Overview
What is inkFrog?
inkFrog headquartered in Phoenix provides auction management and ecommerce listing software for vendors selling through major ecommerce platforms (e.g. Amazon, eBay, etc.).
Inkfrog - great eBay upload tool but not without issues
InkFrog a great tool for a company expanding their eBay store
A bit buggy but definitely worth using simply because of the time it saves managing eBay
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What is inkFrog?
inkFrog headquartered in Phoenix provides auction management and ecommerce listing software for vendors selling through major ecommerce platforms (e.g. Amazon, eBay, etc.).
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- No setup fee
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- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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InkFrog has been a valuable tool for eBay sellers, offering a variety of use cases to streamline their businesses. Many users have found it effective for posting products on eBay, increasing boutique sales, and solving inventory management issues. Additionally, InkFrog has been praised for its support team's assistance in resolving problems related to eBay product listings. Users have appreciated the customizable templates and simplified listing process, which have saved them time, improved efficiency, and made their eBay businesses easier to manage.
Furthermore, InkFrog has been useful in unifying marketplaces, particularly for eBay, and simplifying tasks such as answering customer messages. Some users have also found value in connecting their eBay and Amazon accounts through InkFrog and managing inventory across multiple platforms. The software offers the ability to link unlimited Amazon and eBay accounts and provides unlimited online storage.
Moreover, InkFrog has proven efficient for integrating eBay and BigCommerce stores, managing inventory, and importing product variants. It addresses crucial aspects like inventory management, order tracking, and scheduling for eBay sellers. In addition to these features, InkFrog serves as a suitable replacement for eBay's discontinued tool, TurboLister, providing similar functionality and more. While some users have experienced intermittent issues with the software or faced challenges reaching the support team, many continue to find value in InkFrog for their eBay businesses.
Easy to Use: Many users have found inkFrog to be easy to use and newbie-friendly, with a user-friendly interface and easy synchronization with eBay. The clear interface on the computer screen has been praised by some reviewers.
Convenient Inventory Management: Users appreciate that inkFrog offers inventory management and an overview of inventory across various platforms, including eBay and Amazon. This feature has been particularly helpful for sellers who manage multiple online stores.
Great Customer Service: Several users have mentioned the good customer service provided by inkFrog. They found the customer support team to be very helpful in resolving setup mistakes and providing ongoing support.
Negative Customer Support: Users have consistently reported negative experiences with the customer support provided by the company, with many stating that they received unhelpful and rude replies. The support team is described as having a bad attitude and being unresponsive.
High Price: Several users have complained about the high price of the software, with one user mentioning a significant price increase of 400% without any prior notice. Additionally, users expressed their desire for a free trial to test the software before committing to it.
Functionality Issues: Some users have encountered issues with the software's functionality, such as images failing to load and causing the page to time out. However, these users did find the customer service helpful in resolving this particular issue.
Users commonly recommend the following based on their experiences with the software:
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Connect to the company's eBay connection: Users have suggested connecting to the company's eBay connection for a reliable and efficient online inventory management experience.
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Reach out to the customer service team for assistance: Users recommend reaching out to the customer service team for any issues or concerns, as they are responsive and helpful in addressing user needs.
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Try the free trial of the software: Users suggest trying the free trial of the software before committing to a subscription. This allows users to explore and evaluate its features without any financial commitment.
Some users have also expressed a desire for other price options, such as a free version with ads. Additionally, some users compared this software to Inkfrog, stating that Inkfrog offers more advanced features and benefits like linking unlimited accounts and providing a wider range of services.
Reviews
(1-3 of 3)Inkfrog - great eBay upload tool but not without issues
- Flexibility - there are a huge number of options for how to design your eBay store and display, price, list and sell your items on eBay. If you like having options for every eventuality, then Inkfrog is good with that! However, for us this is a double-edged sword - more about this on the next question.
- Inkfrog sits within the admin area of my website, I like not having to leave my website to attend to eBay. And although it doesn't at all feel like it's part of my website, and ultimately I would have preferred a direct integration, this is a good next-best option.
- Fabulous bulk upload options - you really can upload ALL of your inventory to eBay with just a few clicks. Such a time saver.
- Good price point.
- inkFrog is confusing. From its interface to the huge number of options, it is all too much. Then again, eBay is confusing, so not exactly inkFrog's fault here, but there are too many options, too many settings, and in the end you just want to switch off.
- It can be prone to technical blips. For example: there have been a number times when orders and stock levels have not synced and eBay orders have not been pushed to our website dashboard; we added a number of new products but the amount of stock that appeared on Inkfrog was different to what was available on our website; some listings on eBay were ended recently for "stock quantity changing on the website" (it didn't).
- You need to continue to watch your eBay shop like a hawk to ensure you don't miss any orders and stock levels remain correct.
- Not all of the events above have come with much explanation so communications perhaps could be improved.
- Product catalog & listings
- N/AN/A
- Product management
- 40%4.0
- Bulk product upload
- 80%8.0
- Branding
- N/AN/A
- Mobile storefront
- N/AN/A
- Product variations
- 30%3.0
- Website integration
- 60%6.0
- Visual customization
- 80%8.0
- CMS
- N/AN/A
- Abandoned cart recovery
- N/AN/A
- Checkout user experience
- N/AN/A
- eCommerce security
- N/AN/A
- Promotions & discounts
- N/AN/A
- Personalized recommendations
- N/AN/A
- SEO
- N/AN/A
- Multi-site management
- N/AN/A
- Order processing
- 20%2.0
- Inventory management
- 20%2.0
- Shipping
- 50%5.0
- Custom functionality
- N/AN/A
- inkFrog allowed us to list a huge amount of stock (but not all) to eBay relatively quickly thus increasing revenue significantly.
- Having a larger range of items on eBay has introduced our brand to new customers who then return to buy from us directly.
- However, inkFrog is time consuming to set up and run. You still need to control your eBay orders. This takes time out of your day.
- A couple of technical issues we experienced caused lost orders, significant inconvenience, and a bit of footwork to repair damaged customer relations. Luckily these events were infrequent.
- InkFrog allows us to see the total number of products we have uploaded as listings on eBay, something that is surprisingly hard to find on eBay itself.
- InkFrog allows us to easily schedule when an item goes live on eBay, via auctiono or a permanent listing.
- InkFrog allows us to keep track of our inventory and how many times we have sold on eBay as well.
- It's very easy to navigate.
- The pre-built themes are really bad. Thankfully we don't have to use them and created our own.
- The other issue regarding these themes is that they are locked behind a paywall and are a premium feature; subpar themes should not be charged to consumers.
- InkFrog also connects with other marketplaces that we also sell on, such as Amazon. Unfortunately, it does not work as well with other marketplaces as it does with eBay, which is a shame since we would prefer to have it all in one place.
- Product catalog & listings
- 90%9.0
- Product management
- 100%10.0
- Bulk product upload
- 100%10.0
- Branding
- 90%9.0
- Mobile storefront
- 100%10.0
- Product variations
- 90%9.0
- Website integration
- 90%9.0
- Visual customization
- 90%9.0
- CMS
- 100%10.0
- eCommerce security
- 90%9.0
- Promotions & discounts
- 90%9.0
- Personalized recommendations
- 90%9.0
- SEO
- 90%9.0
- Multi-site management
- 50%5.0
- Order processing
- 80%8.0
- Inventory management
- 90%9.0
- Shipping
- 90%9.0
- Custom functionality
- 100%10.0
- InkFrog had a positive effect on our management of eBay, which was a large hassle to deal with via just their eBay store.
- InkFrog also gave us a good ROI in terms of its pricing structure, which is very affordable
- InkFrog has given us the freedom that comes with scheduling listings for future dates. That way we don't have to be glued to eBay all day.
A bit buggy but definitely worth using simply because of the time it saves managing eBay
- inkFrog handles product variants really well. Their platform pulls the SKUs and information directly from BigCommerce and then lets me easily customize each variant with different pictures which is really helpful.
- It also makes adding multiple listings very easy. Since it imports the item specifics and description directly from BigCommerce I don't have to go through each listing one by one and I can just bulk upload our products onto eBay.
- inkFrog also lets me set different templates for shipping, or profiles from different items and then I can apply those in bulk to items which saves a huge amount of time since I don't have to go through every item and change specifics.
- inkFrog can be a little buggy, however. Sometimes orders will not import into BigCommerce correctly and only show up in our BigCommerce store as a customer called 'Not Available' with no shipping or contact information. This is not common but it does happen enough to be a bit of an annoyance.
- We would like to see the ability to offer the 'make an offer' functionality on items with variants. Currently, if it is an item that we want to use the 'make an offer' functionality we have to create a separate listing for each variant of that product.
- Sometimes the customer service is a bit lacking. It is only done through email and you end up just getting a lot of automated responses. It would be really nice to talk to an actual person to describe issues as they can somewhat complex.
- Product catalog & listings
- 90%9.0
- Product management
- 90%9.0
- Bulk product upload
- 90%9.0
- Branding
- N/AN/A
- Mobile storefront
- 90%9.0
- Product variations
- 80%8.0
- Website integration
- 90%9.0
- Visual customization
- 100%10.0
- Checkout user experience
- 90%9.0
- eCommerce security
- 100%10.0
- Promotions & discounts
- 10%1.0
- Multi-site management
- N/AN/A
- Order processing
- 80%8.0
- Inventory management
- 90%9.0
- Shipping
- 100%10.0
- Custom functionality
- 100%10.0
- Overall inkFrog has had a positive impact. It has really freed up huge amounts of time that would be normally spent manually managing eBay listings one by one.
- It also has had a very positive impact by using the inventory management which again frees up huge amounts of time since I don't have to go through and manually manage all of our listings. We also do not oversell items anymore which is a giant plus.
- inkFrog's template customization has also really really helped by making our listings much more aesthetically pleasing and more professional looking which builds a lot of trust with our eBay customers.