GarageSale Read Me

About GarageSale

GarageSale is a client application for the eBay online auction system. It allows Mac OS X users to create auctions quickly using an intuitive mac-like interface, integrates with iPhoto, offers WYSIWYG text editing, comes with more than 130 auction designs, and offers free image hosting for up to 10 images per auction.

The current version of GarageSale supports theses eBay sites:

eBay USA, eBay Motors, eBay Germany, eBay UK, eBay Canada, eBay Australia, eBay Austria, eBay Switzerland, eBay France, eBay Italy, eBay Netherlands, eBay Spain, eBay Belgium (NL + FR), eBay Ireland

Here is a quick summary of GarageSale's features:

• GarageSale has been certified by eBay for use with its online auction system. That means that GarageSale is accessing the eBay system through a well-defined, stable and reliable interface.

• Use GarageSale's intuitive and mac-like interface to create auctions conveniently. That means no more waiting on eBay's web server to guide you trough to several pages step by step.

• You can choose between more then 140 professional  looking auction designs

• Upload up to 10 images per regular auction for free to GarageSale's image hosting service instead of paying image hosting fees

• Access your iPhoto library directly from within GarageSale instead of exporting each picture from iPhoto and uploading it separately.

• Preview your auctions in GarageSale

• Upload images to your own web server (via FTP or WebDav) or to your MobileMe account

• Even when disconnected or away from the internet you can create auctions in GarageSale and upload them when your are back online. Great when your connection is time-billed or when you are on a longer trip.

• Export your auction templates and share them with fellow GarageSale users.

• Create and send messages to your buyers using customizable templates with just a few clicks.

What's new in GarageSale 5.2

- employs Apple's Spotlight technology for searching and smart group evaluation

GarageSale now uses Apple's Spotlight technology for performing searches and evaluating your smart groups. This has the advantage of not needing to load all your templates and auctions in your Mac's RAM for these tasks. Users with large libraries (1000+ templates) should benefit the most from this change. 

- enhanced support for eBay's buyer requirements

In addition to the "Buyer needs PayPal requirement" you can now block buyers from countries you don't ship to and buyers with negative feedback. Look in the 'Advanced' tab of the templates inspector for the Buyer Requirements section. You can also select several templates at once and choose the corresponding menu item from the 'Template' menu.

- added support for eBay's classified ads

There's a new checkbox 'List as Classified Ad' in the 'Advanced' section of the templates inspector window.

- enabled special Freight shipping method on eBay.com

To use the Freight shipping, select the domestic service "Freight" as your only shipping service. eBay will flag your listing as freight without a shipping price. It's up to you to negotiate the price with the buyer (if terms are not already  included in your item description).

- users can choose between multiple combined shipping discounts profiles

In the shipping options panel, there is a new popup that lets you select one of the combined shipping discount profiles you have created on the My eBay website. You might need to update your shipping services under Preferences > Accounts > Discount Profiles to make them all appear.

- users can drag auctions to a template's auctions table to associate the auction with this template

By associating an auction with a different auction template, you can revise or relist that auction with a different template. This is handy when you have several people listing auctions under one eBay account or when you deleted your original template.

- imports store categories from running eBay auctions not started with GarageSale

This enables store category based smart groups for auctions that were imported from My eBay and were not started with GarageSale. Please note that you can choose only leaf store categories for smart groups.

- correct error source (e.g FTP server, eBay) is shown when errors are received during auction upload

If you FTP server login data was incorrect, the error panel is now correctly identifying the FTP server as error source.

- shipping panel now asks for package dimensions in metric units for eBay Canada and eBay Australia

Canadian and Australian users don't need to convert their package information. In the past eBay interpreted information submitted by GarageSale in the site's default units ignoring the imperial units attached to it. The shipping panel has now been updated to reflect this behaviour.

- lets users decide to re-list an auction even if GarageSale thinks re-list criteria are not met

There is a new button 'Relist Anyway', in case you want to re-list an auction that ended successfully, e.g. because the buyer didn't pay. 

- 'See description for shippig terms' is no longer an option on sites that require a domestic shipping service
- fixes issue with some JPEG image being rezised too much when previewed or uploaded
- performance improvements when working in GarageSale's Scheduler
- user defined text blocks can be re-ordered in Text Block manager window
- custom mail templates can be re-ordered in Mail Template manager window
- shipping tracking number field in transaction inspector is now editable
- duplicated auction templates are inserted directly below their original
- updated shipping services for French and both Belgian eBay sites

What's new in GarageSale 5.1.2

- added French localization
- fixed licensing problems with certain user names
- worked around return policy related problems on eBay Motors

What's new in GarageSale 5.1.1

- fixed send mail panel in german localization

What's new in GarageSale 5.1

- added support new fixed price listing durations (30 days, good til canceled)
- added support for eBay's new return policy details
- added support for International Visibility listing upgrade on supported sites
- built-in media browser displays iPhoto events
- added support for importing items from Delicious Library 2
- added support for eBay Hong Kong
- added more example Apple Scripts
- warns if selected eBay site requires at least one domestic shipping service
- preview mode: auction images can be removed by dragging them out of the GarageSale window
- auction design and layout can now be specified in XML import files
- scheduler events can be enabled despite received warnings
- fixed a problem with manually added auction images URL containing & characters
- added command to open built-in AppleScript folder to Script menu
- added more transaction columns to exported CSV files
- item location is now accessible through AppleScript

Pricing Information

The single user license fo GarageSale is available for USD/EUR 34.99*. A family license, that allows the installation of GarageSale on up to 5 computers in your household, is available for USD/EUR 59.99*.

GarageSale 5 is available as a free update for GarageSale 4 owners. Other users can update from previous versions for USD/EUR 14.99* (single user license) and USD/EUR 19.99* (family license).

GarageSale 3 users, who purchased their license after October 1st, 2007 are eligible for a free update to GarageSale 5. Free licenses can be requested at: http://www.iwascoding.com/contact/free_upgrade.php .

Licenses can be obtained from inside GarageSale using an built-in registration module or at the Kagi web shop (<https://order.kagi.com/?3W9>) .

* Additional tax (VAT) may apply depending on buyers location. Currency depends on buyer's location.

The unlicensed version of GarageSale will upload 3 auctions to eBay.

System Requirements

GarageSale requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Switching back to GarageSale 5.0.3/3.4.5

GarageSale 5.1 will back up your existing auction library if you run it for the first time, before it starts converting it to the new format. If you like to switch back to GarageSale 5.0.3 rename the folder 'SavedAuctions.v15 backup' in your home directory under 'Library/Application Support/GarageSale' to SavedAuctions. Be aware that by replacing the existing SavedAuctions folder, you will loose any template changes you made since you started using GarageSale 5.1. Export those templates you'd like to keep using with GarageSale 5.0 by using the 'Export' command from the 'File' menu to import them back into GarageSale 5.0. 

Contact Information

If you need personal support or have questions concerning GarageSale don't hesitate to contact us at garagesale@iwascoding.com.

If you think your question may be of interest for other GarageSale users, too, please consider posting it on the GarageSale mailing list at: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GarageSale_Users>

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