I’m regularly asked for recommendations on different resources, tools, services and sites of interested, so have given in and put this page together to help you.
News
- Tamebay – UK Focused & frequently updated, news blog
- AuctionBytes – US Centric auctions news site, been around since 1999!
- eBay UK Announcements – That affect the eBay UK Site. RSS feed can be found here.
- eBay.com Announcements – That affect the eBay US (.com) site. RSS feed can be found here.
- eBay UK SellerSphere – Relatively new venture by eBay UK. Worth checking in upon now& then
How To Guides
- How To Guides Category – A mixture of a few guides I’ve put together over the past few months. Will be nothing compared to ProjectE
eBay, Amazon & Website Software Tools
- ChannelGrabber – “Simplified Selling” is the motto. I love this application because its so simple compared to the other complex options (mention my name for a discounted fee)
- LinnWorks – Combining multiple platforms? This is worth reviewing
- eSellerPro – If you’re turning over £40K per month (with room for expansion), then you need to speak to them.
- ChannelAdvisor – If you’re turning over £40K per month (with room for expansion), then you also need to speak to CA.
- eBay TurboLister – Clunky tool that works well for eBay
- eBay Blackthorne – The grown-up version of TurboLister. has two versions Basic & Pro.
- eBay Selling Manager Pro (SMP) – eBay’s hosted application for processing orders. prone to the odd bug every-now-and-then. But fine for solely eBay sellers.
Hosting
- EVO-Hosting – This is here this site runs from. Personal support & worth every penny
- HeartInternet -I use these for the affiliate sites I created
WordPress
- WordPress Articles – The articles I’ve written relating to WordPress
- WordPress Hosted – The free hosted version
- WordPress Self-Hosted – The free open source version
Other Useful Software & Services
- DropBox – The full article on DropBox I wrote is here.
- Pingdom – Free website monitoring, see here for the article.
- Statcounter – Free, versatile website stats collection. Article here.
Note-worthy Articles
If you feel I’ve missed a tool, service or article out, let me know on my Contact Matthew page.