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Hey Jay, Ryanne + forum,
Not sure if this has been talked about before somewhere else but you’ve mentioned Inkfrog in a couple of the latest podcasts.
I’ve been using InkFrog for about a year now and feel it’s everything eBay should offer in a listing management system but don’t – because they’re eBay…
I chose it for the mobile responsive template builder which is great if you keep it simple. The templates they offer are just awful. I keep my listings as simple as possible without any starbursts, clip-art, or sparkly frames. Just photos and description so it’s easy to see on a phone. That’s had a big impact on my sales.
The second feature I cannot live without is the archiving of sold listings in the library. I often sell same/similar things that I can resurrect after any amount of time, adjust and re-list. These listings can be duplicated easily for slight variations on a listing. This saves tons of time for me. Drafts stay forever too – as do archived sales as far back as you need – which provides a crazy amount of valuable business data.
The creation of a master listing template (or many) is a killer feature. You were wanting a t-shirt template. You can have any number of these templates.
The shipping profiles are really great too. I have perfected my approved list of ship-to countries and I can deploy this extensive shipping profile quickly with multiple tiered shipping options for the buyer. I offer free shipping on all listings and no longer get burned by international buyers (no GSP in Canada). I ship to 31 international destinations only.
It’s been true revolution for my business. Just wanted to share my thoughts. If you do get into it and need any help, lemme know – I can get you up and running.
Yes, this is true. it removes the “buy now” or “make an offer” buttons and leaves the “add to watch list” option. When more inventory comes in, you change the quantity and it’s available for purchase again. The main benefit, from my perspective, is that if there is a listing with a lot of watchers, you can keep the watchers on that listing who may be waiting to buy. The second best benefit is that you don’t have to recreate the listing all over again if you sell this item a lot – although I use a listing library app for that so I don’t waste $$ on out of stock listings with no watchers on them.
Hello! There was a guy who called in on this podcast to express frustration around listings remaining active after an item is sold. I use this feature a lot because I sell multiples of the same item quite frequently. To turn it off go to:
Account –> Site Preferences
Show all
See “Use the out of stock option” in the first section
Un-click “Yes”
ApplyDone. High five.
Very Crazy!
I try to keep my inventory of Apple parts stocked by buying “old” computers and taking them apart. They are not super easy to buy in decent quantity and take a fair amount of work to extract (which I enjoy doing) but have I’ve made some good connections around town and need to be vigilant to buy what I need from sites like Kijiji. Apple doesn’t make replacement parts available to the general public so working components are quite coveted by third-party repair shops and DIYers.
