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GarageSale 9 Released

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022

GarageSale 9, a major upgrade to our eBay client for the Mac, is out.

This new version lets sellers add videos to their listings, a feature recently introduced to the eBay platform. Using GarageSale 9, sellers can send out discount offers to watchers of their listings. It’s also possible for users to create custom JavaScripts to manipulate a large number of listings very quickly, and define a set of custom rules that are checked before a listing is stared on eBay.

A complete list of new features and changes is available here.

GarageSale 9 pricing starts at $39.99 for new users, or $19.99 for the upgrade from earlier versions.
The upgrade is free for GarageSale Pro subscribers or users who bought their GarageSale 8 license after August, 1st 2021.

For a complete list of changes and the download link, please check this page.

If you have questions about GarageSale, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us, either through the GarageSale forum or by contacting us directly.

GarageSale 8.4 Released

Friday, November 26th, 2021

We just released GarageSale 8.4, an update to our eBay selling software for macOS. The new version adds suport for eBay’s new authorization mechanism which is a requirement to use new APIs rolled out by eBay.

The support for this new authorization mechanism enabled us to fix the Product search feature in GarageSale, after our previous implementation broke when eBay deprecated its underlaying API.

Once you refresh your token from GarageSale’s preferences, your can link a product from eBay’s catalog with your listing works again, as GarageSale can now use eBay’s new replacement API (which requires an a new-style authentication token).

To see what else is new in GarageSale 8.4, please check out GarageSale’s version history.

GarageBuy’s future is uncertain

Thursday, September 9th, 2021

Today we received confirmation from eBay that we won’t receive commission payments for successful bids and orders placed through our free app GarageBuy (macOS version, iOS version) anymore.

Since these commission payments paid for GarageBuy’s maintenance and improvement since 2006, we have to decide whether or not its worthwhile to continue offering GarageBuy at all — or if we can come up with a sustainable alternative business model to keep it alive.

Unfortunately, eBay’s communication on this issue was all but crystal clear, making us believe we’d simply need to change GarageBuy to use a new eBay API to keep receiving commissions. Only after several inquiries from our side, we were able to receive confirmation that we won’t receive any compensation at all by mid-September (that’s next week).

We know that there a a lot of collectors that spend a lot of time in GarageBuy searching and bidding on eBay listing, in turn generating a revenue for eBay itself. It seems eBay decided it is better off without that business…

If you have any idea about GarageBuys future you’d like to share with us, please let us know here.

GarageSale 8.2 Released

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

GarageSale 8.2 is out and it's all about performance: No matter if you are selecting several thousands eBay listing, frequently perform searches that return a lot of results, or simply want to move a couple of hundred listings to the Trash, you will notice a definite improvement in GarageSale's responsiveness.

While we are at it, we also removed the old limit of 5000 items which could be bulk-edited simultaneously in the Inspector.

GarageSale 8.2 also includes improvements for working with smart groups and selling car parts. More details can be found on GarageSale's download page.

If you have questions about GarageSale, don't hesitate to get in touch with us, either through the GarageSale forum or by contacting us directly.

GarageSale 8.1 Released

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

GarageSale 8.1, a much improved version of our eBay client for the Mac, is out.

Here is a short list of the most important changes for GarageSale 8.1:

Parts Compatibility: When listing vehicle parts, you can now specify a list of compatible vehicles on eBay USA Motors, eBay Germany, eBay Australia and eBay UK.

CSV Import for Listings: GarageSale can import listings from files in arbitrary CSV formats. You can specify what column in your CSV file is mapped to what listing or inventory field in GarageSale.

Automatic Cancellation: When listings fixed-price items, you can now tell GarageSale to cancel your listing automatically a certain period before eBay renews your listings.

A comprehensive list of new features for GarageSale 8 and 8.1 is available here. To download GarageSale 8.1 on to your Mac right away, please visit our GarageSale page.