Too many issues with Auctiva online over the past 3-4 months. It is not productive to work here. I have been waiting for the past two weeks to see if Auctiva would become stable but it just seems to have new issues each week.
I have been trying out eBay Selling Manager Pro which costs $$ but I figure it is worth $15 a month if it is stable. It is lacking in features but I am complementing it with some free HTML tools I found on the net. I can eventually open an eBay store, something I wanted to do with Auctiva but I could not commit that much effort to Auctiva and its problems. I also figured that Selling Manager Pro should keep up with eBay changes faster that outside providers. I also thought that if I can't make enough to pay for a service, then I shouldn't bother to sell on eBAy.
I will be using free photbucket for pictures but I think I will reduce the pictures and just use eBay for the odd 2nd picture I might need and pay for it.
The scrolling gallery is hard to replace. I did find some free code for this feature but you have to add your own auctions manually. More work but I will see what it is like.
The Auctiva concept is great. I unfortunately joined when in Jan this year when they were going through a tough period and this has just continued to today. I did learn a lot during these 3-4 months about eBay, auctions, HTML, so the time at Auctiva was not wasted.
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