There are many customized software products specially designed to make buying and selling on eBay a breeze. Such software can enable you to do quick and easy searches for potential items on eBay. Sometimes bargain items are incorrectly listed; software can help you find them and bid for and acquire them at the lowest price possible. Such software can also help you make strategic bids aimed at keeping prices at a low level and ward off any bidding wars.

This article takes a brief look at some of these free software products and their features and benefits.

1. GetItNext:

Promises to facilitate faster searches on eBay, and in turn lead to faster and easier buying. The manufacturers claim to access the very same listings as available on eBay. Collectors and sellers can avail a bulk deal search option to source purchases from bulk lots.

2. Auction Eagle:

Allows you to monitor auctions. If you are buyer on eBay, the software will notify you when someone has outbid you, or even when an auction has ended. It also helps sellers by informing them about the number of bids, the price of a current bid, the amount of the highest bid, and the time remaining in the auction.

3. Auction Errol:

Enables you to check the number of buyers in an eBay auction before you bid. This is a specialized kind of software that aims to prevent scams and frauds, perpetrated by people on eBay and other auction sites.

4. eLister:

Permits you to create auction listings offline. You can work on these at your convenience, and list your auction advertisement on eBay, using the same software, once you are ready to start the auction.

5. Shooting Star:

Bundles a lot of features in one product. It has a utility which allows you to compose auctions for eBay. It can help to track hundreds of live bids. You can use it to send previously written emails to others bidding or buying at auctions. It also keeps track of your bid amounts.

6. Auctiva:

Allows eBay sellers to send pre-scheduled listings, and host images without having to pay for the service. It also facilitates insurance on shipped items, and provides templates for use by sellers in their listings.

7. MyShoppingGenie:

Can hasten your eBay shopping, with a live listing of the best deals at the best prices, on any product you search for in Google or Yahoo. It is certified by eBay and also allows you to earn commissions from eBay from its affiliate program, for each new eBay customer you refer to them and from sales generated by referred eBay customers who have installed the My Shopping Genie software.