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Using Turbo Lister to List on eBay

This guide discusses how to use eBay's Turbo Lister with Shopster's dropshipper services.

Although many of the steps detailed here will give you information about how dropshipper services could work with other auction software, the primary focus of this walkthrough is to get you started with eBay's auction listing tool.

Before You Begin

You need four things:

• An eBay account. If you don’t already have an eBay account, go www.ebay.com to sign up.
• A copy of Turbo Lister. Get one here
• A PayPal account. PayPal is the most common way for buyers to pay for products on eBay. If you don’t already have one, go to PayPal to sign up.
• A Network Profile. If you haven’t already created a Network Profile (within the Network tab), do this first. In order to add products to your inventory, you need to make connections with other Merchants, a complete profile explaining your business will help them decide whether or not to accept your connection request. Plus it helps other suppliers proactively seek you out as a quality seller.
  
  

How Do I Find and Add Products to My Inventory?

Before you begin adding products, we suggest you browse the Warehouse first and create connections with Suppliers of interest. You must successfully connect with a supplier in order to add products their products to your inventory.

Browsing Products and Making Connections:

Reminder: Product prices will become visible after you have made a successful connection with another Merchant.

1. Go into the Inventory tab and click on the Warehouse link
2. Search the Warehouse for products of interest by entering product keywords into the search field in the orange search bar (ex. skillets, ipods, etc.). Filter products by clicking on the links in the right hand navigation to narrow your search. (You can remove filters and widen your search by clicking the x in the filter box that will appear above your search results).
3. Note: Once you’ve connected to a variety of Network Merchants, you can also filter your search to that Merchant’s inventory. In the My Network box in the right hand navigation, select a merchant and click on their name.
4. Once you’ve found a product of interest, click on the View Product button
5. Review product details, descriptions and supplier information. If this looks like a merchant you’d enjoy working with in the Add tab click on the supplier link.
6. You will be redirected to the Merchant’s profile page where you can read up on that Merchant and learn about their business operations. Assess their complete product line and make a decision as to whether this is someone you’d like to connect to and do business with. If the answer is yes, click the Add Merchant to My Network button. This Merchant will automatically receive a message requesting a connection.
7. Once a Merchant receives your connection request they will visit your profile and assess whether or not they wish to connect with you. You will receive a message in your Message Center when they have approved or declined your request.
   
   

Repeat the above steps as many times as desired to build out your Merchant base. When you feel that you have an adequate number of Merchants to support your business, you’ll want to begin adding products.

Adding Products

1. Return to the Warehouse and use your My Network search filters to find the products you want to add to your store.
2. Click the View Product button to pull up the View Product window. Do a final review of the product details, including the product price (which is now visible to you)
3. When you’re ready to add a product, return to the Add tab. You’ll notice there are three drop down menus for you to consider:
   1. The destination option will automatically select your store. Disregard it, everyone receives a store with their account, and it doesn’t apply to you if you only want to list products on eBay.
   2. Use the category drop-down menu and choose one of the categories we selected earlier. While this step isn’t necessary it can help you organize your products within the Manage Inventory page so you might find it useful to do this.
   3. The margins category is used to choose how much profit you want to make on each item. The higher the margin the more money you make on each product. A lower margin makes you less money per product but you might sell more because of the lower price. Leave the margin as is, You can change margins later (You have the option to either set your prices manually within the Manage Inventory page or to create margin groups by going to the Set Pricing Page within the Inventory Tab)
4. Click the Add Product to Store button
5. Repeat as many times as desired.
   
   

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You can add more than one product at a time:

1. Select the check box beside an item to add a product. You can select as few or as many boxes as you want on the same page – make sure the products belong in the same category.
2. Click the Add to Storefront button.
3. A pop-up window will appear along with the same options available to you when adding individual products.
   1. Select Destination - your storefront (this is automatically selected)
   2. Select Category - one of the product categories you created earlier
   3. Your Selling Price - the margins category
4. Click the Add Products button to add your selected items to a category.
   

Repeat these steps to add additional products.

How Do I View a List of My Products?

1. Click on Inventory tab and then click on the Manage link.
2. You will be redirected to your Inventory Management page. This page allows you to manage and buy your existing inventory. You can change pricing, remove products from your inventory, purchase items from the Merchant Network and more.
   

Tip: If you make any modifications to pricing etc, remember to save your changes.

What is the eBay Turbo Lister and Datafeed?

eBay Turbo Lister is a listing tool to help you create listings and upload items in bulk. A datafeed is a spreadsheet that lists all of the products on your Manage Inventory page.

How do I Download an eBay Datafeed of My Products?

The Export page (formerly Submit to Shopping Comparison Sites Page) lets you create and download spreadsheets containing all of your product data. These spreadsheets are intended for use with shopping comparison sites and third party aution sites and the available formats conform to a particular third-party's software. You are also able to manipulate our master datafeed to conform to the criteria of any site we do not offer a specific datafeed for.

1. Under the Inventory heading click on the Export link
2. From the list supplied, select the eBay Turbo Lister datafeed and click Create Datafeed. It may take a few minutes for the system to create your datafeed.
3. Note: Status indicates whether your datafeed is ready for download. While it says Pending your datafeed is still being created. To update the status, you might have to navigate to another page and come back in a couple of minutes.
4. Once the Status has changed from Pending to Completed you can download the datafeed. Simply click the Download link for the datafeed.
5. The datafeed is downloaded as a zipped spreadsheet. You will need to decompress the spreadsheet before you attempt to upload it to the appropriate software. You can do this with Windows' built-in unzipper, or with a third-party unzipper (such as WinZip or 7-Zip).
   
   

How Do I Upload my Favorite Products List into eBay Turbo Lister?

1. You will need to download and install eBay Turbo Lister onto your computer. You also need an eBay account to proceed.
2. Open the eBay Turbo Lister program.
3. Then click: File select Import Items and From File. Follow on-screen instructions.
4. Review the data shown for your products. There are additional fields you are able to fill out (Start Price, Buy it Now Price, Duration, etc.).
5. At the bottom of the Turbo Lister screen you'll see two modes. To make changes, be sure to click the Edit Mode button. Please make all changes to the fields here.
6. Once you're ready to list your products, highlight your first product, and press Ctrl+a on your keyboard to select all products.
7. Click the Add to Upload button directly above the listings.
8. In the window that comes up, click Go Upload.
9. Review the data on the screen to ensure everything you want to be there is.
10. Once you're ready to upload, click the Upload All button directly above and to the right of the product listings.
11. The fees calculator will appear on the screen. Follow the on-screen directions.
12. Your product is now listed on eBay.
    
    

After a Product Sells on eBay, How Do I Place the Order in Shopster?

For your safety, please place an order in Shopster only after you have received payment.

1. Go to Inventory and click on the Manage link. This will take you to your Manage Inventory Page.
2. Note the shopping cart to the right of each product (the shopping cart will only appear next to those products you currently have in stock). Click the Shopping Cart icon and you will be taken to the Shopping Cart page.
3. Note If you have already added the product to your cart but have not yet purchased it, simply click on the Orders tab and the Shopping Cart link to go to your cart.
4. Fill out the Shipping Address with your customers’ ship to information. Click Complete Order to finish purchasing the product.
   
   

The order will now enter the order flow and will move through the Shopster system for processing.

What Happens After I Place an Order?

You will receive a confirmation email to notify you that the Network Merchant has received your order. Shipping and processing times will vary depending on the Merchant used. You will receive an email with a tracking number once the order is shipped. If you have any questions about order status contact the Merchant in question.