Valentine’s Day is on Tuesday so I hope you have some lovely gifts offering Overnight shipping! There are still some of us that haven’t bought our loved ones gifts…I mean some people on the internet that haven’t bought loved ones gifts! We want to update you on what we’ve been doing in the AuctionSound Laboratory.
Is Amazon right for my store?
If you are interested in taking a look at Amazon and you’ve never sold on that channel before, search Amazon for some of the products you are currently selling. If you find the selling prices to be higher than you would get on eBay, you might want to try this alternate selling channel. Some of our clients have been selling on both eBay and Amazon for awhile because they know certain products do much better on Amazon than eBay.
To add the current Amazon Lite integration in your AuctionSound account, go to Admin > Location and you will see a checkbox where you can activate Amazon in your account. You do have to have the Amazon Store subscription which is $39.99 per month. Amazon Lite will give you the ability to post to Amazon but currently not receive the selling information.
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What is new in AuctionSound?
Orders Page :: We have been working on a new page that will replace the current Sold and Paid page. The Orders page will separate your items that are ready to ship by channel (eBay, Craigslist, Amazon, In-Store). In addition, buyers that purchased multiple items will be combined so you can produce a single Packing Slip as well as mark all items as shipped. If you ship with an outside solution, we added a simple Copy button to copy the buyers address. This Orders page had to be implemented before we continue working on Amazon Full.
International Shipping :: When shipping Flat Rate internationally, we modified the shipping method to be able to specify separate amounts per country/continent the way that eBay offers. We also included the ability to modify your Exclusion list. Meaning, if you do not want to offer shipping to a certain country, you can exclude that country when offering “worldwide” shipping. Set defaults to both under Admin > Defaults.
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What is new in AuctionSound
- Craigslist added more categories, AuctionSound reflects these additions
- eBay changed their Catalog information, AuctionSound reflects these changes
- Building on our Full version of the Amazon integration (no live changes yet)
- Generating checks allows more items per check
- When generating checks, mass change Commission Plans on all items
- Reports > Commission Plans now displays full breakdown of all sold items in each Plan
- Default the markets auto selected when taking items In Queue
- Email History per consignor now available (see what automatic emails or mass emails have been sent to each consignor)
- Get It Fast eBay option available
- From eBay Overview > Paid and Shipped, mass move items to Completed
eBay’s Closed Listing duration extended
Before, eBay allowed you to look at Completed listings for the past 15 days. Most people would get a Terapeak subscription so they could take a longer look back to help evaluate certain products. Now eBay has made a change where you can look back 60 days in the Art, Antiques, Coins & Paper Money, Dolls & Bears, Entertainment Memorabilia, Sports Memorabilia, Stamps, and Toys categories. Collectible categories has increased to 90 days for sold items and 45 for unsold items.
USPS Rates increased January 22, 2012
The price of mailing a standard letter (or check) went up 1 cent to 45 cents. The overall price change for all USPS services is 4.6%. Priority Mail Flat Rate is as follows: Small Box – $5.35, Medium Box – $11.35, Large Box – $15.45, Large APO – $13.45, Priority Envelope – $5.15, Large/Padded Envelope – $5.30. There are other changes besides Priority Flat such as shipping First Class Services has increased 3.7%.
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October 2011 additions to AuctionSound
Auto-relisting for Consignment items :: While adding consignment items into AuctionSound, you can set rules for relisting the products. Therefore, if you and the consignor have discussed relisting their product up to 2 additional times if it does not sell, you will not see it in your Unsold section until after the third time it has been listed.
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Catalog Specifics display on the Item Specifics page :: Since eBay launched the new Catalog, you have to choose the correct catalog specific. Sometimes there are bundled games in a cataloged Wii that you do not offer in your listing. Now, you can view the exact specifics eBay wants to add in the listing and choose to not display them in your listing.
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On-the-go Wizard for new signups to easily start using AuctionSound :: When a new client signs up to use AuctionSound, we walk them through a step-by-step process to edit their Admin section so they can start using AuctionSound as soon as possible.
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Larger images uploaded to eBay :: eBay allows images to be uploaded that are approximately 1000 pixels wide. While this image is still less than 1MB each, it allows for potential buyers to click the Enlarge button in the eBay images to see higher detail.
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Inventory Import .csv modification :: While we have added more functions to AuctionSound, we needed to update what all can be imported into AuctionSound via the Inventory Import function. To view the newest example file, go to the Inventory tab and click Import Bulk Inventory.
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Consignor Export displays consignor’s Added Date :: When downloading your Consignor Database under the Consignors tab, now there is a column in the .csv file with the date the consignor was added into your AuctionSound account. Therefore, you can sort your consignors by chronological order after running your reports.
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Commission Plan assigned to the Consignor :: When you have a special commission plan for John Doe besides your Standard Plan, now you can set that commission plan to be John Doe’s default plan. You can also go back and change their default by: Search their name in the Search Bar, go to their Consignor Summary and click Edit Consignor.
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