Garage Sale

by Destineer

Product Features

• Intuitive Mac-like interface
• Step-by-step creation of an auction site, in less time than it takes to make an eBay site
• Integrates perfectly with iPhoto
• WYSIWYG text editing
• Over 90 free design templates

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000NKRIY8
• Item model number: 10326
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 19, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,728 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

As experienced eBay sellers know attractive auction pages lead to more attention more bids and higher sale prices. Garage SaleTM helps users create high-impact pages through its powerful graphic tools professional templates a slick Mac-like interface integration with your iPhoto library and more.Features: Over 70 design templates FTP and .Mac hosting for photos iPhoto and iSight integration Built-in Scheduler and Auction Tracking Offline page editing Multiple eBay account support Built-in image editing Automated account creation Dashboard widget Many more useful features!System Requirements:Macintosh computer with a G4/G5 or Intel processor and Mac OS X v10.3.9 or higher.Format: MAC 10.3 OR LATERUB Genre: PRODUCTIVITY UPC: 828068103262 Manufacturer No: 10326

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Like a Cheerleader-- Pretty but Stupid, January 17, 2008

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Levi A. King (Commiskey, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garage Sale (CD-ROM)

Last time I did a lot of business on eBay, I was using a PC, and I had a program called PosterToaster (I think...). I'm preparing for a move now, and liquidating my things, so I'm back at eBay posting a lot of my stuff. Now I use a Mac, so I wanted to find a program that would allow me to create auctions offline and then upload them to eBay with just a couple of clicks. I searched all the Mac sites, and they all suggest two programs-- GarageSale and iSale. I'm not pleased with either. At first glance, GarageSale seems alright. It's clean, it's slick and it's designed to look like a Mac program-- right down to the "Cover Flow" effect from iTunes, which here lets you flip through designs for your auction. However, when you get down to the task of creating an auction, form clearly rode roughshod over function in the creation of this software. First of all, the cover flow feature barely makes sense to me in iTunes-- when it's actually being used to flip through album covers. It's sort of cute and gimmicky, but isn't the fastest, simplest way to get what you're looking for. In GarageSale, it makes even less sense, and users are forced to endure it the entire time they're in preview mode. It's sort of like an email program, where cover flow hangs out at the top like an inbox listing, and the page preview occupies the bottom half like an email preview. This, unless you squish the cover flow all the way up to the top.
The main reason I hate this program is that in trying to simplify everything, it takes away the user's freedom to get what he wants. Granted, the program offers you a hundred choices on various aspects of your auction, but if what you want isn't already offered, there's no way to customize and get. Also, the huge number of choices makes it cumbersome, and in the case of page designs (over 100 of them), which are organized alphabetically in the cover flow, it's difficult to know where to find what you want. How can I know that I'll like the design called "Silver 2" without flipping all the way from A to S? If it's alphabetical, the names should give some insight into the design. The aspect of this that most annoyed me is the inability to place my photos wherever I want them in the auction. For any design, the program allows the user to choose images up (all images are displayed above the text of the description), images down, images right, images left, and and few more involving thumbnails. However, it doesn't allow you to drag an image wherever you want on the page, as any HTML editor-- and let's face it, that's a main function of any eBay posting program should. I post a lot of books, often in lots. In this case, I prefer to give text about the lot, then a description of the first book followed by images of the first book, then a description of the second book followed by images of the second book, and so on. With GarageSale, this is completely impossible. Users are not allowed to intersperse text and images. Huh? This seems ridiculous for a program that costs $30 and up. All because the creators want to make everything modular and buttonized and Mac-like. Stop it!
Another major annoyance and source of confusion is the simple fact that GarageSale uses the term "template" for what is in fact an auction. That "Create Template" button won't let you create a customized template, it's just for creating a new auction. What are actually templates GS calls "designs;" this is what you're forced to flip through in cover flow.
The program does handle FTP nicely, and once you've plugged your images into the auction (nicely clustered at either the top, bottom, or sides, mind you), GS will upload them to your host as it uploads your auction-- er, excuse me, "template."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ebay sales software, August 17, 2008

By 

fred (Indiana USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Garage Sale (CD-ROM)

I have used this to list more than 20 items so far. its pretty easy to use with a few exceptions. its hard to go between ebay and ebay motors and its hard to use the text entering. I find it much easier to do the text in pages and then copy and paste.

this program is really handy to take to my barn to make the listing without an internet connection and then come back to the house and download all the auctions at once. its also nice to be able to make the auctions and then post them at the Time I want them posted.

I have not been able to figure out how to save money on the photo hosting yet

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Ok..., April 2, 2008

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Alex Vox (Winnetka, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garage Sale (CD-ROM)

I use this program and it is just Ok. It does what it claims. What is preventing me from giving it really high mark? The company simply reshuffles the interface (like places the same functions but in different logical layout) and demands money for a "major upgrade".
Overall, if I would be PC user, free program provided by eBay has much cleaner interface, easier to use and offers more features.