i posted this headline a few days ago and spent some time fooling around with a prototype. the idea once again is, my wife was looking for a simple auction dashboard, and couldn't find one, so i built one.
the prototype does 4 things:
1) it lets you see your ebay auctions in one place without authentication
2) it gives you a place to link back to from your ebay auctions with a "see my other auctions" link
3) it proves easy search, you can find similar items, browse categories and see auctions by user
4) it provides a stupid, but entertaining "auction tv" which shows high-bid about-to-end auctions (watch this for 2 minutes, it's weirdly fun). this comes up on the landing bage.
note, most of the links are dead, this is largely a mockup. what do you think? is this useful? any thoughts on pursuing this any further?
the link is here:
http://www.gnomehats.com
Can it be useful? I think it can but it needs a lot of work. Firstly are you looking at the dashboard from a seller's point of view or a buyer? From a sellers point of view I think there is a market. Just sell anything at ebay and watch the process, it has a lot of weak points. (There is a lot of services out there of this type, you will need to study them).