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Reccomended eCommerce Resources

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

• Why you should not use Magento
• Why you should use Magento

If you feel I’ve missed a tool, service or article out, let me know on my Contact Matthew page.