Sixbit Thread

[saulrubin]

hello! both new to the forums and new to Sixbit. I’ve been using the Home & Hobby edition for about a month now, upgraded from Auctiva. Wow, I really do love it so far. It makes listing with multiple people much easier.

I thought I’d make this thread for people who are using it or considering using it, help with troubleshooting, etc (SB is a great program but it’s makers aren’t all that great with service sometimes….they are busy, it happens. whatever).

[saulrubin]

Anywho, I just upgraded to the Enterprise Edition so that I can post on both Etsy and Ebay. Anybody have experienced with that? Almost all my items are one of a kind (no duplicates…lots of vintage clothes) and I want to make it so that if one item sells on one site then it will be removed from the other site automatically. I don’t see anything in the preset “allocation plans” that allow for that. Maybe it’s already a feature automatically? Maybe I’m missing something?

[MDC Galleries & Fine Art]

Howdy and welcome. Several members here on SL use WonderLister and Sixbit. I have used both for several years and as of late have gone 100% to SixBit Enterpise edition.

Dustin, One of the tech at SB set mine up for me along with several other things we had to get done. My situation was that I had years of data and over 1,500 existing listings along with all the financials all on WonderLister which had to be mapped to the fields in SixBit and imported over. A big, tedious job and still working on it.

But in answer to your question. Click on the Allocation Plan tab, from drop down arrow, select the “Keep 1 item Listed as Fixed Price. Then below this place a check in the box that says “Relist/Revise Fixed Price Listings, then in the next field space you should see …keeping a constant quantity listed., then in the box to the right enter the number 1. Next a check mark in the box for “End Listings when Out of Stock .. then skip to the bottom and put or there should be a “zero” in the “Quantity Held in Reserve:”

NOW, click on the “Etsy” Tab and do the same thing as above in the Allocation Tab in the Etsy Tab area. In other words do the same thing you did in the Ebay Tab area in the Etsy tab area.

This is how Dustin set it up for us and has been working so far. If you have just gone to the enterprise Edition, then you have a Gold Level of support for the trial period which includes a remote in sessions.

Create a list of questions you have and things you would like for them to do for you, then go to the Support area, create a ticket, add a generic subject line like I nee help setting up and getting running and would like a remote in session. you will get a reply to your ticket number and a calendar with the times-appointments available for the rep that will be getting back to you. Most likely Dustin, JC Ryan or Steve Leah. All very nice guys and Troy and I have both worked with all of them.

Then they will confirm the appt. date and time, usually the next day. Then be at your computer, they will send you a download link they they will connect. First thing i do is to enter in the chat box.lease call me and give them my phone number. They call immediately and that way we can talk as he fixes or sets things up. But have your questions ready because you will only have about an hour of their time. They will control your cursor and do the things for you. I also have set my phone up on a tripod over my shoulder and photographed everything they are doing and I can here our conversation on the playback.

just a tip.

Good Luck..

Mike at MDC Concepts, Inc
MDC Galleries and Fine Art
SmartParts Small Equipment

[saulrubin]

awesome! i talked to steven at SB at hey gave me those same instructions. I’ve been gradually going through old listings at a relaxed pace (just a few a day), adding eBay listings to Etsy. It’s not a perfect, friction-less transition (the guts of an Etsy listing and an Ebay listing are not the same so they don’t port over perfectly) but it still doesn’t take much more than a minute or two. I sell mostly clothing but i don’t want the eBay and Etsy stores to mirror each other….I just want the Etsy store to have the cream-of-the-crop vintage stuff, not mixed in with the standard merch-y Ebay stuff.

I haven’t had a sale yet to test if SB takes it down automatically but i’m sure it will.

[MDC Galleries & Fine Art]

P.S. There is a whole lot to SixBit. BUT, using Jay’s phrase, it is “MORE ROBUST” and with all those features comes a level of “sophisticated” use that is expected from an advanced user. Yes, SB can be learned, but one needs to be ready to go to school on using it, it’s features and how to trouble shoot on your own.

Then it will do some things only by using custom features to create your own work around. Very nice it allows that, but still the user needs to know what you want to accomplish and create the “work around” process.

Try [ aka T-Satt] on this forum, cross lists on several other platforms in addition to the Ebay and Etsy platforms. He has created a work around by using a custom SKU coding just as we do, and using “Custom fields”.

The nice thing about SixBit is that the “Custom Fields” you create are searchable and can be sorted on. The down side is those customized platforms will not be handled automatically by SB and he has to do it manually within SB. And, I am fairly certain that the finacial reports are skewed because of lacking those other platforms data downloads.

BUt maybe Troy will chime in an comment if he is capturing his Poshmark and Mercari Sales numbers within SixBit or relying on Quicken or Quickbooks for those numbers.

For newbies to online selling, I would not recommend WonderLister or sixbit to them but steer them to EAT [Easy Auction Tracker], which we discussed yesterday for a few posts.Just thought I would throw that in.

mike at MDCGFA

[saulrubin]

quick question for you….have you found an easy way to select a group of listing, pull them and then relist as with a new item number? i can do it but it’s kinda akward….you have to go to “check listings”, select a group and end the listing (easy enough) but then you have to switch back to “sell items” and then find the individual sku’s or item numbers….any easier way?

[Timo]

Saul:
I’ve been test-driving Sixbit for 24 hours or so. Hope you get a clear answer to your question.

I found this link for moving items between 2 different seller IDs:
https://www.sixbitsoftware.com/clients/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=76

Could be a similar solution.

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