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eBay & QuickBooks

eBay QuickBooks integration that keeps your books in step with your stock

For sellers who want every eBay sale written into QuickBooks as an invoice. Stock stays right on the shop, and the books match the shelves without anybody typing it twice.

No credit card · connected in about ten minutes · nothing changes until you say so · Updated 11 August 2026

eBayeBay
QuickBooksQuickBooks

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Who this is for. You already sell on eBay and want the invoice and the stock figure in QuickBooks without re-entering either. Plan around eBay’s check interval (about two minutes) if that side is your busiest.
What syncs

What a eBay QuickBooks integration actually moves

One row per job, based on how QuickSync connects to eBay and QuickBooks today. Where a side does not allow something, the cell says so.

Checked against how QuickSync connects to each shop, not against either shop’s marketing.
WhateBayeBayQuickBooksQuickBooks
Stock countBoth waysBoth ways, as a book figure
New listingsWe can create and updateNot a storefront, so no listings
PricesSent, with your rule appliedWritten to the item
Orders inInto QuickSyncInvoices go in, nothing comes back
Tracking backSent to the orderNot applicable
Photos and optionsPhotos, sizes and coloursNot a storefront, so no photos
How fast we update itA second or twoUnder a second
How fast it tells usWe check every two minutesNot applicable: QuickBooks is your books, not a shop
The one asymmetry worth knowing. QuickBooks tells us the second something sells. eBay has no equivalent, so we go and look every two minutes instead. Sending to eBay is instant either way. It is only finding out about its own sales that waits for the next check, and safety stock covers that window.
What changes

Running eBay alone versus with QuickBooks

Every eBay sale that is not written into QuickBooks is a stock figure and an invoice someone has to type twice — and a wrong stock figure is how you oversell. Connecting them removes that second pass.

Two shops, run by handTwo shops, connected
The last one sells in both shops within the same hourWhichever shop sells it, the other one drops to match
Typing the same stock numbers into eBay and QuickBooks each morningOne count, sent to both, without anyone opening a spreadsheet
Changing a price means editing the same product twiceChange it once and each shop gets the price you set for it
Orders in two dashboards, matched up by hand at the end of the weekEvery order already matched to the right product
A refund leaves your numbers wrong until someone noticesA refund puts the stock back and tells both shops
Guessing how stale each shop’s number isA sale on eBay is found within two minutes and QuickBooks is corrected straight after
Follow one sale

One eBay order, start to finish

Real timings, including the wait.

eBay eBay · order #447114:02:11
Classic Tee, Black, M1 × $24.00
SKUTS-BLK-M
Stock before this sale42

Found on our next checkup to 2 min
QuickBooks, once we know14:04:11
eBayeBay41source
QuickBooksQuickBooks41+0.3s

Correcting QuickBooks takes under a second once we have the sale. The order is in your packing list with the eBay order number on it, and a tracking number added later goes back to eBay on its own.

There is no other direction: nothing is ever bought in QuickBooks, so it only ever receives.

Getting started

Connecting eBay and QuickBooks takes about ten minutes

Most of that is us matching your catalogues. The two connections themselves are a login each.

Connect eBay

You sign in to eBay and grant QuickSync access to the selling account.

~1 minute

Connect QuickBooks

You sign in to Intuit and pick the company file. QuickSync writes to that company and nothing else.

~1 minute

Let it match your products

We line the two catalogues up by SKU, then by title, and hand you a short list of anything we could not match. You decide what happens to those.

~5 minutes

Watch, then switch it on

Leave it watching for a few days and check the numbers agree. When you are happy, let it start making changes, one shop at a time.

A day, or a week
Speed and limits

The limits: know them before you connect

Every eBay QuickBooks integration has constraints. These are the ones that apply here.

eBay waits; QuickBooks does not

A QuickBooks sale reaches eBay in a second or two. An eBay sale reaches QuickBooks on our next look, which is within two minutes. Hold back a little safety stock and that window stops mattering.

QuickBooks is your books, not a shop

Quantities in QuickBooks are a bookkeeping figure no shopper ever sees, and orders go in as invoices without coming back out. That is by design, not a gap.

Stock moves when you say so

QuickBooks is not a storefront, so there is no listing to publish. Stock and invoices move once you turn sync on; nothing invents a product page on eBay.

Pricing

Two shops fits the smallest plan

Your catalogue size picks the plan, and your plan price covers two connected shops with every shop after that adding it again. Three shops on Lite is $38 a month.

Lite

$19/mo for two shops

1,000 items and up to eight connected integrations, with stock matched on both sides automatically. Enough for eBay and QuickBooks on their own, at $19 a month for the two.

Pro

$29/mo for two shops

2,500 items and up to eight connected integrations. Listings and orders sync here as well as stock. Most sellers running two shops properly end up here.

Ultra at $69 and Ultra+ at $99 add larger catalogues, price rules and setup help. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and no card.

Compare all four plans

FAQ

Questions people ask about this pair

How quickly does QuickBooks update after something sells on eBay?

Within two minutes. eBay has no way of telling us the moment a sale happens, so we check it on a short timer instead. Once we have the sale, correcting QuickBooks takes under a second. The other direction is much quicker: QuickBooks tells us straight away. If either shop has an outage, we hold the update and retry until it goes through.

Do my eBay products show up as listings in QuickBooks?

No. QuickBooks is your books, not a storefront, so there is nothing to list. We write the item and the quantity as a bookkeeping figure, and orders arrive as invoices.

Do prices sync from eBay to QuickBooks?

One way, yes. The price you set on eBay is written to the matching item in QuickBooks, so the books read what you actually charge. QuickBooks never writes a price back, so that number stays yours to set on eBay.

Does the tracking number go back to eBay?

Yes, to eBay. When you add a tracking number to an order we send it back and the buyer gets the shop’s normal notification. QuickBooks holds the invoice rather than the buyer, so there is nobody there to notify.

Do orders flow both ways with QuickBooks?

No. An eBay sale becomes an invoice in QuickBooks. Nothing is imported back out of QuickBooks into your shops; it is a one-way accounting sink by design.

What happens if I refund an eBay order?

The stock goes back on eBay and the quantity on the books updates with it. Handle the invoice credit in QuickBooks the way you normally would; we keep the quantity right, not your accountant’s credit-note workflow.

Which plan do I need for eBay and QuickBooks?

Lite covers eBay and QuickBooks. Lite is $19 a month for two shops and holds 1,000 items, with up to eight connected integrations. You would move up a plan for catalogue size, and your bill goes up by another $19 if you connect a third shop.

Related guides

Guide for running eBay and QuickBooks together

A setup walkthrough that goes deeper than this page — a sub-question, not another page chasing the same head term.

Other combinations

Selling somewhere else as well?

Each combination has its own page, including the limits that apply to that pair, not a generic eBay write-up with the logo swapped.

Or read about one shop on its own

Every channel has a page covering exactly what syncs, what does not, and how fast.

Connect eBay and QuickBooks and watch one correct the other

Make one test sale and watch the other shop’s count drop. If it doesn’t work the way this page describes, you’ve spent ten minutes and no money.

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No credit card required

Setup guides for this pair

Connect each shop with its own walkthrough, then come back to this page for how eBay and QuickBooks stay in step.