What is Joe Lister?
Joe Lister enables Amazon sellers to list products from their Amazon account to eBay, and now Shopify. With just one click, Joe Lister automatically populates your eBay and Shopify listings including images, descriptions, and any other product information. This platform also keeps the prices and quantities of products listed between channels in sync to simplify listing and selling on multiple channels.
So, if you are primarily an Amazon seller looking to list your products on eBay and/or Shopify, Joe Lister is the perfect solution to save time and ensure your products are listed identically and with accurate information across platforms.
Joe Lister’s New Shopify Integration
Joe Lister’s new Shopify integration makes it incredibly easy to list any of your Amazon products to your Shopify store. After signing up for Joe Lister, you will want to enter your Amazon credentials, eBay settings and/or authorize Shopify. After setting up your account, your inventory will automatically populate in Joe Lister under ‘Amazon Inventory’. You will then go through and click ‘List on Shopify’ to any items you want to add to your Shopify store. It really is as simple as that. The Shopify item ID number will also be listed under the product’s title in Joe Lister. The product’s name, description, SKU, and any related images will be listed under the ‘Products’ tab on Shopify along with the amount of inventory available.
For added exposure, you may also choose to list your products on eBay. The process is similar to that of Shopify when adding items from Joe Lister. Just click ‘List on eBay’ and within seconds you will see the item listed on your eBay account. Want to unlist an item from Shopify or eBay? Simply click ‘Unpublish on Shopify’ or ‘Unpublish from eBay’ to remove the listing.
The simplification doesn’t stop there. Under ‘Listings’ you are able to choose whether you want to view items that you have listed on Shopify or eBay. If you select ‘Shopify’, you will be able to view all of the items you have chosen to list on Shopify. Same goes for the ‘Sales’ tab. Here you are able to view any listings that have sold on either Shopify or eBay, subsequently streamlining sales between the three platforms.
One additional feature on the Amazon Inventory, Listings, and Sales pages is the ability to search for a product or even use the ‘Bulk Actions’ option. The Bulk Actions option varies per page but it allows you to select multiple items to publish, reprice, remove, etc. simultaneously.
WHY USE JOELISTER
You've seen how easy it is to use JoeLister. All you have to do is press the “List” button and JoeLister handles everything else. But maybe you're not sure why you should bother listing your Amazon inventory on eBay.
The main reason is simple: more potential customers equals more sales. It's always possible that the right buyer for your product is hanging out on eBay and not Amazon.
Multi-Channel Fulfillment is an option with or without JoeLister. But using JoeLister makes it so easy (you could list all of your FBA inventory on eBay in a matter of minutes) that there's no reason not to try it.
Here are a few good reasons to list your inventory on eBay and take advantage of Amazon's MCF program:
- Clearing out inventory before LTSF (better to sell it on eBay than dispose of it)
- Selling inventory that's “tanked” in price or rank on Amazon but still has a market on eBay
- Getting your inventory in front of more buyers
- You want to sell on eBay, but don't want to warehouse your own inventory
- You have inventory that's gone Stranded at Amazon warehouses for one reason or another
I actually just took advantage of that last one and snagged $132 in eBay sales off of one stranded Amazon ASIN.
Here's what happened. I had sent in multiples of this vegan protein powder to Amazon. But after my inventory arrived, I became restricted in the brand. Yes, that happens even to long-time sellers like me!!
So usually I would pay to have the items sent back to me so I could list them on eBay myself or just donate them. But luckily this ASIN went stranded after I started using JoeLister.
I decided to list them on eBay with JoeLister instead of sending them back to my house. And the result?
IS JOELISTER WORTH THE COST?
JoeLister is a paid service. You pay a flat monthly fee based on the number of eBay listings you'll be creating. The cheapest plan starts at $25/month for 100 eBay listings and goes up to $139/month for 2500 listings.
The good thing is that you don't have to list all of your Amazon FBA inventory on eBay. Even if you have 500 items in stock at Amazon, you might only want to list some of those ASINs on eBay with JoeLister.
But if you do subscribe to JoeLister, make sure that your eBay sales justify the cost of the software. If you're paying $79/month for the Pro Plan (500 eBay listings) but you're only seeing $50/month in sales, then that just doesn't make sense.
But if you're selling through enough inventory, then JoeLister is definitely worth the cost. It really does a good job of automating eBay sales and fulfillment for Amazon sellers.
Conclusion
Joe Lister is an amazing tool for inventory management especially if you want to list your products and keep track of inventory and sales on more than one platform. It not only saves time and money but it leaves little room for listing errors. It is an awesome tool if you have a lot of inventory and a large variety of products that you want to quickly list on multiple platforms to optimize profitability.
