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After months of work, we’re nearing the release of GarageSale 5.4, including important new feature and lots of fixes. Before the finale release, we want to share a beta with our users so we can iron out any issues, we haven’t uncovered in our internal testing yet. You can download the beta version from here.

Changes in GarageSale 5.4 include:

• Bulk re-listing with the ability to only update certain auction attributes. This way sellers can re-list items with changes without losing their Best Match search rank.
• GarageSale can now include your auction’s title to your Twitter status updates.
• Uploads bigger images when eBay’s picture service (EPS) is used, to make better use of the Zoom feature on eBay’s item page.

Please see the release notes for a list of all the other stuff we’ve added for GarageSale 5.4

GarageSale 5.4 is a free update for all users of GarageSale 4 or 5.

An improved version of GarageSale Touch, our tool for listing complete eBay auctions from an iPhone or iPod touch is now available from Apple’s AppStore.

With version 1.3 of GarageSale Touch eBay sellers can submit prepared auctions, or auction templates as they are called in GarageSale, to eBay more than once.

Users of the free edition of GarageSale Touch can now import their prepared auctions into the full version of GarageSale Touch after upgrading.

GarageSale Touch is available for USD 4.99 from the iPhone AppStore.

The free edition of GarageSale Touch is now available from the iTunes AppStore, offering every feature of the paid version – except listing on eBay directly. You can still list auctions created with the free edition after importing them into GarageSale for Mac through Bonjour sharing.

With the free edition of GarageSale Touch users of GarageSale Mac get an excellent mobile companion application for free. If you are still hesitating to purchase the paid edition of GarageSale Touch the free edition gives you plenty to test drive.

Just in time for getting rid of unwanted Christmas presents, version 1.2 of GarageSale Touch, our eBay selling application for the iPhone, sneaked into the AppStore.

The new version adds two additional auction designs and support for text snippnets through SmileOnMyMac’s TextExpander. Sellers can now specify up to three domestic shipping services for an auction. We also updated the list of available shipping carriers for eBay US and Germany.

Start up iTunes to download the update right away.

Version 1.1 of GarageSale Touch, our auction listing application for the iPhone, has just been approved by Apple and is available from the iTunes AppStore. The new release supports eBay’s auction scheduler, letting you submit an auction to eBay before its actual start time. Users can now select which image they want to use as Gallery image for an auction.

GarageSale touch now displays the number of watchers and page views for tracked auctions. We also fixed bugs related to specifying item attributes in certain categories and exporting auctions to the desktop version of GarageSale.

Fire up your copy of iTunes to download the update right away.

GarageSale 5.3.7 fixes an annoying bug that causes archived auction web pages to be displayed without their item description.

The new version is available from the GarageSale downloads page.

When we checked our inbox this morning we were delighted to find an e-mail from Apple informing us that GarageSale touch is now available from the iTunes App Store.

GarageSale touch is not merely a mobile companion application to GarageSale on the desktop:
With GarageSale touch you can create and list complete eBay auctions directly from your iPhone or iPod touch without ever turning on your Mac.

The application allows users to use images taken with the iPhone’s built-in camera or use existing images from their library, add an item description, and specify required eBay settings, such as category, item attributes, return policy, and shipping terms – all from their iPhone.

GarageSale touch uploads up to 10 images per auction for free to our image hosting service (once you configured it to do so) and comes bundled with 10 popular auction designs from GarageSale on the desktop.

GarageSale touch supports 16 different eBay sites, including eBay.com and eBay.de, and lets you share prepared auctions with GarageSale on the Mac via Bonjour.

GarageSale touch is available from the Apple App Store for USD 4.99.

Good news for all who always wished to have a real hand-book without the need to sit in front of a computer screen to learn all about GarageSale.

Cortero Publishing, an imprint of Fireship Press, has created a printed manual based on the online GarageSale Wiki.

GarageSale: The Manual is also available on amazon.com for $19.99.

All current GarageSale users can get a 25% rebate if they order directly from Fireship press.

220 pages
175 illustrations
Language: English
Publisher: Cortero Publishing
ISBN: 978-1934757918
Retail Price: $19.99
Discount Price: $14.99

GarageBuy 1.6 is out and brings automatic iCal synchronization to your eBay watch list.

Once enabled in preferences, GarageBuy will create an iCal event for every item you add to your watch list. This event will show up on every mobile device you are synching your calendar to, thus giving you a notification when your watched auction is about to end – no matter where you are. For iPhone users with a MobileMe account these events will synch seamlessly over the air.

GarageBuy 1.6 also adds a set of interface elements to enable or disable the iCal settings for individual auctions. You can also associate a price threshold with every watch list item with the option to remove it once the threshold is reached.

We also gave the watch list icons a complete make over to reflect GarageBuy’s new options:

(This overview is also available from GarageBuy’s help menu.)

All of GarageSale’s 136 multi-layout auction designs now support eBay’s new ‘View Item’ page, which will be rolled out to most buyers in mid-June. Every single design was tweaked to ensure your items look perfect after eBay switches to the new design in all major web browsers.

We also updated GarageSale’s built-in editor to match eBay’s redesigned interface. You can see it in action in our updated GarageSale Basics Tutorial.

Also new is support for Twitter. GarageSale can now automatically update your Twitter status when you post items to eBay.

You can see what people are selling with GarageSale by searching Twitter for the #garagesale hashtag.

The new version automatically archives web pages of ended auctions. You can still view your items after eBay’s 60 day expiration period.

When revising running auctions, you can now choose which parts of your auctions to revise. This gives you you the chance to revise parts of your auction when eBay’s policy forbids updating the whole auction.

The complete release notes are available at the GarageSale wiki.

GarageSale 5.3 is a free update to all registered user of version 4 or 5. Updates from version 3 are available at USD 14.99 from Kagi.