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.

We had the chance to be interviewed in this week’s episode of eBay Radio. Check the links below to hear me talk with Ginger from eBay and eBay’s radios Jim Griffith about where iwascoding comes from and about the products we do.

Direct link to the interview (MP3)

eBay Radio on iTunes

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

We are proud to announce that we have been qualified by eBay to join their Certified Provider Program.

Being a Certified Provider means that we were able to demonstrate a certain level of expertise and experience in the eBay’s technologies and marketplace. And that wasn’t easy to accomplish.

Not only are we the first company with a Mac desktop application to be allowed in the Certified Provider Program – we are also the first non-US based company carrying this title.

We’d like to thank all GarageSale users who made this possible with their testimonials and success stories.

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.)