold there are delisted on ebay.
dhbookds
·2 years agoNo, last I checked, there are currently no cross listing tools/software that remove listings once sold.
Certainly there are..........Channel Advisor for sure "manages" it.......it's up the Cost Chain.........but I think some cheaper listing services do it also........
cardxcraft
·2 years agoI should've been more specific. I only researched cross listing tools I considered relatively cost efficient for the average, low volume seller.
Channel Advisor seems more appropriate for large, commercial sellers. The multiple subscription costs are not practical for your average, small seller. $12,000-$18,00 per year/ecommerce platform. If one wanted to sell on Ebay, Amazon and Postmark, you're looking at a base of close to $50,000 usd per year. That's not counting the other necessary service fees. If you know of a more affordable application, please post it. I've been looking for one.
 
 
 
 
guaranteedbestseller
·2 years agoIve found skutrue.com does a good job and will currently do Amazon to eBay for free. I think they will start charging soon.