Great software, 11 September 2007

Reviewer: Chandla

I feel obligated to post a good review of this software because it has been so helpful. The staff is also very professional. I originally opted for a trial, which I did NOT cancel in time. I was billed, and rightfully so. So I contacted them saying it was a mistake, which they replied to (me not expecting it either) NO PROBLEM! They send the charge back. Now I'm a paying customer, and believe me... it's pricey. But this is what you need if you want to take this seriously.

Now for the Terapeak staff that are reading this

How bout storing all of your licensed data for an ultra premium service? Being able to go back through a whole year of auctions would be VERY useful. For instance right now I want to see th market for halloween costumes, but I can't REALLy see the market until this year is done with =(

Otherwise I can't fault Terapeak on anything other than price... damn it hurts... but what can you do exept use a service which delivers at 70%?

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Lots of data, though somewhat confusing, 28 August 2007

Reviewer: Sam Carson

If you love data, reams of it, then Terapeak is for you. It can tell you the price on the day in the category, etc. The US market is free (international sites at a price) and online with no software to install.

But the interface is a bit confusing and takes some learning. Even getting to the research page from the home page takes some digging. For the newbie, the mountains of data could be pretty overwhelming, especially without understand what the data means.

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Pretty Good But Costs Money..., 11 March 2007

Reviewer: Kris

Terapeak is not bad considering the fees.

It is so easy to use! Although there is absolutely no learning curve, they still provide a quick and easy to follow help page with screen prints.

All you have to do is type in your search term(s), select one or all categories, choose 1, 7, 30 days of data, and/or end day. Results appear within a few seconds. The research is based on closed listings, seller IDs, and categories. You have the option to save your searches.

To make better use of the raw data and figure out your selling strategy, I recommend you go even further by using their Search filters (price ranges, listing durations, listing types, listing promotions, time of day).

Another great option is their Hot Items Search filters (average price, total sales, total listings, total sold listings, total bids, average price, sell-through %, bids per listing). You can sort the data anywhere from 14 days - 2 years, and group it by day or 7 days.

They offer workshops on eBay to help you understand and use the raw data. Also, they were very prompt and courteous in responding to my emails.

DRAWBACKS

- Seriously lacking data and suggestions for potential keywords!

- The only preference changes you can make are the defaults for 1, 7, or 30 day search and the look and feel of the tool. I don't care what color the tool looks like, I just care about the data.

- All search results are done in PST.

- It looks like they are planning to research other eBay selling platforms, but for now, all you can research is the USA platform.

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Great tool, but not enough on keywords, 4 December 2006

Reviewer: bdjolie

My review is based on Terapeak's "Research Advantage" subscription.

It is so easy to use! Although there is absolutely no learning curve, they still provide a quick and easy to follow manual with screen prints.

All you have to do is type in your search term(s), select one or all categories, choose 1, 7, 30 days of data, and/or end day. Results appear within a few seconds. The research is based on closed listings, seller IDs, and categories. You have the option to save your searches.

To make better use of the raw data and figure out your selling strategy, I recommend you go even further by using their Search filters (price ranges, listing durations, listing types, listing promotions, time of day).

Another great option is their Hot Items Search filters (average price, total sales, total listings, total sold listings, total bids, average price, sell-through %, bids per listing). You can sort the data anywhere from 14 days - 2 years, and group it by day or 7 days.

They offer workshops on eBay to help you understand and use the raw data. Also, they were very prompt and courteous in responding to my emails.

DRAWBACKS

- Seriously lacking data and suggestions for potential keywords!

- The only preference changes you can make are the defaults for 1, 7, or 30 day search and the look and feel of the tool. I don't care what color the tool looks like, I just care about the data.

- All search results are done in PST.

- It looks like they are planning to research other eBay selling platforms, but for now, all you can research is the USA platform.

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Impressive scope and a commitment to improvement, 6 December 2005

Reviewer: Andy

* UPDATED FOR VERSION 2 *

Terapeak analysis is performed by day, week, or month, and eBay category or search term. Both category and search-based analysis offer a "Research" tab along with "Top Sellers", "Trends", and "Closed Listings". Category-based analysis also offers "Selling Features".

* Research offers an overall insight into the marketplace, including listing features, pricing, duration and more.

* Top Sellers is an anonymized, sortable list of sellers.

* Category/Search Trends shows the change in total listings, successful listings, average price and more over a period of time.

* Closed Listings shows the raw data of items being analyzed.

* Selling Features is a customizable breakdown of usage and success for listing upgrades such as bold, highlight and featured.

A separate section is the "Hot List" - an at-a-glance list of categories with the the highest bid growth.

Many improvements to the navigation and layout have been made in version 2 - the full browser width is now used and the tab-based navigation is intuitive for eBay users. One small grievance is that there is no apparent logic to the color-coding of sales volume, and the same colors are used in the "Price Buckets" barchart with an opposite meaning - a consistent "cool to hot" scheme would have been easier to follow. Some inconsistency and lack of clarity remains in the navigation wording - since Terapeak is all about research, calling a tab "Research" is not helpful! The help section is clear and easy to navigate, but more links from the analysis pages would be useful, e.g. to find an explanation of the Hot List you have to leave the page and search the help.

The scope of statistics available from Terapeak is impressive and real insights can be gained into the eBay marketplace at a very reasonable price. Because there is so much depth it can be a challenge to turn the raw analysis into usable strategy, but with perseverance there is true value to Terapeak's service.

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