Steiner Associates has released a report on Auction Management Solutions (AMS) for enterprises. Selling merchandise on auction sites such as eBay can be complicated and time-consuming. "Auction Management Solutions: A guide to tools for managing online auctions" will help companies select tools to automate the auction selling process on sites like eBay, Amazon Auctions, Yahoo! Auctions and uBid.

"While companies have long dipped their toes into selling on auction sites, they now have the tools they need to get up and running in a big way with little effort," stated Ina Steiner, author of the report and Director of Research Services for Steiner Associates. "2001 saw Auction Management Solutions develop into useful applications for the large online-seller, and 2002 will be the year that these large merchants commit to the online-auction sales channel."

Large companies use auction sites to dispose of excess inventory, acquire new customers, and test new products and price points. eBay, the largest auction site, has over 40 million registered User IDs worldwide. Steiner says that merchants are "rediscovering" this marketplace, and are pleased with the services that have been developed to help them mine the auction channel.

AMS vendors have developed tools to help merchants automate the entire process of auction selling. "Auction Management Solutions: A guide to tools for managing online auctions" compares seven tools for enterprise sellers to help them manage the auction distribution channel. The following AMS vendors are included in this report: Andale, AuctionHelper, Auctionworks, ChannelAdvisor, CommerceFlow, FairMarket and Zoovy.

Auction Management Solutions: A guide to tools for managing online auctions is available for $629 by going to http://www.auctionbytes.com/amsreport/amsreport.html or by calling Steiner Associates at 508-655-5697.