Softpedia >Windows >Internet >Other Internet Related >JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro >  Changelog

JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro Changelog

What's new in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.75

Oct 3, 2014
  • Bug Fix:
  • When exiting the app, the program may show a message waiting for several seconds to make sure data is saved correctly. Occasionally there is a bug that the program asks for unnecessarily much longer waiting time. This bug is fixed.
  • Changes:
  • This program will continue to automatically update item status unless there are 4 consecutive updating failures. In previous version, the program stops updating item status immediately after first updating error.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.71 (Oct 3, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Program shows license expiring warning in the bottom status bar.
  • User can set maximum auto increment of bid price in the Setting dialog.
  • User can test sniping by entering negative lead seconds in the bid dialog to let the program to automatically bid after specific time duration.
  • Bug Fix:
  • License expiring reminder won't be shown if user has previousely set it "not to display". The fix will display the reminder regardless, if the license expiration date has been extended since.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.69 (Oct 3, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Don't show Bid Failed notification if the auctions have already ended.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.68 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Bug Fix:
  • Importing watch list sometime missing items if watch list has more than 100 items
  • Importing search list doesn't work for some eBay store with new display format
  • Changes:
  • Support "Cancel snipes if lost" group bidding condition to cancel remaining snipes in the group if certain number of auctions are lost.
  • There is no longer default bidding condition, "Cancel snipes if won" when creating group. Use Group Manager to specify bidding condition.
  • Backup and restore item list, including ended items to and from files. Existing Archive feature will be removed in the future. Please load the archive items and backup them to files.
  • Add "update failed" status filter to list items that fail to update and require manual refresh
  • Add "updating" status filter to find item that is currently updating. This filter makes it easy to find items that are stuck in the "updating" status

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.64 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Bug fix:
  • fix a bug that space char cannot be used in eBay password in User Manager
  • fix a bug that timer is not cleared after operation is completed, causing potential resource leak and extra CPU usage. Some of the affected operations are restoring data from server backup, importing items from scheduled search, refreshing server sniping service pre-paid credit.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.62 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • importing watch list can now import all open items from the watch list. There is no first 100 items limit anymore.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.61 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Bug Fix:
  • importing watch list doesn't work due to eBay's web site change. Note: This fix only imports the first 100 open items from the watch list.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.59 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Bug Fix:
  • Fix a bug that prevent user from scheduling batch sniping

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.58 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Bug Fix:
  • Fix a CRITICAL bug that JoyBidder might not submit bids or update item status. This likely occurs when bid is scheduled near auction end time, without manual refresh item status, The bug is introduced in 1.9.57

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.57 (Jun 11, 2014)

  • Bug Fix:
  • Fix the bug pre-paid snipes credit does not refresh unless restart JoyBidder
  • Changes:
  • Show login error and bid error status icon
  • User Manager supports eBay login CAPTCHA workaround
  • Improve code efficiency, consume less CPU cycle
  • Support Mac OS menu bar and short cut, for example, CMD+Q to quit application properly. Quit JoyBidder from Dock is not recommended.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.37 (May 22, 2014)

  • Fix the bug that causes shipping cost to be incorrectly set as Free. Please re-add the items to get the correct shipping cost

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.33 (May 5, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • After trial ends or license expires, JoyBidder can still be run, but won't bid, search or add items.
  • Suppress excessive sliding notification alerts to avoid slowing down the computer
  • Bug Fix:
  • Fix the bug that JoyBidder Firefox Addon cannot be launched from desktop short cut
  • Improve data transfer performance for JoyBidder Server Sniping service and data storage service

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.31 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Sniping Service support both pre-paid snipes and subscription
  • Max Bid Auto Increment feature now supports AUD currency
  • Bug Fix:
  • Fix a bug in the build-in browse that might cause site not found error
  • Improve reliability for data backup and restore

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.30 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Download and upload items functions are re-written and moved under Help menu as Data Back and Restore
  • Add Server Sniping toolbar button
  • Sorting on item title is now case-insensitive
  • Import Watch list from my eBay is re-written and it is now more reliable, however, only imports the open items (up to 200 items)
  • Bug Fix:
  • Fix a bug in the Progress manager that might leak memory

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.27 (Mar 22, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • When uploading data, user can now tell JB the purpose of uploading, either for server assisted sniping or for data transferring and backup
  • Bug Fix:
  • The max bid Auto Increment radio boxes should be set to Never by default in the Bid window
  • Fix the bug that JB only imports the first 25 items from my eBay Watch list after recent eBay web site change. It can now import up to 200 items.
  • Fix the bug that JB sometimes cannot decide if the user has logged into eBay already after recent eBay web site change, causing JB to issue unnecessary login requests to eBay

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.23 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • Allow Sync eBay time as frequent as every 1 minute

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.22 (Nov 16, 2013)

  • Importing search results include additional eBay cross-promotional items
  • User cannot import my eBay lists from eBay.de

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.20 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • Fix the bug that rolling notification of updating failure slowing JoyBidder to a crawl and blocking updating other items. This occurs to fixed price items that are cancelled or removed by eBay or sellers

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.17 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • Use a different server to transfer items list among multiple JoyBidder Pro instances
  • The current server has not been reliable recently and users get upload/download failure when trying to transfer items list

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.15 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • Fix a bug that cannot import search results from all pages

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.13 (Mar 22, 2013)

  • Fix a bug that JoyBidder keeps refreshing BuyItNow item status when and after the listing is ended

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.12 (Mar 21, 2013)

  • Compatible with latest changes of eBay which causes JoyBidder fails to add or update item

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.10 (Feb 19, 2013)

  • keep most recent items or items closest to ending at the TOP of the list regardless the current status filter, so that user won't need to re-sort the Time Left column every time when switching from Open status list to Ended status list

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.9 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Occasionally JoyBidder shows "bid failed" error message, although the bid is placed successfully
  • Changes:
  • can snipe/bid on items that requires regulatory compliance confirmation
  • 10 seconds is now available in the Lead Time selection list

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.8 (Dec 4, 2012)

  • Occasionally invalid item ID error when adding non-us BuyItNow items
  • When importing items from search result, JoyBidder should continue import the rest of the items if some items fails to be added
  • Get error when clicking banner ads in the internal browser

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.7 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • Bug Fix:
  • When adding item from eBay view item page, JoyBidder would occasionally add other items that are presented in the page
  • When adding items from eBay search result page, JoyBidder would occasionally add extra items
  • Occasionally invalid item ID error when adding non-us BuyItNow items,
  • Changes:
  • Ship location supports most of the world countries

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.6 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • Bug Fix:
  • Fix a bug that item format could incorrectly set to "Fix Price" type if JoyBidder receives incorrect response from eBay during status refresh. Because of this bug, user cannot set place bid unless the item is removed from JoyBidder and add it back.
  • Changes:
  • Optimize how JoyBidder checks if user is logged in eBay. It is now faster and more reliable than before.
  • JoyBidder will automatically retry 4 times (configurable in Setting) when JoyBidder receives unexpected eBay response during status refresh.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.9.2 (Oct 3, 2012)

  • Fix a bug that for certain kind of eBay search, items from multiple result pages are not imported

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.8.5 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • Changes:
  • Scheduled search can now runs every 1 minute, so you can be the first to find cheap/rare eBay buy it now or ending soon auctions
  • Newly found items by scheduled search are shown under "new search result" status filter
  • Scheduled search adds items to JoyBidder without displaying the progress window
  • "Added" column shows when the items are added to JoyBidder
  • Updated runtime engine which is 17% faster than older version. You need to re-install JoyBidder in order to benefit from performance improvement.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Format price column to 2 decimal point
  • Allow max 64 charactors for eBay password
  • Fix the missing icon for the "Save Debug Log" button in the Others tab in Settings dialog

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.8.0 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Support Israel as shipping country

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.7.5 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • Fix the bug that translating selected texts from build-in browser doesn't work
  • Accommodate the eBay site changes related to the bidding process

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.6.11 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • fix a bug that cannot update BuyItNow item information
  • fix a bug that cannot add item from eBay view item page

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.6.10 (Jan 17, 2011)

  • fix a bug that JoyBidder cannot add items due eBay site change

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.6.9 (Nov 24, 2010)

  • Changes:
  • show update status error icon if 4 consecutive updates failed
  • compatible with Firefox 4
  • Bug Fix:
  • fix JoyBidder incorrectly show license expire alert
  • fix sometime update FixPriceItem item failed
  • fix notification text not shown on Linux
  • fix JoyBidder sometime takes longer than usual to close

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.6.8 (Nov 16, 2010)

  • fix a bug that JoyBidder incorrectly report group bidding time conflict

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.6.3 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • fix incorrect bid price for Poland Netherlands Switzerland Belgium CanadaFrench

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.6.1 (Jul 16, 2010)

  • Changes:
  • drag/drop url to quick view panel to add items
  • show time left count down in quick view panel
  • show note in quick view panel
  • advanced filter options to find items in list auction analytics beta
  • Bug Fix:
  • incorrect Qty sold if the item only has one bid
  • fix price item ended status is not retrieved correctly

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.5.3 (May 14, 2010)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • new installation cannot save data file, only affecting new users
  • quick info bar hides away when add item from browser

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.5.2 (Apr 20, 2010)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • cannot add items from search due to last night eBay web site change
  • cannot save group search if no item found
  • computer return to sleep even if it is waken by user from standby
  • app user cannot add item by right-click the item url
  • Changes:
  • display updating/bidding animation icon in the status column

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.5.1 (Apr 20, 2010)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • embedded browser popup menu nav buttons doesn't work
  • incorrect time left when item ends early via buyItNow or by seller
  • Changes:
  • re-enabled tracking fixed price items
  • create and schedule group search
  • track 3 new properties (BuyItNow Total, PayPal, Quantity Sold)
  • add a group filter toolbar button to allow filter, e.g., ended items in a group
  • can filter archived items by groups
  • send email alert for non-twitter users
  • group filter menu shows open/ended item counts
  • move user manager to dropdown menu
  • reloading item status is up to 5 times faster
  • can copy license code and expiration date in registration dialog

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.4.5 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • [Bug fixes]
  • fix the bug that JoyBidder won't place a bid if you are already the highest bid
  • [Changes]
  • integrate Google translate to embeded browser
  • Ctrl+C can copy text from embeded browser
  • play winning chime and send email/sms alert for sniping the highest bid

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.4.4 (Mar 6, 2010)

  • [Bug fixes]
  • Fix the bug that custom shipping doesn't work properly if the original shipping fee is N/A.
  • Fix the bug that items appear in the grid search result as they are refreshed,even if they don't match.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.4.3 (Mar 6, 2010)

  • [Changes]
  • Ctrl-F (or Command Key - F on Mac) to search item list
  • Copy and paste items information to Excel

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.4.2 (Mar 6, 2010)

  • [Bug fixes]
  • Fix a bug that won status is not updated for non-us items
  • [Changes]
  • Override shipping
  • Non-blocking reloading/bidding progress UI
  • Change minimum login ahead time to 1 second

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.4.1 (Mar 6, 2010)

  • [Bug fixes]
  • Fix a bug in License Expirae alert
  • Fix a UI glitch in Add Group dialog
  • [Changes]
  • Can navigate page and add auctions from context menu in embeded browser
  • Can resize and open multiple price trend charts

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.4.0 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • add items by drag and drop eBay item or search URL to items grid
  • add and view items from embeded browser

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.10 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • can create new group when adding items
  • can transfer item list from one computer to another computer
  • can run in Server mode. This is useful, for example, You can have JoyBidder running in Server mode on your office/work computer, so you don't need keep your home computer running or even standby.
  • You can have JoyBidder snipe concurrently from multiple locations (home and work) to improve the snipe success rate
  • fix a bug that allow creating multiple groups of same name
  • use unique namespace to wrap 'loose' variables and functions within a JavaScript object.to prevent conflicts with other add-ons that may be installed by users.
  • setting the 'type' attribute for 'iframe' XUL element to enhance security.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.9 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • compatible with Firefox 3.6
  • bug report is now encrypted to protect sensitive data
  • manual sync eBay time function will show notification message to tell if the time sync is successful or not
  • no longer support tracking fix price items. (will enable it back in future version with enhanced functionality/performance)
  • fix a bug that sometimes the eBay time sync is not correct
  • fix a minor UI inconsistency that shows Max Bid in red instead of green for won or winning item.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.8 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • You can now mark items with icon with Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-9 Use Ctrl-0 to clear the icon
  • fix a bug that recent eBay changes causes update items error
  • fix a bug that JoyBidder cancel the bids in the group if one of the the item ends with the highest bid price but doesn't met reserve

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.7 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • fix a bug of incorrect shipping cost if the item has both local pickup option and a Flat rate shipping

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.6 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • remove comma before sim search
  • add product search
  • show reserve met / not-met
  • show bid price and total price for items in batch snipe with including shipping option
  • fix a bug that cannot add item if the item has local pickup option
  • add group information in bug report
  • don't show user password in bug report
  • fix a bug that recent eBay UK changes causes update items error

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.5 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • launch JoyBidder from desktop short-cut
  • minimize into system tray
  • monitor and snipe in standby mode
  • user password is encrypted
  • display license expires reminder
  • implemented debug log
  • Implemented internal monitoring and is made more stable
  • When eBay doesn't respond in time, JoyBidder will abort the request and retry. This is to resolve the bug that sometimes progress bar won't disappear.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.4 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • A new Note column is added to the Grid. Double-click to update your notes. Thanks for users suggesting this feature.
  • eBay Time sync is more reliable during occassionally slow or no internet connection, or eBay down time.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.3 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • restore window size, quick info/log panel state. Thanks Nancy for suggesting this feature.
  • update error message on how to enable tracking Fix Price item
  • In batch snipe, minimum bid price some times has more than 2 digits after decimal point.
  • When reconnect to internet, time sync some times is delayed.
  • Shipping cost is 'N/A' if the item is located in another country with free shipping

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.2 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • fix a bug that shipping cost is not retrieved correctly for eBay UK users after upgrading from versions earlier than 1.3.0.

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.1 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • add sound test button on Setting dialog
  • show watching and ended status icon
  • update twitter alert to work with the new server

New in JoyBidder eBay Auction Sniper Pro 1.3.0 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • Support 22 eBay international sites
  • Track BuyItNow Only (Fixed Price) item format
  • Reload/Mass-Add/Sort on large number of items are much faster
  • Bug-reporting is easier with one-click item information dump
  • Support short-cut key on item grid, e.g., (Ctrl-A, ,Ctrl-C, Del)
  • Show item quantity, status and format columns
  • Display item photo and shipping price on bid window
  • Quick Info panel looks better
  • Cancel progress bar when adding/updating multiple items
  • Double-click ended/non-auction item shows item info window
  • Add Item from eBay Item View and Add Item from Search Results are consolidate to one Add From Browser button
  • Add By Item Numbers/Add From Browser/Import from My eBay are now on toolbar
  • Minimum bid price changes depending on if including shipping is checked in Batch Sniping
  • No need to select the site when adding item.
  • No need to select the site user's default site when adding user.
  • Sometimes certain item information is not retrieved correctly, this causes 'makeBidErrorKeyVerificationFailed' error when bidding. The bug is fixed.