are there any plans to add inventory to this site

Yes there is! It is part of our phase 2 development

I have been looking at marketworks as they look like they would be ble to drive hits to my lisings..but there system is very complicated, and I like yours because it's easy to use

Oh when is phase 11 comming

Should be towards the end of this year.

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Originally posted by Scott Mcleod:
Oh when is phase 11 comming

phase 11 ??



(yeah, i know, you meant II, just playing )

Yes an inventory would be very good indeed.

Please, please add inventory! I tried to make the inventory feature in Ebay's Selling Manager Pro work but that thing is a joke! It takes longer than anything I ever used and it does not make any sense! As to MarketWorks I used it and liked it very much but it has a very corporate look and is expensive. I need an easy to use unexpensive option, as I am simply closing out old inventory.

Pretty please, Inventory!!!

Thanks you,

Vera

Hi Vera -

Like Auctiva David said above - we will be adding Inventory features with our Phase 2 release. Don't you worry 'bout a thing

The anticipated Phase 2 release schedule is the beginning of 2007.

Cara

Can you tell me where you are on adding this upgrade? Thank you.

Sweet Success et al -

I should have remembered the rules of Murphy's Law - never give an anticipated date!

Inventory is still in development. It is a project with many implications and impacts for our users and site. We want to make sure that we cover all bases for a successful rollout of such an important feature.

If you stay signed up for Auctiva (and signed up for email notifications), you will receive notice when we add inventory and other features via email.

Thank you for your continued interest and Happy Listing!

Cara

Will the inventory feature stay with the Auctiva tradition of being Free?

I see that inventory isn't among the latest crop of new features. I would be happy just to know whether it's more about "inventory management" -- tracking sales and such -- or about a way to list inventory in your store. Descriptions to this point have been so VAGUE. Could someone give me a hint? Pretty please?

Both. It will probably be free.

Thanks, Jeff! I'll keep an eye out for it!

will this be able to take the place of ebay store... and will it be able to be seen on the web? or will we have to drive customers to our store-inventory?

For the last year and a half I have been using auctiva.com for free. But during that time I was never completely happy but kept coming back hoping someday they would get this inventory done. Please just throw something out there simple at first then add to it later. Honestly I am starting to think you are holding back as you stuttered about charging and said "It will probably be free" So you are adding all these not so essential add-ons so when you add you can go in for the kill. Technology is here today and gone tomoroww so hurry up as there will be other solutions like eharbors that will pass you up. Thanks

You've been using a FREE service for a year and a half and you still feel justified in accusing management of manipulating the upgrades so they could "go in for the kill"? as if Auctiva had no "right" to charge for something in the future? - How dastardly of them! A FREE service is our right! Where's my lawyer!

Yeah, I'd honestly rather have something that is working rather than something that was just "thrown out there".

Also, regarding charging for the service, I've said this before - there was a time back in the day when Auctiva members were practically begging Jeff to make it a paid service. So far, he's kept it free.

Dont throw it out there until it is working? Well folks this service is free because they are building it and building a customer base. How could they charge for it? When it is not solid and reliable yet.

I am personally invested in Auctiva as I have a domain and buy insurance plus have many hours learning the program curves. Not to mention building my auctiva. So after waiting patiently for 1.5 years for them to intall even a simple, reliable inventory system is not too much to ask is it?

Honestly would I pay for auctiva right now? NO, because it has not proven itself realiable yet and has no inventory function! Would I in the future? Yes. Do I like auctiva and the format? Yes, for the most part. Will I wait much longer for them to add a inventory funtion? Maybe. Am I happy Auctiva exists? Yes.

To my new Critics, Reality is Auctiva could of tried to charge but would of ended up bankrupt. FACT. Auctiva is a invested company thats vision is long term and offers free to build a customer base. FACT
When Auctiva lays out its biggest add-on Inventory will they charge then? UNKNOWN-As Auctiva said maybe or most likely to be FREE?. FACT

Now my opinion CRITICS out there. Is that Auctiva has had alot of time now to grow and add to its programs but has been ever so sluggish that there is other venues online now that are free and new that are more advance then auctiva.
Example look at **** they are new this year and are building too but they have most all there functions online now except the store funtion for your own website right now. Yes, there is errors and such but it is nice. THEY HAVE INVENTORY. May take a year then could rival Auctiva. Enough said.

Bottom line is that I like Auctiva but they need to get this wrapped up and charge or not charge as I dont care as long as it is affordable and working. I will continue to seek my favorite venue as if I am happy I will stay and be as loyal as I can if it works. Thanks

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Originally posted by VALUESPRO:

I am personally invested in Auctiva as I have a domain and buy insurance plus have many hours learning the program curves. Not to mention building my auctiva. So after waiting patiently for 1.5 years for them to intall even a simple, reliable inventory system is not too much to ask is it?

Even if we are, in effect, "beta testing" a project for Auctiva that will one day be up to speed and charged for, it is still a FREE service - a fact that makes it rather unseemly to demand a certain level of service or progress, not to mention the blatant accusation of ulterior motives. You imply that because you have a certain "investment" in Auctiva that that gives you a right to do so. So what? No one made you commit to that investment, knowing full well what the deal was in advance.

You are criticizing because you have been holding certain expectations of future performance, based partly on the idea that they've "had a lot of time". I doubt anyone ever made any promises to you regarding a timetable for service and performance when you decided to sign up for this freebee. There are no broken contracts or agreements that I can see, real or implied, even if there were NO improvements in service!

Rather than looking the proverbial "gift horse in the mouth", why not ride the horse to the greener pastures that you have found. Or, find a PAID service that is more useful to you, instead of hanging around being disgruntled over a FREE one? Cut your "losses" (if you want to call a year and a half of free service a loss) and move on, why waste your time and energy?

Valuespro-You say you have used Auctiva for a year and a half, yet it says you are a registered user of the message boards here only since June 12, 2007. Why have you chosen this point in time to grace us with your toxic presence and bad grammar and spelling?

Perhaps if you had actually perused the boards more closely before, you would have realized that there is more to Auctiva than meets the eye and the FACT that the service is free is just one of the perks; it's not the only draw. I have found that it is easy to use, the support team is superb and fast, the response to posts on the boards is phenomenal and for the most part it is an exceptional system with some kinks. I seem to remember a certain large software company called Microsoft that can't seem to put out an upgrade to it's operating system without a variety of bugs. And some of these bugs are so destructive they have been known to shut down entire networks (FACT). Yet you complain about Auctive, a company that provides a FREE service, and delays release of new enhancements to prevent potential disruptions to its users income and livelihood, in some cases. I would prefer the delay rather than be a guinea pig for an inferior product, thank you very much. Go find a service that you can PAY for if you are so unhappy with the FREE service these guys provide to us and take your nastiness elsewhere.

First of all what constructive criticism do any of you so called experienced Auctiva board hoppers bring to the table. Now to let you know I have 2 accounts on Auctiva. So I am not no new user as Auctiva knows that. This post is for suggestions to Auctiva or other members.

Now my opinion is exactly that a opinion. As I have followed the so called dont say nothing idea mentality for 1.5 years now because it is free. But last year I was told by Auctiva that inventory would be available in the first of the year of 2007. But now it is June and no where near in site but the newest not so essential upgrades in MY OPINION. Now I have been building my listings and have many hours invested preparing for the inventory function and building my template. Plus have bought a domain etc. So am I concearned about there intentions, YES I AM AND THAT IS MY RIGHT.

Just so my critics know I have been using other venues for the last year in a half and still do on some ebay stores I have now. Because I dont chose the cheapest routes only as I pay too, unlike you free loaders that dont think anyone should say anything because it is free. Get real folks free or not I am sure Auctiva wants to hear from us to gratify their program and not to.

My suggestion to all you unemployed community board hoppers is to get a life and listen before you speak. This will be the last of writing on posts hear at Auctiva because when I voice out my opinion and speculations I get pounded by Internet Junkies. Good day