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What is Inventory management software?
If you’ve got the cash, you can looks towards third party providers.
Inventory management software is software provided by third party providers that offer inventory and order management, shipping and fulfilment services, eCommerce platforms and… listings.
Many listing tool providers include pre-built templates in addition to custom design options & services. If you already have a design established, a listing tool can help implement into your catalogue and help check compliance with eBay’s policies.
Listing tools are usually available in conjunction with other tools such as Inventory and/or Order Management.
Some of eBay’s partners are:
- Rithum – prices are hidden but googling online we found they start at $750 setup fee + optional support fees + commission rate based on your sales between 2 to 4 percent
- Feedonomics – pricing is hidden, but they say it’s based on SKU count and includes full service, there is no revenue sharing
- SellBrite – starts at $29/mo for up to 100 orders per month
- SixBit – 30 day free trial, starts at $24.99/mo. It’s a software program you install on your Windows pc
- SureDone – free demo, starts at $500/mo
- Linnworks – free demo, pricing is hidden, but googling around it looks like it costs £150/mo for 20,000 SKUs and 1,000 monthly orders
Don’t combine the Merchant Integration Platform with external inventory management tools
Word of warning! Once you start creating listings via third party providers, you shouldn’t edit your listings anymore directly using eBay’s tools. This includes the Single Listing Tool, Multiple Listing Tool, using Listing Templates or bulk uploading files using the Merchant Integration Platform.
The changes you make on eBay are not sent to your provider. So if you use that external tool to post something, you’ll end up with duplicates and other errors.
