You can read more about the award via eBay’s official press release, Open eBay press release, and our press release.

The complete winners list for this year includes:

• DSR Rockstar: eCommSource™ by CloudConversion™
• Early Adopter: Quantity Manager an automatic listing management tool for eBay sellers, and Price Spectre, a dynamic pricing agent that monitors competitors’ prices and adjusts a subscriber’s listing price accordingly, by NullApps
• Most Innovative: Outright, an application that automates eBay sales and expense tracking for more efficient tax preparation, by Outright
• Rapid Evolution: Vendio Reviser, a bulk revision solution for updating large numbers of live listings, by Vendio
• Service to the Developer Community: David Kronenwetter (exdwh) of Experimenter’s Discount Warehouse

Benefits to using Price Spectre through Selling Manager:

• Same great Price Spectre.  Nothing changes except the interface you use.
• Manage your items’ prices without ever leaving eBay.
• Automatic billing handled by eBay.

To sign up through Selling Manager Apps simply visit our application catalog entry (listed under “Listing” and “Research & Reporting”) and click the button.  You must have an active Selling Manager subscription before signing up but that is free.  You must also be a US registered seller on eBay.com as other international sites are not yet supported.

Benefits to using Quantity Manager through Selling Manager:

• Same great Quantity Manager.  Nothing changes except the interface you use.
• Better options to quickly manage and monitor your inventory.
• Manage your inventory levels without ever leaving eBay.
• Cleaner interface.
• Automatic billing handled by eBay.
• Seven day free trial even if you are a prior customer.
• Two new price points with unlimited refreshes.

To celebrate this achievement we are offering two flat rate pricing options to our new and existing customers.  We offer a monthly plan of $9.95 per month and a yearly plan of $99.95.  Considering that the typical subscriber to Quantity Manager spends between $14 – $30 per month this is a significant savings.  However to lock in this pricing you must act quickly.  These flat rate pricing plans will be replaced by our standard usage-based pricing in September.  If too many people take us up on this offer we may stop accepting new subscriptions in order to ensure the high quality of our service.

To sign up through Selling Manager Apps simply visit our application catalog entry (listed under “Inventory”) and click the button.  You must have an active Selling Manager subscription before signing up but that is now free.  You must also be a US registered seller on eBay.com as other international sites are not yet supported. If you are a current subscriber you must pay any balances that are due on your account before subscribing through Selling Manager.  If you receive an error message try back later this week since eBay is performing a staggered roll-out of SM Apps.

The five winners of the eBay Star Developer Awards include:

• DSR Rockstar: Seller Machine CRM by BengalOne
• Most Innovative: Dynamic pricing feature by Monsoon
• Early Adopter: Mercent Retail for eBay by Mercent
• Service to the Developer Community: Jake Becker (helios825) of WatchCount.com
• Rapid Evolution: InkFrog

The problem with this is that it goes contrary to buyer behavior.  A buyer is more likely to purchase an item from a seller if only a few remain.  A seller who lists all their items in one listing may find themselves with little or no sales compared to one who only lists a fraction of their inventory within the listing.

This site will automatically manage a sellers fixed price listings so they can keep an artificially low quantity visible to their buyers without risking selling out of the listing and having to relist.  All the seller has to do is tell us the quantity in stock and the quantity to maintain in the listing.  We’ll refresh your inventory anytime a buyer makes a purchase until you run out.  We free up the seller to do other activities such as improving the buyer experience.