MS Access! Not sure what you can get as a stand-alone any more, with Microsoft being so evil about their "service based" stuff. But I was able to get a recent version (on disc even, though I was prepared to get a download) from a third party vendor. I'll dig out the name for you when I'm back on my PC.
I use LibreOffice (very similar to OpenOffice and also free) for word processing and spreadsheet, but their database is geeks-only, very user-unfriendly compared to Access. (For instance, I could never figure out how to get LibreOffice Base to display my thumbnail pictures, and what little "help" I could find was all in geek-speak. Plus none of my forms or queries would import - had to do too much over again from scratch.)
The outfit I bought my Access from is called Royal Discount Software. They're very reliable - my Access (from Office 15 so it should work on your Win8) passed verification and everything. Whatever you do, do NOT buy any Microsoft software on eBay - it's too iffy whether or not it's fake. (Our purchases: one genuine copy of Office several years ago, and two fake Windows.)
When I "check in" an item I put date purchased and cost, category (we do sell stuff other than jewelry), and whether we got it at a yard sale, estate sale, thrift shop, or somewhere else. When I designed the database I was going to track where we got the best stuff. Then when I take the pictures I put in a link to a thumbnail. There's a Disposition field for whether it was sold at auction, in the store, in my RL shop, etc. There's also a notes field where I put research and pricing information or clean-and-repair notes.
Then when I list the item I just plug in the item number, and the listing form fills in the title and picture. I add date listed, eBay number, price, auction or fixed price, and listing fee. When it ends I put in date ended, ending price if it sold, and disposition (sold auction, sold store, relisted, moved to other venue, etc.)
Then when I list the item I just plug in the item number, and the listing form fills in the title and picture. I add date listed, eBay number, price, auction or fixed price, and listing fee. When it ends I put in date ended, ending price if it sold, and disposition (sold auction, sold store, relisted, moved to other venue, etc.)
