I have used Terapeak for over 2 years in my business and for my clients. Terapeak Research simply helps eBay sellers and online merchants determine what to sell, when to sell it and at what price. Research is key to successful business operations; eBay sales operations are no different. Terapeak even offers a free product for part time or casual sellers.

Free eBay Research by Terapeak

There are two main sources of research data available to the end user, Hammertap and Terapeak. Both tools are good and they both provide similar information. Even though Terapeak provides the most relevant data for what I use it for, Hammertap has always seemed a bit easier to understand and use...until now. The new Terapeak 5.0 interface is more intuitive than ever and I suggest you give the free version a try before you settle in on a research tool.

The updated Terapeak 5.0 is a very clean interface, the underlying changes are real and the speed of search has increased dramatically. The interface is more graphically pleasing with bar charts and graphs of all the information anyone could think of or need.

Hot Hot Hot

What's hot on eBay? With Terapeak 5.0 and the optional upgrade of the Hot Research Pack you will know in an instant. The first two categories of Hot Research are included with the Research Advantage subscription. The next three categories cost an extra $2.95 a month or $6.95 as a package price.

• Hot Categories - Just as it sounds - what are the best categories on eBay?
• Hot Media - Fabulous tool for media sellers, provides the Hot Lists for DVDs, Music, Games and Book titles
• Hot Searches - Who would have imagined Car insurance would be number 4?
• Hot Products - Sorted by sell through, price, or items sold
• Hot Titles - What title is really selling in your category? Find out here...

New Features in Terapeak 5.0 - Hot Research

• New Hot Products
• New Hot Buyer Searches
• New Hot Seller Titles
• New Hot Media International
• New Hot Categories International
• New Top Titles by Seller
• New Top Titles by Category
• Revealed Top Seller Usernames
• Revealed Category Trend Numbers
• Improved Report Page
• Improved Page Navigation
• Improved Date Navigation
• Improved Browser Compatibility
• Improved Search Speed
• Improved Page Load Speed

You can now see what buyers are searching for in any eBay category. You can also see pockets of top performing products, browse the hot listing titles on eBay and see which listings are making millions of dollars.

New Reports - Quickly see the best time of day, day of week, keywords and more in the report Summary box or scroll down to get more details. See the items with the highest end price at the top of the report page.

New Data Revealed - Seller usernames are now revealed on the top sellers pages for your search or category. Quickly see where you rank vs. your competitors. Also, use the new quick navigation menu to see the top titles for any eBay seller to know what products make them big money.

Faster, Faster, Faster - They've improved the speed of all searches by a factor of 4x. They've also made it so that your page will load faster by reducing the download size of each page thus making Terapeak more accessible than ever.

Press Release:

Terapeak 5.0 puts eBay sellers on fast track to million dollar opportunities
Launch of next generation research solution offers real-time tools that
remove the guesswork out of selling online.

VICTORIA, April 15 /CNW/ - Advanced Economic Research Systems (AERS), the
only company to focus exclusively on eBay market research, today launched
Terapeak 5.0 - their highly refined web solution that uncovers strategies and
products that deliver maximum profits for anyone selling on eBay.

The latest version of Terapeak 5.0 is a subscription-based market
research toolset that provides sellers with a complete understanding of
opportunities on the eBay platform. These tools include: item pricing
information (average pricing, sell-through rates, and more); the best keywords
and categories to use; how to determine when your customer will be shopping;
and two years' worth of category trends to track individual item seasonality.
New Terapeak tools include information on what shoppers are searching for on
the eBay platform and what products and titles are experiencing the most sales
activity. Even better, Terapeak 5.0 has wrapped the powerful functionality in
an easy-to-use interface that is welcoming to new users and existing
subscribers.

AERS' consumer is anyone who sells on eBay, the world's largest and
fastest growing ecommerce platform. eBay saw more than 56 billion transactions
in 2007. Terapeak 5.0 is available for visitor demonstrations at:
http://www.terapeak.com.

Fred Speckeen, AERS President and Chief Executive Officer says, "More
people than ever are selling both new and used items on eBay. Terapeak 5.0
helps you maximize your profits in a market that has more than five million
new listings each day. It is a fun, reliable and easy-to-use solution with
innovative features that take the guesswork out of your eBay experience."

Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Sukow, takes it further, explaining,
"This advanced version is the result of intense design innovation to create
the industry's leading market research tool for use with eBay. Terapeak 5.0
offers vastly superior web interface products with newly enhanced features and
functionality designed to create a fresh, seamless and fun user experience,
regardless of whether you're an eBay PowerSeller or an eBay novice."

Terapeak 5.0 will also be showcased at the eBay Live! 2008 Community
Conference June 19 - 21 in Chicago, Illinois.

Please know that we are not affiliates of Buy It Sell It or any of the other solutions we will try in this series. If we find one we like and continue to use it after our reviews are complete we may become an affiliate... But for now we only should disclose that we do offer eBay affiliate links on this site.

First on our list is buyitsellit

Buy it Sell it is an Ink Frog product. Many eBay sellers will be familiar with The Ink Frog eBay listing software solution. Ink Frog offers a flat rate $9.95 a month eBay management package with free hosting for images and template gallery.

But it Sell It offers an attractive interface...

And the front page of the offer says a lot... We will try it ourselves and see exactly how and if Buy it Sell it works as advertised.

I think one of the most interesting aspects of this offer is the following paragraph:

BuyItSellIt supports the leading payment processors Google Checkout, Paypal and Authorize.Net. Tired of complicated shipping matrixes? Use our real-time calculated shipping via USPS and FedEx. All product entries are automatically posted to Google Product Search for maximum exposure to your store. Sell on eBay? Easily plug in your eBay store listings directly into your BuyItSellIt store front.

To Sum up the Introduction:

BuyitSellit offers

• A free and attractive stand alone web store front.
• eBay import
• Digital Delivery Options
• Multiple Web Store Templates
• An Order Management Console
• Bulk Upload and Product Management Console
• Google Checkout and PayPal
• Rss feeds for each store

If nothing else this is a great way to get up and running with an off eBay website.

Check back for updates...