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What is eBay Turbo Lister?
Turbo Lister is one of eBay's selling tools, allowing you to create listings on your desktop before sending them to the eBay site. As a seller, Turbo Lister will help you list items on eBay quicker and easier and save you money in internet connection fees.

What is a Selling tool?
Selling tools are software products that help sellers perform various tasks related to selling items such as listing. They can save you lots of time. eBay Singapore currently offers two selling tools: Turbo Lister and Selling Manager.
How do I get the Turbo Lister product?
Turbo Lister is available for download from the eBay Web site by visiting: https://pages.ebay.ph/education/learn-to-sell-tl-download.html .
What operating systems does Turbo Lister support?
Turbo Lister supports Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems. The product does not currently support Macintosh operating systems.
How much does it cost to use Turbo Lister?
Turbo Lister is free to use!
As a seller, why should I use Turbo Lister?
Turbo Lister helps you create listings in bulk to post on eBay quickly and easily. It allows you to do the following:
  • Save listing details for items that you sell to easily list them again later
  • Save default values for all Sell Your Item options, to cut down on data entry time
  • Duplicate items, to easily create listings for similar items
  • Easily create attractive item descriptions using a WYSIWIG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) HTML editor
  • Schedule your listings to start at a specified time in future
  • And more...!
If I use eBay Turbo Lister, do I have to use PayPal or Checkout?
No, using the Turbo Lister product does not require you to use any feature that eBay offers, though it will support both PayPal and Checkout. Using Turbo Lister offers you the same flexibility for choosing your own payment and buyer communication processes as you would listing your item using the Sell Your Item form on the eBay Web site.
Can I use eBay Turbo Lister and write my own HTML?
Yes. Although eBay Turbo Lister offers attractive predefined templates and WYSIWYG editing for your item descriptions, you can still write your own HTML if you like. (You just select the "None" template and write your HTML code in the input box on the "HTML View" when you write your description.)
How can I get help for Turbo Lister?
If you're looking for a quick answer to a question or problem you have, you should first check the Answer Centre where eBay users and staff moderators help answer questions and solve problems together.

If you can't find a solution on the Discussion Board, please send us a description of your problem along with your Turbo Lister log files.

You can find the log files in the Turbo Lister directory on your hard drive at:
C:\Program Files\eBay\Turbo Lister\

Find the log files in the Turbo Lister directory. The log files are those files that have the extension ".log" after their file names -- ie "tl.log". (There may be several backup versions as well.) Next, copy the contents of the log files, and paste into the Customer Support Web form.