If you’ve tried selling products on eBay in the past few years, then you’ve probably already noticed that the online marketplace has become pretty crowded. Getting your listings noticed by buyers is more difficult than ever before. Unless you have signed up for Page Mage, that is. For a fee, Page Mage gives you the tools to create interactive, visually pleasing eBay listings that get your merchandise noticed by buyers who are ready to make a bid.

Page Mage users are given access to all sorts of interactive elements that they can use to add flair to any eBay listing—including clip art galleries, moving text, slideshows, videos, and mouse overs—in an effort to attract more attention from interested buyers. In addition, Page Mage says it can make the process of creating auction listings easier and faster thanks to its drag and drop templates and online management system that allows users to publish and control their eBay listings without leaving the Page Mage site.

Promoting your own eBay listings on social networking sites and blogs is made easier with Page Mage, as well, since the site offers a one-touch system that automatically updates your auction listings on more than a dozen social networking sites and blogging platforms with the touch of a button. If you are an avid eBay seller looking for a better way to help your merchandise stand apart from the crowd, Page Mage is an online application that is definitely worth checking out.

Practical Uses:

• Add rich media features like video and image galleries to an auction listing
• Create unique listings that stand apart from the crowd
• Promote your eBay listings with your blog and social networking accounts
• Save and publish listings quickly with Page Mage’s templates

Insider Tips:

• Track multiple listings with Page Mage’s auction management tools
• Incorporate your own clip art into an eBay listing
• Use Page Mage’s “grid tool” to keep photos and text aligned
• Add multiple pages to a single eBay listing

What we liked:

• Ability to create professional-looking auction listings
• Drag-and-drop system makes adding and resizing photos easy
• Saved templates simplify the process of creating similar listings to the ones you already have
• Pay-as-you-go pricing option is ideal for occasional eBay sellers

What we didn’t like:

• Complex pricing structure can get confusing

Alternatives:

• Auctiva – www.auctiva.com
• BiggerBids – www.biggerbids.com
• inkFrog – inkfrog.com/index.php

Company Info:

• Launched: August 2008
• Privately Held
• Headquarters: Redwood City, California
• Owned by: Eric Scifres
• Web site: pagemage.com

Costs:

• Free for 60 day trial
• Pay-As-You-Go for $.50 per listing
• Monthly flat-fee plans range from $9.95 to $34.95 per month

Rating:

• 4 out of 5 (great)