Developed My Own eBay/Etsy Listing Software

[Zach]

I got sick of paying $140/month for Sixbit, so I decided to develop my own replacement tool. It manages and syncs inventory between eBay/Etsy (with the ability to manually track listings on Facebook Marketplace as well as export CSV files that fb will accept). So now when something sells on eBay or Etsy, it is removed from the other (with a reminder queue to remove items active on fb mp).

On eBay and Etsy, I have the full ability to create new listings, edit or end existing listings, and schedule listings. I can print a pick list or have it available from my phone when it’s time to ship out. All photos are stored and attached to each listing. I’ve also built in the ability to do an inventory reconciliation. I even have some of the views data flowing in from eBay and Etsy (via google analytics for the latter), so I can see trends and such.

I’ve incorporated some AI tools so Gemini can give me an audit of my listings/main photo and find instances where I messed up. In the first test, it noticed where I had put the wrong model number on something (probably a sell-similar item where I didn’t notice). It compared the picture to what I had in the title and spotted the mismatch.

A feature I’m really excited about is that I’m using the database to power my own webstore. This obviously syncs to eBay/Etsy as well, so no risk of overselling. I had tried Shopify a couple years ago and it was both expensive and didn’t really lead to many sales, at least for my products. This way I have my own store built in (hosted on a cheap VPS service). Then I have it set up to create files to feed to google shopping, which in turn can feed into google ads. I’m currently experimenting with google ads to see if I get results. I had used Truegether’s Google ads previously and did have a small but decent sales boost, so I’m hoping a google ads budget I can actually control will have better luck.

I’ve been using this daily on my own business for months now, but I’m thinking I could maybe offer this tool to others once it is ready. It would be affordable, but not free. This type of tool is not cheap to maintain, with various API infrastructures, so it would have to be worth my time. Would anyone else here find something like this useful?

Here’s a link to the store my software is powering: Browse | Obsolete Treasures

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