Welcome to my Willowtreemoon Ebay Emporium.

Well, I left here to find out about another service that is giving a FREE tryout period for Ebay listers. It is the (Andale) Vendio service. First off, I am just starting out, and don't have huge amounts of things listed yet. I was thinking of getting an Ebay store, then noticed that Vendio (like here) also had a store included in their service. One thing I noticed was that Auctiva's way of keeping saved information for listings was much better. I didn't actually list with Vendio, but noticed that Auctiva's interface was easier for me personally to figure out. There seems to be a pretty big learning curve with Vendio, but I did like their gallery, which looked a LOT like Auctiva's. I just couldn't bring myself to pay the fees, though, when I found out that I would need to move up one selling level to get custom mailings and account tracking. I'm not ready for that yet. I decided to come back here - - and almost got really upset - - I noticed that some of the things I had filled out before were empty. Oh no! Did this mean I'd lost all my work?? But then I went to the templates area and I found out that all the pre-filled selling item information was still there. I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief. Thanks, Auctiva! And I don't plan to move again until I really learn the site first AND really need an extra boost. I went with Ebay Stores instead to see if things pick up for the holidays.

Well. I have put items on for sale THROUGH AUCTIVA now for two days. I can tell a big difference in speed using the handy templates they have. Now I think I will put my store on my web pages, because the Auctiva Store looks a lot better than my Ebay Store. I might even get an Ebay Store before Christmas to see if that helps my sales.

Today I posted my first item with Auctiva. I'd tried it before... but today I went through the process again, filling in all the forms, etc. It took a couple of hours, but then I was so happy to be done. Yay! I put a Verbal Advantage tapebook on. I have a bunch of tapebooks that I will be listing soon there. So far, the only question I have is what the Auctiva Insurance is. I put it on (for people to choose if they want) since there is not a choice for U.S. Postal Insurance. I am thinking it is the same thing, but may look on the Auctiva site to make sure. I am so excited! The auction looks nice. The only thing I would possibly change is the width. Maybe there is another book template I can use that is less wide. I doubt it though. I do like the book picture there, though.