I am a really big fan of getting rid of things you do not need. I often use eBay to sell stuff I no longer need and to buy the items I cannot find locally. (Some of the prices cannot be beat) I also want to make sure I keep track of my buying and selling while I am out and about.
There are three major apps on the market for eBay: the official eBay app, Pkt Auctions and Droid Auctions. All of them are great if you just want to see what is out there on eBay and want to bid or need to communicate thru the internal eBay message system. But two of them are stand outs because they have very specific features one for sellers and one for buyers.
If you are a frequent buyer on eBay and need some great search tools then Pkt Auctions is for you. The barcode scanner feature can save you time and energy by using it to scan an item and then have it come up on the search. It worked most of the time I tried it and worked best for books, movies and CD’s as the database for those items is already integrated into the Google infrastructure. It makes a good alternative to typing many items in.
Another feature I really liked about Pkt is the price check feature. It allows you to see how much similar items have sold for and an average price check so you know not to pay too much for the items. It also has a deals button that shows you some great deals on random items. I have not needed any of these items but, the prices seem low. It also has an internal board for only users of this app. I posted once, no replies yet.
As a seller on eBay I like Droid auctions. The summary page is the first you see and it has all of your auctions summarized in one place. The count of what you are watching, buying, won, lost, selling sold and unsold. It also shows how many watchers you have on each auction from the list page. This is very useful as a seller. Droid auctions’ sort feature is also more comprehensive and more like the experience on the standard website.
The message feature is also a bit better than the other choices as it not only shows the messages from other ebayers, but also the system messages from eBay.
The other applications did not offer this.
Another cool feature that Droid auctions has is the abitilty to have the end of an auction added to you calendar from inside the application. Simply hit menu while looking at an item and hit the calendar button, add it to the calendar. You will get a reminder about the auction when you need it. PKT auctions has a similar function but the one in Droid is more custom.
The interfaces on all of them were pretty smooth and I have made purchases thru each of the applications. No real difference between them. The PayPal integration was simple and straightforward in each case.
I would recommend PKT and Droid to both be on your device if you both buy and sell. Both would have their place.
Now, I have to get back to my Droid, someone just outbid me on a classic Beanie baby… I MUST HAVE IT!
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