There are several eBay research tools available that provide detailed auction information aimed that helping sellers increase the profitability of their auctions. Some of the more popular are eBay Market Research, Terapeak, HammerTap, and MPire to name a few.
Basically, each of these eBay research tools are the same. They collect information from closed sales on eBay and break it down into segments of information that usually include things such as:
- Total dollars in sales
- Highest selling price
- Lowest selling price
- Average sales price
- Starting prices
- Total number of items listed
- Number of items that sold
- Sell-through rates
- Best day to end auctions in a category
- Best time to end auctions in a category
- Most productive keywords
- Whether using additional features such as Bold or Gallery Photos increase sales
- Sales trends within a category
- And more
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