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POWER LISTER INSTRUCTIONS - The beginner's guide to Power Lister.

1.0 Introduction
  1.1 Getting Started
  1.2 Requirements
  1.3 Terms & Conditions
  1.4 Privacy Policy

2.0 Signing up with Power Lister
  2.1 Registering at Power Lister
  2.2 Selecting Power Lister Username and Password

3.0 Signing up with eBay
  3.1 Registering at eBay
  3.2 Selecting eBay Username and Password
  3.3 Using eBay

4.0 Power Lister Log In
  4.1 Power Lister Log In
  4.2 Incorrect Log In

5.0 Creating a New Auction List
  5.1 Creating a New Auction List
  5.2 Steps to Create a New Auction List

6.0 Creating a new auction
  6.1 Creating a New Auction
  6.2 Steps to Create a New Auction
  6.3 Adding Pictures to Your Auction
  6.4 Help Creating New Auctions

7.0 Editing Auctions
  7.1 Editing Auctions
  7.2 Steps to Edit Auctions


8.0 Deleting Auctions
  8.1 Deleting Auctions
  8.2 Steps to Delete Auctions

9.0 Saving Auctions to Your Computer
  9.1 Saving Auctions to Your Computer
  9.2 Steps to Save Auctions to Your Computer

10.0 Loading Auctions From Your Computer
  10.1 Loading Auctions From Your Computer
  10.2 Steps to Load Auctions From Your Computer

11.0 Uploading Your Auctions to eBay
  11.1 Uploading Your Auctions to eBay
  11.2 Steps to Upload Your Auctions to eBay

12.0 Exiting Power Lister
  12.1 Exiting Power Lister
  12.2 Auto-Save Reminder

13.0 Power Lister credits
  13.1 Power Lister Credits
  13.2 Using Credits
  13.3 Buying Credits

14.0 Frequently Asked Questions
  14.1 Ask tech support a question

1.0 Introduction
Power Lister is a tool to assist users with creating and listing auctions for eBay auction. It's purpose is to make posting auctions fast and easy. We have two features that make Power Lister easy. One, there is no software to download or install to you . Power Lister is used right from your web browser. Two, it also allows you to save auctions to your computer and use them over and over. Once an auction has been created with Power Lister, you can simply save it to your computer and use it over and over to post to eBay.
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1.1 Getting Started
The first thing that we recommend is that you add Power Lister to your favorites or bookmarks. That way, you have fast access to the Power Lister web site.
  • Go to Power Lister home page.
  • For Internet Explorer, click Favorites menu, then Add to Favorites.
  • For Netscape, click Bookmarks, then Add Bookmark (or press Ctrl-D).
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    1.2 Requirements
    In order to use Power Lister, you must have an active account with     credits and a computer with internet access. You computer must also have the capability to save files; therefore, WebTV is not compatible with Power Lister. Your account will keep some personal information and a username and password that you select. Your username will allow our computers to keep track of your auctions used with Power Lister.
       - Power Lister Requirements:
       - Register to create a Power Lister account.
       - Add credits to your account.
       - You must be connected to the internet when using Power Lister.
       - You must have an eBay account. Click HERE if you need to create an eBay account.
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    1.3 Terms & Conditions
    To use Power Lister, you agree to the terms and conditions of this web site. If you do not agree, discontinue using Power Lister immediately. Click     HERE to read our terms and conditions.
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    1.4 Privacy Policy
    Power Lister takes your privacy very seriously. We will never sell or give away your personal information, including your e-mail address, to any 3rd party. Click     HERE to read our privacy policy.
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    • 2.0 Signing Up With Power Lister
       
    2.1 Registering at Power Lister
    Register at Power Lister as follows:
    1) Go to our     Registration page
    2) Complete the registration form with the required information.
    3) Select a username and password for your account. We recommend that you do not use the same username/password combination that you have selected for eBay.
    4) Check the checkbox to agree to our Terms & Conditions.
    5) You're done!

    After you have registered, you can begin to use Power Lister immediately. Keep your username and password in a safe location.
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    2.2 Selecting Username and Password
    Select a username and password for your Power Lister account. We recommend that you do not use the same username and password that you have selected for your eBay account. Do not use spaces or special characters. Use letters and numbers only.
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    3.0 Signing Up With eBay
    Power Lister is exclusively for eBay users. To use Power Lister, you must have an active eBay account. If you do not have an eBay account, follow the steps below to create a new eBay account.
       
    3.1 Registering at eBay
    Register at eBay as follows:
    1) Go to     eBay web site.
    2) Look in the middle of the screen, near the top, you'll see "Welcome New Users". Next to the welcome message, click Register Now.
    3) Complete the required information in the registration form(s).
    4) You're done!

    After you have registered, you can begin to use eBay immediately. Keep your username and password in a safe location.
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    3.2 Selecting Username and Password
    Select a username and password for your eBay account. We recommend that you do not use the same username and password that you have selected for your Power Lister account.
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    3.3 Using eBay
    By using Power Lister to submit auctions to eBay, you should be familiar with the operation of eBay, as well as it's rules. Click     HERE for eBay's main help page. Click HERE to find links for all of eBay's rules, policies, and agreements.
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    4.0 Power Lister Log In
    To use Power Lister to create auctions or submit them to eBay, you must be logged into Power Lister. Log in as follows:
    1) Go to the Power Lister     home page or login page.
    2) Enter your Power Lister username and password in the required fields.
    3) If you have forgotten your username and/or password, enter your e-mail address in the Lost Password form at the login page.
    4) If you have problems logging in, contact Power Lister Support.

    5.0 Creating a New Auction List
    You will need to create a new auction list the first time that you use Power Lister. You will also need to create a new auction list if your existing auction list reaches 100 items. Power Lister limits each auction list to 100 items. You can create as many new auction lists as you want. A good reason to do this is if you want to categorize your auctions lists.

    For example, you can have an auction list for collectibles, another for software, and another for office supplies. When you save these auction lists, you can save them with different filenames so that you can easily load specific auctions back into Power Lister. For example,
    - collectibles could be saved as pldata-username-collectibles.tar
    - software could be saved as pldata-username-software.tar
    - office supplies could be saved as pldata-username-office.tar
       
    5.1 Creating a New Auction List
    Use the steps in 5.2 to create a new auction list for your auctions. You can create as many auction lists as you wish by naming them differently as described above.
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    5.2 Steps to Create a New Auction List
    1) Log into Power Lister at the     home page or login page.
    2) Click the Create New List / Add New Auction link.
    3) Create an new auction. Once at least one (1) auction has been added, the auction list has been created and can be saved later.

    If auctions are shown in your auction list, and you want to create a new auction list, you should save your existing auction list to your computer before creating a new auction list.
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    6.0 Creating New Auctions
    You can create new auctions in Power Lister to be submitted to eBay. Each auctions is added to your auction list. Up to 100 auctions can be in an auction list. The following steps will guide you through creating an auction in Power Lister.
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    6.1 Creating a New Auction
    Use the steps in 6.2 to create an auction. You can create as many auctions as you wish. However, a maximum of 100 auctions can be in an auction list. See     Creating a New Auction List more than 100 auctions must be created in Power Lister.
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    6.2 Steps to Create a New Auction
    1) Log into Power Lister at the     home page or login page.
    2) Create a new auction list or load an auction list from your computer.
    3) Click the Add an Auction link.
    4) Click a category for your auction.
    5) Complete the Item Information form with your auction information.
        - Items with a red asterisk (*) are required.
    6) Click Preview Listing when form has been completed.
    7) Review your auction information in the Preview window.
    8) If all information is to your satisfaction, click Done!
    9) After Preview has been completed, you will be returned to the main auction list, where your newly created auction will be listed. If you want to create additional auctions, simply repeat steps 3 - 8.
    10) After you created all of your auctions, save your auctions for later use.

    If auctions are shown in your auction list, and you want to create a new auction list, you should save your existing auction list to your computer before creating a new auction list.
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    6.3 Adding Pictures to Your Auction
    You can add pictures to your auctions in Power Lister. You can either add your image to the PIC location in the form or you can add an image in the description of your auction. We used the info at     http://pages.ebay.com/sell/help.html#Description for our basis for adding pictures to the description of auctions.

    To have your auction display a picture or graphic, the image must be accessible from the internet. You must have a host for your image(s). Power Lister does not host pictures or images.
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    6.4 Help Creating New Aucitons
    Below are some 3rd party web sites that may be able to help you create your auctions. We are not associated with these sites and do not provide additional assistance using them.

  • Templates
  • Free Picture Hosting
  • Auction Picture Hosting
  • Auction Builder ($12)
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    • 7.0 Editing Auctions
    All auctions that have been created in Power Lister can be edited. If any changes need to be made on a specific auction, you can edit the required field(s) and the changes will be reflected in that particular auction.
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    7.1 Editing Auctions
    Use the steps in 7.2 to edit an auction. Once you have edited an auction, you will need to save your auction list if you want the changes to remain. Otherwise, your changes will be lost.
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    7.2 Steps to Edit a New Auction
    1) Log into Power Lister at the     home page or login page.
    2) Create a new auction list or load an auction list from your computer.
    3) Click Edit next to the auction that you want to edit.
    4) A form will appear with your auction information for that auction. Make any necessary changes and click Preview Listing.
    5) Check your auction for updates and any errors. If the information is correct, click Done!, else click your BACK button and make necessary corrections.

    An auction can be edited as often as you wish. There is no limit to the number of times that an auction can be edited. After editing auction(s), you must save your auction list to your computer in order to update the list for later use. If you do not save your list, you will load your old list from your computer during your next visit to Power Lister.
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    8.0 Deleting Auctions
    Any auction that have been created in Power Lister can be deleted. Usually auctions are deleted from an auction list once an item is sold or if it will no longer be placed on eBay as an auction.
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    8.1 Deleting Auctions
    Use the steps in 8.2 to delete an auction. Once you have deleted an auction, you will need to save your auction list if you want the changes to remain. Otherwise, your changes will be lost.
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    8.2 Steps to Delete an Auction
    1) Log into Power Lister at the     home page or login page.
    2) Create a new auction list or load an auction list from your computer.
    3) Click Delete next to the auction that you want to delete.
    4) A box will popup to confirm that you want to delete the auction.
    5) Click OK if you are sure that you want to delete the auction. Click Cancel if you do not want to delete the auction. Click your BACK button if you click Cancel and do not return to the main auction list.
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    9.0 Saving Auctions to Your Computer
    Power Lister allows you to save your auctions to your computer for re-use. You can save up to 100 auctions in a Power Lister data file. If you have more than 100 auctions, you can create multiple data files. Then you can load whichever file you want into Power Lister. Whenever you attempt to save a file to your computer, it will default to "pldata-username.tar" format. You can rename the file, but the .tar extension must remain intact and there an be NO spaces in the complete filename, including the diretory where it is saved. Therefore, DO NOT save your file(s) in "My Documents", as it has a space in it.
       
    9.1 Saving Auctions to Your Computer
    We HIGHLY recommend that you create a directory called "powerlister" to save all of your Power Lister auction files to. Doing so will make it easier to find your Power Lister auction files. If you save your file with spaces or into a directory with spaces, you will have problems trying to load it back into Power Lister.
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    9.2 Saving Steps
    The following steps will guide you while saving your auction file to your computer.
    1) First, you must be logged into Power Lister and have at least one auction in the main auction list. Auctions in your list can either be newly created or loaded from your computer.
    2) Click Save Listed Auctions.
    3) A File Download box will appear. Ensure that "Save this file to disk" is selected. Click OK.
    4) A Save As box will then appear with your default filename (pldata-username.tar) as the selected filename.
    5) Select a preferred directory where you want your file saved.
        - You can save your Power Lister files to any convenient directory on your computer.
    - We suggest that you create a new directory called powerlister.
    - Save your Power Lister auction data files in powerlister.
    - This will make it easy to find your files when you need them.
    - DO NOT save your data files to My Documents or any directory that has a space in it.
    - Power Lister does not allow spaces in filenames and will not load them.
    6) Click Save to save your auction to your computer.
        - Your auction data file MUST keep the .tar extension.
    - You can save it as the default filename, pldata-username.tar.
    - Or you can rename your file if you have more than one auction data file.
      (i.e. try using something like... pldata-username-collectibles.tar )
    7) Remember where you have saved your file, as you will need it later.
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    10.0 Loading Auctions From Your Computer
    Auctions can be loaded from your computer into Power Lister to be edited, deleted, and/or submitted to eBay. Any auction list that you have previously saved can be loaded into Power Lister at any time.
       
    10.1 Loading Auctions From Your Computer
    Use the steps in 10.2 to load auctions from your computer to Power Lister. Once you have loaded your auctions from your computer to Power Lister, you can edit, delete, and/or post them to eBay as an auction.
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    10.2 Loading Steps
    1) Log into Power Lister at the     home page or login page.
    2) Click on the Browse button to open the Choose File box.
    3) Find a Power Lister formatted file from the location where you saved it.
        - Your file cannot be in a directory with a space in it.
         (i.e. your file cannot be in "My Documents" )
        - Your file must be a .tar extension.
    4) Click the file, then click Open, or double-click it to select it.
    5) The directory and your filename will be placed in the "Load Saved Auctions" field.
    6) Click the Load Saved Auctions button to load your auctions into Power Lister.
    7) When auctions have loaded, click the Continue button.
    8) Your auctions in the loaded auction list will be listed in the main auction area.
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    11.0 Uploading Your Auctions to eBay
    Uploading your auctions to eBay is the same as completing an eBay form and submitting the form. This is the area where your auctions are actually sent to eBay.
       
    11.1 Uploading Your Auctions to eBay
    Uploading auctions from Power Lister to eBay is a simple matter of a few clicks. It is much easier than creating new auctions every time that you want to create auctions for eBay. Once you have created an auction in Power Lister, all you need to do is load your auction(s) from your computer, select any auction(s) that you want on eBay, enter your eBay login information, and submit. Follow the steps below for a step-by-step guide to getting your auctions from Power Lister to eBay.
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    11.2 Uploading Steps
    Uploading your auctions to eBay have never been easier. Use the following steps to submit selected auctions to eBay.
    1) Log into Power Lister at the     home page or login page.
    2) Create your auction(s) or load your auctions from your computer to Power Lister.
    3) Once your auctions are listed in the main auction list, you can select the auctions that you want to submit to Power Lister.
    4) Select the auctions that you want to submit to eBay by clicking the checkbox next to auctions that you want to submit to eBay.
    5) Enter your eBay ID in the field above the main auction list.
    6) Click Upload Checked Auctions to continue.
    7) The next screen will provide information, including your eBay username, required credits, and uploading instructions. Click Start Uploading to eBay to continue.
    8) The next screen will ask for your eBay password. Enter your eBay password in the field and click Sign In.
    (This is the only place where your eBay password will be needed. Power Lister will NEVER request your password at any other time. Please protect your passwords.)
    9) A successful login will give you a screen that has "Welcome to eBay, (eBay Username)".
        - If you do not get this, then either your eBay username or password is incorrect.
        - Click Main Auction List at the top menu to return to your auctions to start over.
    10) Click Start Auction 1 at the top menu to list your first auction.
    11) Review your auction as you would from eBay.
    12) If everything is to your satisfaction, click the Submit button at the bottom of your auction information.
    13) If you do not want to post the auction and want to skip it, click Start Auction 2 at the top menu list.
    14) Repeat steps 10 - 13 until complete.
    15) You can return to the main auction list at any time by clicking the Main Auction List link at the top menu.
  • REMINDER: When you leave Power Lister, you will get a popup box reminding you to save your auctions. If you want to save click Yes. If you have saved or do not want to save your changes, click No or Close Window. Clicking No or Close Window will cause any editing of your auctions to be lost.
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    • 12.0 Exiting Power Lister
       
    12.1 Exiting Power Lister
    Before leaving the Power Lister login area, you should save your auction list if you want to use it again. If you loaded your auction list from your computer and no changes were made to any auctions in your auction list, then saving is not required since your auction list is still on your computer. Power Lister will remind you to save your auction list whenever you leave the Power Lister login area. See     Saving Auctions to Your Computer if you need help saving your auctions.
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    12.2 Auto-Save Remider
    Power Lister will automatically open a pop-up box whenever you leave the login area. This box is to remind you to save your auction list. You should save your list if you have made any changes or added any auctions to your list that you would like to use again.

    To save your auction list, simply click Yes in the pop-up box when it appears. A "Save As" box will then appear for you to save your auction list to your computer.

    If you have already saved your auction list to your computer or do not want to save your edited list, simply click No or Close Window and your list will not be saved. Keep in mind that you will need to re-load your saved auction list or create a new auction list the next time you log in at Power Lister.
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    13.0 Power Lister Credits
       
    13.1 Power Lister Credits
    PowerLister uses credits as a method of payment. Credits are required to post auctions to eBay and to load auction lists to PowerLister. Credits may be purchased from PowerLister by using PayPal or other approved methods. Credits will be deducted from your account whenever the following actions are performed:
    1) Submission: 1 credit for each auction submitted to eBay.
    2) Upload: Free for files loaded with 20 items or less.
    3) Transfer: 1 additional credit per file loaded to Power Lister when file exceeds 20 items.
    4) Transfer: 2 additional credits per file loaded to Power Lister when file exceeds 50 items.
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    13.2 Using Credits
    When you are logged into Power Lister, credits will be deducted from your account when certain functions are used. Below lists functions that will deduct credits from your account.
  • Submission Fee: 1 credit per listing submitted to an auction via this website.
  • File Upload Fee: None. (For preloaded files with 20 items or less).
  • Transfer Fee: 1 additional credit per preloaded file when file exceeds 20 items.
  • Transfer Fee: 2 additional credit per preloaded file when file exceeds 50 items.
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    13.3 Buying Credits
    You are allowed to buy credits directly via PayPal for your account. We also run auctions at eBay with credits available at reduced prices. Bidding starts at $2.99 for 100 credits. Go to     Fees and click on the banner to go directly to the reduced priced auctions. Regular credit prices are below.

    10 Credits - $1.99
    25 Credits - $4.49
    50 Credits - $7.99
    		100 Credits - $13.99
    250 Credits - $32.49
    500 Credits - $59.99
    1000 Credits - $99.99      

    Click here for a Mail-In Payment Form
    Print form and mail to address on form.
    For users without PayPal access.
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