Let's Share ALTERNATIVE Programs to Replace TURBOLISTER!!

[mam98031]

For sellers that are still using TurboLister, we are all painfully aware that at some point it will be retired and no longer available for us to use.  

With the announcement of TL being retired this month on the UK site, it puts us all on notice here on the US site.  

In an effort to prepare and be ready for the demise of TL so that we do not experience any down time for our businesses, I thought it would be a good idea to be a bit proactive and get some advice from experienced users of other programs.

Speaking for myself, some of the important points with TL are [in no particular order]:

1. The ability to work and create listings offline.

2. The ability to store lots of templates.

3. The ability to store 1,000's of old listings for future use.

4. The ability to work with multiple Ebay IDs

5. The ability to pull Ebay listings in and mass edit, then update the listings on Ebay.

I know there are more.  But this at least gets the conversation started.  For those of you out there using other listing programs, please share your pros and cons.  To include pricing if you know that.  This thread is intended to help sellers that are currently using TL and need to work our way onto another program BEFORE we are cut off from the program all together.

I think an important part of a new program would be the ability transfer the info we have in TL into the new program chosen to move forward with.  So if you know if this is possible, please share.

I look forward to learning more on this subject.

Thank you in advanced for your time and willingness to help.

[abfabvintage]

Hello again. I suggest you go to auctionwizard2000.com home page. On the left side of the home page you can click on various options/information. Right now am trying to get the AW administrator to clarify if TL can be imported into AW. Don't have an answer just yet. 

[stickboy1974]

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@abfabvintage wrote:

Hello again. I suggest you go to auctionwizard2000.com home page. On the left side of the home page you can click on various options/information. Right now am trying to get the AW administrator to clarify if TL can be imported into AW. Don't have an answer just yet. 

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Wow - I didn't even think about that. I would hate to lose all my TL information. Thank you for looking into this.

[tunicaslot]

I'm bumping this as this is EXCLUSIVELY the thread to post on concerning alternatives to turbo lister. Posters may not realize we have a dedicated thread for this situation as the other thread concerning TL continues to be bumped unnecessarily

Thanks all!

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

Yes, it's too bad as Bob (@rosachs ) had a lot of info on SixBit which he posted on that other thread and others may not see.

[papermoneyforme]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:

Yes, it's too bad as Bob (@rosachs ) had a lot of info on SixBit which he posted on that other thread and others may not see.

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But no scheduling until you pay $40.00/month which Bob left out

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

No, I believe he covered that as well from what I read. He said the Small Biz version (30) offered that but not the lower hobby level.

[papermoneyforme]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
No, I believe he covered that as well from what I read. He said the Small Biz version (30) offered that but not the lower hobby level.

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Sorry, $34.99/per month in US dollars. I am in Canada so have to add 30% to that. Not all sellers are in the US and the exchange rate is a killer.

[papermoneyforme]

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@abfabvintage wrote:

Hi, the Auction Wizard 2000 also has an inventory and invoice database component.

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But it only works with .com so not much good for anyone outside the US

[abfabvintage]

HI, Mam. Got some information back from AW2000 Thom Withgott re: importing/downloading TL into AW:

"Data can be imported from CSV files, but it is very limited. It can only import the most basic fields. It cannot import pictures."

Again, I encourage interested posters go to the website: auctionwizard2000.com for more specific features. And if posters have some nitty gritty functions related to their business that I don't use, email Thom: info@auctionwizard2000.com.

As I said before, I have never used TL so am not familiar what it actually does and what data it actually stores.

[go-bad-chicken]

Web Retailer has a list of 22 eBay listing tools.

https://www.webretailer.com/categories/ebay-selling.asp?category=19

Do take note that Six Bit, Crazy Lister, Wonder Lister, and Seller Sourcebook appear at the top of this list of 22 ebay listing software developers due to the fact that they are "paid sponsors" of Web Retailer. So like everything else on the internet these days, these four services paid to be at the top of that list. The other eighteen should be given equal consideration.

I hope that this helps with this discussion.

[mam98031]

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@abfabvintage wrote:

HI, Mam. Got some information back from AW2000 Thom Withgott re: importing/downloading TL into AW:

"Data can be imported from CSV files, but it is very limited. It can only import the most basic fields. It cannot import pictures."

Again, I encourage interested posters go to the website: auctionwizard2000.com for more specific features. And if posters have some nitty gritty functions related to their business that I don't use, email Thom: info@auctionwizard2000.com.

As I said before, I have never used TL so am not familiar what it actually does and what data it actually stores.

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That is great information to have.  Thank you for taking the time to find out for us.  While I don't really like losing the pics I have attached to my listings I have in TL if I choose to go with AW, I could live with it.  The other data is more important to me.  The pics I have on my hard drive, so they are recoverable.

[prettyinplaid]

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@tunicaslot wrote:

I'm bumping this as this is EXCLUSIVELY the thread to post on concerning alternatives to turbo lister. Posters may not realize we have a dedicated thread for this situation as the other thread concerning TL continues to be bumped unnecessarily

Thanks all!

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thank you i was looking for this kind of information because i don't really care for turbo lister. i need to find an alternative

[Anonymous]

I read this thread and the one linked. I'd like to learn more about File Exchange. I don't want to use it to list - I would like to use it to create a back up of my listings. I do not need a backup of the photos.

Does anybody have a good tutorial? I searched and found a few pages but they were mainly about listing, not about downloading a backup. It looks like @dollybeauty may be well-versed. Do you have a good File Exchange resource to share?

[castlemagicmemories]

General response.

Actually the other thread has not been bumped unnecessarily~that is simply a wrong conclusion but not surprising.  It has been appearing with greater frequency as other posters have been responding there.  After I have seen it on the first page, I have responded.  But in every case, there was a prior post that bumped it to the first page before I responded.

There have been some awesome posts there recently, and the discussion continues.  Not surprising.  And there is nothing wrong with those people posting there.  They have every right to.

Hope this helps.

[mam98031]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I read this thread and the one linked. I'd like to learn more about File Exchange. I don't want to use it to list - I would like to use it to create a back up of my listings. I do not need a backup of the photos.

Does anybody have a good tutorial? I searched and found a few pages but they were mainly about listing, not about downloading a backup. It looks like @dollybeauty may be well-versed. Do you have a good File Exchange resource to share?

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This is not something I know very much about.

I don't know if you have seen this info before, but maybe it will help.

https://pages.ebay.com/file_exchange/SMP_faq.html?id=0