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April 28, 2016 By ubuyfirst Leave a Comment

Default Browser Settings to View eBay Listings

Users may prefer to have listings open in specific browsers based on their personal preferences. Additionally, multi ebay account users may wish to purchase various segments of items with a different eBay account and specify a different browser for each. This way, each account always stays logged in and is ready to purchase as soon as the browser loads. Using the browser settings, you’ll be able to accomplish either of these tasks.

1) Go to Options>eBay Accounts
2) Setup a new eBay account or click to edit an existing.
A) By default, uBuyFirst will use your PC’s default browser to open new items in.
B) If you wish to change this, click “Choose” and select the browser executable file from your machine.
Click “Save” and you’re done.

If you have multiple eBay accounts, go back to the “eBay Accounts” section and add or modify an existing eBay account and set the browser you wish to use.

To get the browser path

Right click on the browser icon.
Click “Properties”
Go to the “Target” area and highlight and copy this entire path.
Go back to uBuyFirst and click the “Choose” button and paste the target location into the “File Name” section on the dialog box that opens.

January 29, 2016 By ubuyfirst Leave a Comment

Using Panels and Workspaces – 2

To view which panels are currently active: – Click VIEW > PANELS

Check marks will be present next to items that are active.
The above picture shows these panels location.
If the panel is not present and you would like it to be, simply click the panel name on the VIEW > PANELS menu and it will then popup or appear within the interface.

2. Rearrange Panels

To rearrange the panels to a different location, simply left click the panel and drag it to a location carousel and then select the location for the panel to reside.

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3. Stack Panels

Likewise you can stack panels so their “tabbed” within each location carousel.

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3. Resize Panels

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4. Save Workspace

Anytime you make changes to the layout that you wish to use in the future, please save the workspace.

If you’re saving for the first time: VIEW > Workspace > Capture Workspace and then give your layout a name and click ok.
If you want to save over an existing file or configure other layout options, click VIEW > Workspace and then select the layout name you wish to use or click “Workspaces” for more options.

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September 23, 2015 By ubuyfirst Leave a Comment

Setup Pushbullet for New eBay Listings

Setting up pushbullet will allow you to view eBay listings while away from your PC on your Android mobile devices or using the Pushbullet browser addons for Firefox and Chrome. Now you can win more of those newly listed BIN items!

Setting up Pushbullet

Feature available for trial and Enterprise subscribers only.

1. Access setup menu by navigating to OPTIONS > PUSHBULLET

ubuyfirst-pushbullet-6 — 3. After you’ve signed up for PB and you’re logged in navigate to SETTINGS > ACCOUNT > ACCESS TOKEN. Copy the access token and head back to uBuyFirst application.

A) Paste in the access token that you copied from PB site. B) Click verify C) If successful, a verification prompt will appear. Click "OK" if successful. — A) Paste in the access token that you copied from PB site. B) Click verify C) If successful, a verification prompt will appear. Click “OK” if successful. Click save at the bottom of uBuyFirst. You’ll return to this menu after setting up PB on your other device/browser.

Add Pushbullet to other devices

Download and install pushbullet on your other devices and login using the same username.

Finish Setup in uBuyFirst

A. Send to Device: Select the device you want to push notifications to.

B. Aggregation: Multiple items – one push will grab all items within a 10 second period and send as one push notification. If no new listings appear within uBuyFirst, no push will be made. One item – one push: For every new listing on uBuyFirst that appears an individual record will be pushed to PB. (Recommended is Multiple items. If more than a few items are found at a time, it takes many more clicks to view each individual push notification).

C/D. Title Template: This will be the main notification you see on your device. Similar to seeing records in the “Results” tab of uBuyFirst, you’ll see this information first and after you’ve click the notification, PB will open and you’ll see the information in the Body Template. You can customize the information sent to PB by enclosing the field name exactly as it appears in UBF within closed brackets “{” and “}”.

E. Send Test Message – Press to test the template and connection.

F. Push notification enabled – Disable or Enable PB notifications of uBuyFirst to devices. Must click SAVE after enabled/disabled.

G. Save – Click SAVE anytime you’ve made a change in the PB settings area for settings to be stored and used.

eBay listings showing on PB from UBF (Browser Version). Click the link to be FWD to eBay listing page.

Other Commands

From PB application, select “uBuyFirst” device and type and send the message “Help” and a list of available commands will appear.

Start – Starts uBuyFirst Search. uBuyFirst must be up and running with PB settings enabled.
Stop – Will stop searching on uBuyFirst, thus halting any listings being pushed to your devices.
Enable [device] – Enter in the device name to enable notifications to specific device. (Send command from “uBuyFirst” device.)
Disable – Will disable the specific device from receiving notifications. (Send command from within PB from the device you wish to disable)

Please send us any Questions, Comments or Suggestions about this new functionality.

September 19, 2015 By ubuyfirst Leave a Comment

09 – Local Filter Conditions

Local filter rules assist in identifying and/or excluding new listing records based on your unique criteria. This is useful because the ways in which sellers create and describe listings can widely vary to the point where making initial search criteria impossible to set criteria that might filter out items you might buy. While leaving search parameters too generic might being back too many irrelevant results that obscure and distract from listings that fit your buying criteria. Every buyers specific business needs along with product type vary so there is no set way of implementing filters. In this tutorial we’ll give various examples of when and how to use filter criteria to generate beneficial ideas of where you can apply them to your buying platform.

Remove Listings

Best Match – eBay’s best match algorithm does a fairly good job at suggesting relevant items. However, sometimes they may suggest items that aren’t specific to your exact search query. Example: Searching for “iPhone 5” eBay might throw in a small number of results for iPhone 5s to try and up sell the buyer thinking that in some cases, the buyer is simply looking for a A) a phone and B) and iPhone. In other cases, the seller might not have included enough information in the title, description, catalog ID and item specifics where eBay can make an exact match or where the seller has used keyword spamming in the title to drive more traffic to their listing.

In the above example, you would create a filter rule with the ACTION = REMOVE ROWS, make the FILTER ALIAS “5s” and create condition criteria where the listing item specific “MODEL” isn’t an exact match for that specific model I’m looking for. Mainly, because under eBay Buyer Protection, if the incorrect model comes you’re almost always guaranteed the opportunity for a return regardless of the sellers policy for returns and warranty. (There is no returns IF the correct item comes).

Other Examples of Filter Rules

Below image showing rule if eBay item condition field is for parts or not working to highlight the cell RED. Also duplicated this filter rule to highlight green if not for parts.

Below image showing filter rules if the available quantity is greater than 1. Also duplicated this filter rule to show other color if quantity is 1.

Below shows filter rule for returns field to show red if no returns are selected by the seller. Duplicate filter rule created to show green if returns are accepted.

Below filter rule created to show green for best offer field if available by the seller. Duplicate rule created if not allowed.

Below filter rule created if seller has best offer (make an offer) available on the listing. Duplicate filter rule created if not allowed.

Below filter rule created to highlight the TITLE field if the TITLE or DESCRIPTION contains the word “icloud” (A condition aspect of cell phones that renders the value significantly less). We don’t want to REMOVE the field from the search level or filter because a seller could say “This phone isn’t icloud locked” OR “The phone is iCloud locked” OR “iCloud locked status unknown”. The filter rule will at least highlight this field where visual recognition will help us to remember to manually located and identify further information within the listing to know if the item is good to buy.

Below shows the filter rules main navigation.

Ensure each is selected.
Uncheck to temporarily disable filter rule

Below shows search results layout with these filter rules applied.

Best Practices

Use filter rules to help identify purchasing logic that either qualifies, disqualifies or flags for further review.
Keep it simple to start with. If using REMOVE function, ensure many search results are loaded up and toggle between activating and disabling the filter rule to ensure filter rules aren’t removing listings that are within your purchasing criteria.
Create rules after allowing many listings to appear and recognizing repetitive purchasing logic that you use.
Visual (color) recognition allows you to scan listing data faster than reading text only content allowing you to make faster, more accurate purchasing decisions and win more items!

September 18, 2015 By ubuyfirst Leave a Comment

08 – Commit to Buy & Best Offer

uBuyFirst is the only current newly listed BIN software that allows users to purchased directly through eBay’s API and be able to make offers directly from the application. Having this ability allows for a seamless buying process that saves valuable time when you’ve made the decision to buy. Using these features will allow you to win many more of the item that you might otherwise lose in a race to checkout through the web browser while also keeping your focus on new listings.

Commit to Buy vs Immediate Payment Required

There are two types of “Buy-It-Now” items on eBay.

Commit to Buy – Where the seller has indicated that an immediate payment is not required. Clicking the “Buy It Now” button on the eBay website directs to a page to “Commit to Buy” where the listing quantity will be reduced (if quantity is greater than 1) or removed (if only 1 quantity) and allow the buyer to swing back around and checkout via PayPal within a specified amount of time designated by the seller.

Example:

From listing you can determine if a seller has chosen to allow “Commit To Buy” by clicking on the PAYMENTS tab just above the item description

Then scroll down within the “Shipping and Payments” tab to “Payment Details” If there is no text about an immediate payment required, then the item qualifies to be purchased with a buyers “Commit to buy”.

If the buyer proceeded to checkout, they would see the “Commit to Buy” button in the image below.

Immediate Payment Required

The second type of payment is “Immediate Payment Required”. This payment setting required the buyer to successfully pay for the item before the listing is removed or the quantity is reduced (for dutch listings)

For reference, if an item required an immediate payment the eBay listing page would note this under the “Shipping and Payments” tab on the item page saying “Immediate payment required for this item” (where commit to buy items simply display no text about payment)

If you click “Buy-It-Now” from the listing page, you would be directed to the one step checkout page (if enabled) where you would be required to pay for the item immediately before the listing would be taken down and successfully won by the buyer.

Setting Up “Commit to Buy”

You must authenticate your eBay account with uBuyFirst if you wish to purchased directly through the application. Once you’ve done so, you’ll want to ensure the “Buy” panel is enabled and displaying on the application interface.

If the “Buy” panel is not showing, navigate to the top navigation ribbon and select VIEW > PANELS > BUY. The buy module should appear within the interface.

Buying Logic

uBuyFirst will automatically determine if the listing is able to be purchased directly from the application or if you’ll need to navigate to browser to complete the checkout process. Once you’ve decided to make the purchase, simply click the BUY button. If the listing is COMMIT TO BUY a dialog box will appear within uBuyFirst to confirm the purchase. If the item requires immediate payment, you’ll be directed to your default browser. The below illustration shows the decision logic uBuyFirst will take.

Commit to Buy Confirmation Window

Review price if needed
Review Quantity if needed
Review all other item specific details if needed
Click the “BUY IT NOW” button to purchase
In addition you can select which eBay account you wish to purchase with if you have multiple eBay accounts setup.

Directly after you’ve clicked the BUY IT NOW button a confirmation message will appear just below this button with success or error message.

Auto Pay Field

Also, if you wish to know if an item is commit to buy or not before clicking the buy button, you can make use of the “AUTO PAY” field within the RESULTS or ITEM PROPERTIES panels.

True = Require Immediate Payment (Checkout through browser)
False = Can use commit to buy through uBuyFirst

Make Offer (Best Offer)

Using the commit to buy function is a great way to quickly see if you’re able to snag a newly listed item for less with an automatic best offer acceptance. If the offer doesn’t auto accept (or reject) then you’ll still have the opportunity to buy if the price is right. Within the “BUY” panel, the “MAKE OFFER” icon will be greyed out if not available and show normal black text if it is available.

Above shows when MAKE OFFER is available.

commit-to-buy-1

Above shows when MAKE OFFER is NOT available.

A similar dialog box for COMMIT TO BUY will appear where you’ll see an additional tab for MAKE OFFER in the bottom left corner.

You can set a standard percentage (%) to be applied for offers. Ex: If your first offer is typically 50% of the BUY IT NOW price you could input 50%. Every time you click MAKE OFFER the BUY IT NOW PRICE at 50% will be automatically populated to save time.
You can offer per item if the quantity is greater than 1.
You can leave a message to the seller if you wish.
When best offer price is complete, click the MAKE OFFER button.
A dialog box under the BUY IT NOW button will return the status of the offer (DECLINED, ACCEPTED, PENDING)
You can also include the BEST OFFER field in the RESULTS and/or ITEM PROPERTIES panel.

Customize Panel

You can also customize the layout of the buy confirmation and best offer panel by clicking the gear icon
Once clicked, select “Customize Layout” then go to the LAYOUT TREE VIEW and drag items from HIDDEN ITEMS to ROOT (add field) or right click and remove (delete).
Ensure you save your layout with the save button and then re save your workspace layout.

NOTE: Double clicking on a listing in the RESULTS panel will always open the item with your default browser.

Default Browser Settings to View eBay Listings

Using Panels and Workspaces – 2