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General Discussion / Ebay changes coming in July

« on: May 14, 2020, 03:39:57 pm »

I know that Ebay is taking over responsibility for the "money-handling" beginning in late July.  I am curious to know if the MyCostPro tool will be effected by these changes.

Steve

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Technical Support / API Exception message encountered

« on: May 14, 2020, 01:26:44 pm »

I get an "apiexception" message when I am uploading (to Ebay) a new SKU number for a listing.  Specifically, the message is as follows:
'ApiException:  StartPrice or Quantity must be provided for the item "xxxxxxxxxxxx"'.  Is this a known problem?  I was looking to see if it was in the list of tech support forum notes, but I did not see it there.

Thanks.
Steve

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Feature Requests / Re: Default to Full Screen

« on: May 13, 2020, 07:50:38 am »

I know I am a year late to this "party", but I agree with this suggestion and the proposed solution.  I looked for the option, but perhaps it was not added after all?

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Feature Requests / Expanding columns and Maintenance fields for Active Items

« on: May 13, 2020, 07:44:00 am »

I have found your spreadsheet to be the most productive tool I have for the eBay portion of my job.  I have evaluated and tried other products, but I find yours to be the most practical for my needs.  First, if you ever consider expanding your "active items" columns, and if they are available in the API, the # of views and the # of watchers would be helpful for me.  I could take those numbers and compare them over time in making decisions on pricing an item or pulling items altogether. 

Also, I have been searching for a product that allows me to more easily maintain some other listing fields.  Specifically, the "best offer fields" would be very helpful for me.  For example, if I could more easily maintain the field "Automatically accept offers of at least" field for some listings, that would be a great time-saver for me. I appreciate your consideration, but I realize you need to prioritize your efforts to meet the needs of the most customers.  I understand the word "no", and I like to think I do not walk away with an attitude when I hear it.  Again, thanks for your help with many other requests.

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Feature Requests / Re: Additional information and feature

« on: May 13, 2020, 06:59:03 am »

Thanks Scott.  I certainly did not expect your solutions to be so instantaneous.  I really appreciate it. 

Steve

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Feature Requests / Additional information and feature

« on: May 12, 2020, 03:38:31 pm »

First, let me thank you for the effort you made to help me with some past requests.  For example, some time ago, I had requested you add "Listing Start Date" to the MyCostPro spreadsheet.  The problem with giving your audience (pesty folks like me) what they want is that they keep coming back begging for more.  That is what I am doing now. 

Because you did such a great job adding that to the "SoldList", I am wondering if you could add that column to the "ActiveList"?  My reason is that I really care most about knowing when an active item was listed, rather than when a sold item was listed.  I want to make decisions about repricing items, which is really not an issue with sold items. 

My next request is this:  Because I do not know what data elements are available in the Ebay API you are using, I don't know if a "Date Last Price Change" field is available for each active listing.  If it is, could that column be added to the "ActiveList"?  If so, that would be very helpful. 

Feature Request:  I would like to use the "New BIN Price" column in a way you likely never intended.  I would like to calculate new pricing (or paste some new prices) in bulk rather than one listing at a time, however that column does not seem to allow calculations or pasting.  An example of what I would like to do is to drop all prices by 5%.  If I could enter a formula into that cell, that would be possible. 

Hoping my explanations above make sense, and it is possible someone else has already requested this functionality, but I wanted to ask. 

Thanks for your help.

Steve

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Frequently Asked Questions / Replacing PC

« on: December 31, 2019, 07:28:15 am »

I am going to be replacing my desktop pc here in the office.  I am not sure of the process to get MYCOSTPRO security token moved to the new unit.  Additionally, is there a way that my boss can access the spreadsheet as well as me?

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Technical Support / Shipping costs in sold item list

« on: November 25, 2019, 09:30:10 am »

Question:  When I sell an item that requires multiple shipping boxes, MyCostPro seems to only pick up the shipping for the LAST box.  I can give an example if necessary.  Thanks for clarifying. 

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Feature Requests / Re: Include the "listing start date" on the "SoldList"

« on: November 13, 2019, 02:02:18 pm »

That is wonderful!  Thanks so much.  I will also try to download the new spreadsheet, which is something I have never done before with MYCOSTPRO.  I think I saw a set of instructions for that process, so I will give it a try.  Thanks again.

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Feature Requests / Include the "listing start date" on the "SoldList"

« on: November 08, 2019, 10:12:12 am »

If you include the "start date" for the listing, I could calculate how long it took to sell the item.....helpful to determine the types of items that sell quickly vs those that take a while.  Thanks.

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Feature Requests / Suggestions for download into ActiveList

« on: June 14, 2019, 09:40:41 am »

For future enhancements, there are a few "ActiveList" columns that would be helpful to me.  First, a column in the "Shipping" section for the item's "Length/width/height" as well as a column for the weight of the item.  This would be nice to have when reviewing the currently listings and comparing them to the shipping boxes and/or envelopes I need to keep on hand.  Ebay forces me to inquire on each listing to review that info.  Then, also in the shipping section, I noticed that there is already some information about the shipping options selected.  However, I think it would be helpful to just indicate "free shipping", if that has been chosen.  I see that it already indicates a zero amount in the "Shipping option 1 Cost" column, but only if the "Flat: Same cost to all buyers" option on ebay was selected.  Basic repricing of items would be made much easier with this information, and would allow me to more quickly evaluate pricing changes without inquiring on individual listings in eBay.  The spreadsheet format is so much nicer than the eBay interface when it comes to providing a shapshot of a entire listing.  I am not sure if any of this information would be helpful to anyone else, and none of it is critical to me....just would be nice.  Thanks for listening.

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Feature Requests / Re: Section to record Mileage

« on: June 14, 2019, 09:24:05 am »

I like the idea to record mileage as an expense column for sold items.  I think a $ amount would be sufficient.

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Technical Support / Relisting from UnSoldList

« on: April 29, 2019, 11:08:04 am »

In trying to relist an item on UnSoldList, I received the attached message.  I can relist from the eBay console; just wanted to report the message.  Thanks.

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Technical Support / Does SKU # populate from eBay into the Sold Items List

« on: April 19, 2019, 10:05:11 am »

I see that there is an SKU column in the sold items list, but it does not appear that the API retrieves that field from eBay.  Is that the case?  Perhaps that is not available from eBay.  It would be helpful for me in order to maintain our master inventory list when items sell.  Thanks much.

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Technical Support / Question about the Unsold List

« on: April 18, 2019, 10:16:16 am »

I would like to use the "Unsoldlist" to renew some of the listings that expire.  However, it appears that after I renew them, and relist to the ebay account, they do not disappear from the UnsoldList. I manually deleted them to eliminate my own confusion.  Now my "Ended Listings" are no longer downloading into the list.  Did I perhaps disable this feature in the spreadsheet?