Tracking Auctions
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After your auction has been started at eBay you can view your listing in GarageSale's Auction mode (versions older than GarageSale 4).
GarageSale 4, however, makes it even easier. Here again, in the same was as while setting up your auction, the convenient inspector helps you out...
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Inspector - Tracking Auctions
In order to see any content, you have to select a template or, to track auctions, one auction. Otherwise, the inspector remains empty:
Once you have selected an auction, the inspector will always load all information automatically.
You will get all information about the auction, as well as about transactions resulting from the auction:
Auction information
Once you select an auction GarageSale will display the start and the end time of your auction, the time remaining as well as the listing fee at the right side of the main window:
You can use the four checkboxes to track the after-auction state of your item.
The private comment field can be used to save remarks about a particular auction:
If you have enabled auction tracking in the GarageSale Preferences the application will periodically contact eBay to get information about the current highest bid and the total number of bids. Once your auction has ended GarageSale will also download the name of the buyer (or the name of the most recent buyer for multiple item auctions).
Auction Transactions
For each item successfully sold on eBay a transaction record is created. You can view the transactions for an auction by clicking on the 'Transactions' segment at the lower right of the auction details pane. Here you can see the buyer's eBay ID, name, and address for each transaction for an item. You can also leave feedback by clicking on the button labeled 'Feedback' below the list of transactions.
Overview Mode
When you select more than one auction in the table on the left side of the main window, GarageSale will switch to the overview mode. You can also use this Overview to see the current state of your auctions. Depending on whether you are in list or image overview mode, either a table with auction details or images representing your auctions will appear.
In GarageSale 4 you'll get this overview by simply clicking on My Auctions.
Those images carry small labels indicating your auctions state. The first number in the label denotes the number of bids your auctions has received. The second number is the current bid for your auction.
A grey label indicates that your auction has ended successfully, a yellow label that your auction has begun but that no one has yet placed a bid. A green label means that your auction is running and has received one or more bids. A red label indicates an auction that has ended but didn't receive any bids.
Apart from that, your auctions can be seen in the menu on the left where the colored dots indicate the state:
REMEMBER! The auctions can change every minute. Make sure you download the latest states:
To refresh auction states automatically check the box in GarageSale preferences and choose the time interval:
