Quick answer: InkFrog shut down on June 1, 2026, but the eBay listings you built with it are still live. To migrate from InkFrog to Ecomli, you don't need anything from InkFrog. Download the eBay Active Listings CSV from Seller Hub, upload it to Ecomli's Migration, add supplier links for any rows it holds for review, then set your Stock Monitoring rules. Broken InkFrog images and template banners are fixed separately, either by revising the description on eBay or by relisting the product through Create Listings. Ecomli is our product and the Ecomli team wrote this guide. It is our pick for eBay dropshippers who source from Amazon or AliExpress. If you mostly sell your own stock or list on several marketplaces, our guide to what to use instead of InkFrog covers tools built for that.
Wix, which had owned InkFrog since 2020, told users about the closure by email on April 29, 2026, and kept the CSV data export open until May 31. If you are reading this now, your InkFrog account is gone. Your eBay listings are not. This guide shows how to move from InkFrog to Ecomli from where you stand today, using the listings file eBay gives you.
The short version:
- Your InkFrog-built listings are still on eBay, with their item numbers and sales history. What broke is anything in a description that loaded from an InkFrog address, such as template banners, headers and embedded images.
- Ecomli does not import InkFrog files. The route is Migration from the eBay Active Listings CSV you download from Seller Hub. Migration is on every plan.
- Migration needs the eBay item number on each row and reads the supplier from the Custom label (SKU) or a supplier-URL column. Rows it can't read are held for you to review. Nothing is guessed, and your listings stay live throughout.
- Migration does not repair old descriptions. You fix broken InkFrog references on eBay, or relist supplier-sourced products through Create Listings.
- Last, you set your Stock Monitoring rules so the mapped listings follow supplier stock and prices.
Where Your eBay Listings Stand After the InkFrog Shutdown
InkFrog sat in front of your eBay store. It never held the listings themselves, so when it closed, eBay kept every listing running. The image host img.vision put it simply in its shutdown guide: "Your live eBay listings stay up. eBay does not depend on Inkfrog to keep them running." The same guide explains the catch. On June 1, every URL in a listing's HTML that pointed to an InkFrog domain stopped resolving, so InkFrog-hosted graphics stopped loading.
Most former InkFrog sellers now have three kinds of listings:
| Listing state | What buyers see | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Looks fine | Photos were uploaded to eBay directly, and nothing in the description loads from InkFrog | Map it with Migration and set Stock Monitoring rules |
| Broken images or partial description | Empty boxes or missing sections where InkFrog template graphics, banners or images used to be | Map it, then revise it on eBay or relist it (Step 5) |
| Nothing watching it | A normal listing, but price and quantity change only when you edit them by hand | Map it so Stock Monitoring can follow the supplier |
The steps below handle the third group directly and give you two ways to deal with the second. For a store-wide plan that audits every listing and ranks fixes by sales, see our post-shutdown cleanup playbook.
What Maps Over From InkFrog, and What Doesn't
InkFrog and Ecomli were built for different jobs. InkFrog was a listing and template tool. Ecomli is an eBay dropshipping tool that finds products, lists them from Amazon and AliExpress suppliers, and keeps them in line with those suppliers. This table shows where each job you may have used InkFrog for goes now.
| Job | In Ecomli | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Creating listings | Create Listings | From Amazon or AliExpress supplier links, with your markup, optional AI titles and descriptions, and your template |
| Description templates | Description Studio | 30+ mobile-friendly designs for listings Ecomli creates or relists |
| Consistent gallery photos | Image templates (Pro and Scale) | A layout for the first gallery photo, not AI-generated photos |
| Bringing existing listings in | Migration | From the eBay Active Listings CSV, mapped to Amazon or AliExpress suppliers |
| Price and quantity updates | Stock Monitoring | Follows supplier stock and prices by your rules |
| Image hosting for old listings | Not offered | Move photos into eBay's own photo section |
| Selling on other marketplaces | Not offered | Ecomli sells on eBay only |
For a feature-by-feature comparison, see InkFrog vs Ecomli.
First, Check That Ecomli Fits Your Store
Ecomli is not a like-for-like InkFrog replacement, so check the fit before you start. It is a non-API browser extension for eBay dropshippers. It works through the eBay seller account already signed in to your desktop Chrome browser, so there is no API connection to authorize. eBay is its only selling channel, and Amazon and AliExpress are the supplier sources behind your listings.
Ecomli suits you if:
- Most of your old InkFrog listings are products you buy from Amazon or AliExpress after they sell on eBay.
- You want stock and price updates to follow your supplier instead of editing listings by hand.
- You plan to keep adding supplier-sourced products after the move.
Ecomli is a poor fit if:
- You mostly sell your own stock, used items or one-offs.
- You list the same items on several marketplaces.
- You used InkFrog only as a template designer for listings you won't relist.
Our roundup of InkFrog alternatives by seller type covers the cases Ecomli doesn't.
How to Migrate From InkFrog to Ecomli, Step by Step
This is the full walkthrough in Ecomli. Set aside time for Step 3, where most of the manual work sits, and do Step 5 on your best sellers first.
Step 1: Download your eBay Active Listings CSV from Seller Hub
You don't need anything from InkFrog for this. Migration expects the eBay Active Listings CSV, the active-listings download from Seller Hub. eBay's help page gives the flow: go to the Reports tab in Seller Hub, select Download on the left, select the Download report button, choose Listings as the source, pick the report type and select Download. Choose the active listings report so the file covers everything currently live.
Open the file in a spreadsheet before you upload it. Two quick checks save time later:
- Every row has an eBay item number. It is the one column Migration can't work without.
- Look at the Custom label (SKU) column. If your listings carry an Amazon ASIN or an AliExpress product ID there, Ecomli can read the supplier directly. If the column is blank or holds your own codes, plan to add supplier links in Step 3.
If you still have an InkFrog CSV saved from the export period, keep it as a record of your original titles and item specifics. Ecomli won't read it, and you don't need it to migrate.
Step 2: Know which columns Migration reads
Migration works from a small set of columns. Knowing them tells you in advance which rows will map cleanly and which will need your help.
| Column in the eBay file | What Migration does with it |
|---|---|
| Item number (Item ID) | Required. It ties each row to the live eBay listing. A row without it is an error and is not imported. |
| Title | Read with the row alongside the item number. |
| Current price | Read as the listing's current eBay price. |
| Custom label (SKU) | Where Ecomli looks for the supplier: an ASIN, an AMZ_<ASIN> label or an AliExpress product ID. |
| Supplier URL (a column you can add) | If you add a column with each listing's Amazon or AliExpress product link, Ecomli reads the supplier from it. |
The eBay file does not contain your supplier cost. It holds eBay-side data only, so pricing comes from the rules you set in Stock Monitoring in Step 6.
Step 3: Run Migration and review held rows
- Set up the extension. Create your Ecomli account, add the extension to desktop Chrome and sign in to your eBay seller account in the same browser. There is no eBay API authorization step.
- Start a migration. Open Migration, choose eBay Active Listings as the source and upload the CSV.
- Review what was read. Rows where Ecomli found a supplier in the Custom label or a supplier-URL column are mapped to that Amazon or AliExpress product. Rows it could not read are held for review instead of being guessed.
- Fix the held rows. For each one, add the Amazon or AliExpress link for that listing. Rows can be edited before you confirm, so you can work through them in batches.
- Confirm. The mapped listings come into Ecomli so it can monitor and manage them. The import makes no changes to your listings on eBay, and they stay live the whole time.
If Step 1 showed a mostly blank Custom label column, fix the source data before you upload instead of adding links row by row. Either put each listing's ASIN (or AMZ_<ASIN>) or AliExpress product ID into its Custom label (SKU) on eBay and download a fresh Active Listings file, or add a supplier-URL column to the spreadsheet you already have. Both give Ecomli something it can read.
Step 4: Decide what stays unmonitored
Not every listing will have an Amazon or AliExpress product behind it. Items you stock yourself, products from a wholesaler and anything from another supplier stay on eBay exactly as they are, but Ecomli won't monitor them. Stock Monitoring can only follow a supplier it can read.
Keep managing price and quantity for those listings in Seller Hub. Tag them in your spreadsheet with a column such as "own stock" or "other supplier", so nobody on your team assumes a stockout on them will be caught. Our guide to changing quantity on an eBay listing covers the manual edits. If most of your catalog falls into this group, a listing or inventory tool will probably suit you better than a dropshipping tool.
Step 5: Fix broken InkFrog image and template references
Migration maps listings to suppliers. It does not restyle, re-template or re-host existing listings, and Ecomli does not host images for listings it didn't create. A listing with a broken InkFrog banner still shows that broken banner after migration until you change the listing itself. You have two routes.
Route A: Revise the description on eBay
This keeps the listing's item number and sales history. eBay's steps: go to your active listings in Seller Hub, check the box beside each listing you want to change, and use the Edit drop-down. Remove the InkFrog template wrapper and any image tags that point to an InkFrog address, and put product photos in the listing's photo section rather than inside the description HTML. A plain, readable description does more for buyers than a half-loaded template.
Plan around eBay's revision rules. On an auction that already has bids, eBay doesn't let you edit the listing description, so fix those after the auction ends. For a large catalog, eBay's bulk listing tool "makes managing up to 2,000 listings easier" and can revise existing listings. Our bulk revision workflow walks through the mechanics.
Route B: Relist supplier-sourced products through Create Listings
For products you source from Amazon or AliExpress, a fresh listing can be cleaner than patching old HTML. Paste the supplier link into Create Listings and Ecomli reads the supplier product, prices it with your markup, writes optional AI titles and AI descriptions from the supplier facts, applies your Description Studio template, runs Safety Shield and duplicate checks, and fills eBay's listing form in your seller session. Product photos go up through eBay's own listing form, and on Pro and Scale, Image templates give the first gallery photo a consistent layout.
The trade-off is real. A relisted product gets a new eBay item number and does not carry the old listing's sales history. End the broken listing before you relist so your store doesn't show two listings for the same product, which eBay's duplicate listings policy doesn't allow for identical fixed price items. A sensible split is Route A for proven sellers whose history matters and Route B for weak or badly broken listings. Description Studio's designs are covered in our eBay listing templates guide.
Step 6: Set up Stock Monitoring rules
Once listings are mapped, Stock Monitoring checks supplier stock and prices for them and updates the eBay price and quantity, or ends out-of-stock items, using your rules. Set these before you turn it on:
- Markup. How your eBay price is built from the supplier price. Because the eBay file carried no supplier cost, compare what your rule produces with the current prices on a handful of listings first.
- Out-of-stock rule. Set the quantity to 0 or end the listing when the supplier runs out. Our guide to eBay out-of-stock control explains how a zero quantity behaves on eBay.
- Restock quantity. The quantity to set when the supplier has stock again.
- Price-change tolerance. How much supplier price movement you accept before your eBay price changes.
If a supplier read fails, Stock Monitoring holds the listing unchanged instead of ending it. Like the other listing tasks, it runs in your browser, so it works while Chrome is open with the extension and your eBay session. After you turn it on, check the first round of updates on your best sellers before you stop watching closely.
After the Move: What to Set Up Next
With the catalog mapped and monitored, the rest of Ecomli is about growing the catalog and handling orders. Turn on only what you need:
- Product Hunting researches an eBay seller's sold history or current listings and matches the products to Amazon or AliExpress, or searches Amazon keywords and Best Sellers, then sends picks to Create Listings. A competitor's sales are evidence of demand, not proof of profit, so check the margin first. Our eBay bulk listing workflow covers listing picks in batches.
- Safety Shield screens products, AI copy and the eBay draft for flagged brands and restricted items before publishing. It is a checkpoint, not a guarantee.
- Auto Ordering depends on your plan. Starter uses manual ordering. Pro adds Basic Auto Ordering, where you click Auto Order and Ecomli places the supplier order in your own browser. On Scale, once you turn it on, Advanced Auto Ordering runs on Ecomli's servers and places the supplier order for new eBay orders without a click, as long as each order is within your buying limits (a maximum purchase price and a maximum loss). Orders outside those limits need manual handling.
- Tracking Conversions turns supported AliExpress tracking and Amazon TBA tracking into eBay-compatible tracking and adds it to the eBay order after automatic checks. Conversions through Aquiline use add-on credits.
- The Overview dashboard shows eBay sales, fees, Promoted Listings costs, refunds, supplier costs and recorded profit for the whole store. Profit is only as complete as the supplier costs recorded.
Plans are Starter at $29, Pro at $99 and Scale at $199 a month, billed monthly in USD with a 7-day money-back guarantee on your first payment, and the Ecomli pricing page lists what each plan includes. Our eBay automation workflow stack shows how these pieces fit a daily routine.
What Ecomli Doesn't Cover
Be clear about the gaps before you move, so nothing you relied on in InkFrog goes missing without a plan.
- Other sales channels. eBay is Ecomli's only selling channel. It does not cross-list or sync inventory to other marketplaces or storefronts.
- InkFrog files. Ecomli does not import InkFrog exports. Migration works from the eBay Active Listings CSV.
- Existing descriptions and images. Ecomli does not restyle existing listings or host images for listings it didn't create. Broken InkFrog references are fixed on eBay or by relisting.
- Other suppliers. Amazon and AliExpress are the supported sources. Listings from your own stock or other suppliers stay live but aren't monitored.
- Selling from your phone. Ecomli's mobile app is for checking your dashboard, orders, profit digests and alerts. Listing and most tasks run in the desktop Chrome extension, with that browser open.
Frequently Asked Questions About Migrating From InkFrog
How do I move from InkFrog to a new tool now?
Start from eBay, not InkFrog. Your listings are still live on eBay, so download the Active Listings report from Seller Hub and bring that file into the new tool. For Ecomli, upload it to Migration, add supplier links for any held rows, and set your Stock Monitoring rules. Then fix listings whose descriptions still load InkFrog images.
Can I still migrate from InkFrog now that it has shut down?
Yes. You don't need anything from InkFrog. Download the eBay Active Listings CSV from Seller Hub and run Ecomli's Migration with it. Each row needs the eBay item number, and Ecomli reads the supplier from the Custom label (SKU) or a supplier-URL column. Rows it can't read are held for you to add the Amazon or AliExpress link.
Do I need my old InkFrog CSV export?
No. Ecomli does not import InkFrog files, and InkFrog's export closed on May 31, 2026. If you saved one, it is still useful as a record of your original titles, descriptions and item specifics, but Migration works entirely from the eBay file.
Did my InkFrog listings disappear from eBay?
No. eBay hosts the listings, so they stayed live after InkFrog closed, with their item numbers and sales history. What stopped working is anything inside a description that loaded from an InkFrog address, such as template graphics, banners and gallery images.
How long does it take to migrate from InkFrog to Ecomli?
It varies, and there is no set timeline. The main factors are the size of your catalog and how many rows are held because Ecomli couldn't read a supplier. Putting ASINs or AliExpress product IDs in the Custom label, or adding a supplier-URL column, cuts down the manual review.
Will Migration fix my broken InkFrog images?
No. Migration maps listings to suppliers and makes no changes to the listings themselves, and Ecomli does not host images for listings it didn't create. Revise the description on eBay to remove InkFrog references, or end the listing and relist the product through Create Listings with a Description Studio template. A relisted product gets a new item number and starts without the old sales history.
Is Ecomli a like-for-like InkFrog replacement?
No. InkFrog was a listing and template tool. Ecomli is an eBay dropshipping tool: it finds products with Product Hunting, creates listings from Amazon and AliExpress with your templates, keeps them in line with supplier stock and prices through Stock Monitoring, and supports ordering within your buying limits. It sells only on eBay and doesn't restyle listings it didn't create, so sellers who need other channels or a general template designer will need a different tool.
Which Ecomli plan do I need to migrate?
Migration is available on Starter, Pro and Scale. Choose by what you need after the move: Starter at $29 a month includes 1,000 monthly product imports and manual ordering, Pro at $99 adds Basic Auto Ordering, Basic Auto Pruner and Image templates, and Scale at $199 adds Advanced Auto Ordering and 3 eBay account seats. Every plan has unlimited active listings within eBay's own selling limits.
Where to Go From Here
The shutdown is behind you, and your listings survived it. The work left is practical: download the Active Listings file, map what has an Amazon or AliExpress supplier, decide what stays unmonitored, clean up the InkFrog leftovers in your best sellers first, and set Stock Monitoring rules you are comfortable with.
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Sources
- Value Added Resource, "InkFrog shut down": valueaddedresource.net
- img.vision, "InkFrog shutting down: where to host your images": img.vision
- eBay Help, "Seller Hub Reports": ebay.com/help/selling/selling-tools/seller-hub-reports
- eBay Help, "Revising a listing": ebay.com/help/selling/listings/revising-listing
- eBay Help, "Bulk listing tools": ebay.com/help/selling/listings/listing-tips/bulk-listings
- eBay Help, "Duplicate listings policy": ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies
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