Auto Search & Snipe / Buy :: Power Macro for HarvEX+

This Power Macro "ASSB" enables the user to efficiently auto-harvest auctions and Buy-It-Now items on eBay (and other supported market places) as buyer. The macro is well established - it is one of the most powerful standard add-ons available for HarvEX.

The ASSB macro can execute a set of bulk search jobs on eBay, filter and discern smartly and auto-act based flexibly: Add snipe-jobs or watch items to the bid manager, execute Buy-Now, or just generate a report or produce super/meta-search results. Secure simulation modes are available. The tasks are extensively configurable.

Price: US$ 50
Further questions: sales@xellsoft.com

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	Power Macro Auto Search & Snipe / Buy
Full version of the Power Macro with source code
Quick start instructions and documentation
Email support after purchase
PayPal Buy Now Single User License	US$ 50

(Other purchase/payment options available upon request)

Features & Options (Selection)

3 Simulation modes for testing the behavior safely before activating the real execution mode
Mode A: add just watch-items to the bid manager
Mode B: produce simulation log output only
Mode C: produce total/meta search results
Input control file as CSV / TabSV table file. Editable with Excel / OpenOffice Calc etc.
Each line of the control file defines one job.
All jobs / lines are process in turns periodically (background task option)
Flexible CSV or Tab-separated input control file with one search & bid job per line. Flexible simple attribute format.
Maximum bid/buy price (including or excluding shipping costs) for each job
Maximum number of items to add.
A global price limit for protection agains input error ...
Search jobs support all search attributes of the HarvEX power search form and the AuctionQuery-object, or even arbitrary eBay search URLs
Job actions support setting of all attributes of a bid manager Bid-object. Plus special action control attributes can be set.
6 modes for reacting to Buy Now! options: from ignoring; to scheduling like normal snipes to buy near item end time (bid manager); to raising a message to the user; ... up to immediate auto buy now
Option to set the minimum required time until snipe time (end of auction)
(This ensures that there is enough time to check & edit auto-added snipe jobs in the bid manager)
Suppression of unwanted sellers (list)
HarvEX bid groups can be used.
Log file creation
Smart text / title filter for narrowing down eBay search results further:
Lets you define even word/phrase probabilities for exclusion/inclusion of items - a technique simuliar to modern email spam filters .
The power of the filter is similar to modern (bayesian) spam filters. (Beyond simple stiff rules).
Yet it is simple to use.
Expert filter option: regular expressions combined with continuous probabilities
Can run the jobs once, or auto-repeat them with a configurable period time
Speed-debug mode using the search cache
many other default config options - can be overridden per job
The macro source can be edited by the advanced user.

(we will typically improve minor issues after purchase within the regular support service)

Simple Example Input File with 3 Active Search & Bid Tasks:

# C:/data/ASSB_control.txt 
# CSV file defining Auto Search & Buy/Snipe jobs
#search_terms; maxbid/price; [additional search attributes, bid.action commands and general options]
dvd player a; 14.23; buynow=1
dvd player b; -12.23; cat='14971'; paypal=1; minPrice=11.11; FILTER_DESCRIPTION='not damaged:50|damaged:99|XY option:10'
dvd player (denon, sony) -(pioneer, LG); 15.23; cat='14971'; bid.group='cdplayer(2)'; BUY_NOW=-2
dvd player z; 15.55; cat='14971 DVD Players'; bid.comment='test-comment'; MAX_ADDS=7

Notes on the example control file:

The table column separator is ; or <TAB>
(A simple Text-Editor oder Excel / OpenOfficeCalc can be used to edit the control file)
The first column is the main search string (cd player a MX123)
The second column is the total bid/buy (14.23) price limit including shipping & handling costs .
When negative (-12.23) its the immediate maximum bid/buy price without shipping&handling costs
All other columns have the flexible form attributename=value : these are search attributes or bid action attributes (bid.actionattr=value) or special ASSB control attributes, which override global options (UPPERCASE=value; bid.UPPERCASE=value / )
cat='14971' or cat='14971 CD Players & Recorders' means: search only in the category with (eBay) ID 14971.
(These category IDs can be looked up in category tree tool in the HarvEX search form or in category lists / item pages directly on eBay).
paypal=1 means: search only items with PayPal payment option.
Find more search attributes in AuctionQuery-object
bid.group='cdplayer(2)' means: set this bid group and max. number of wanted items in that bid group (same logic as in the HarvEX GUI/Bid Manager)
Find more bid attributes in the Bid-object documentation.
For example BUY_NOW=-2 means: do not buy now and not even schedule a snipe at item end time on items which have a buy-now option (totally ignore items with buy-now option)

The first and 3 lines in the example (beginning with #) are comments.
Note: Job lines can be "commented-out" by prepending them with a '#':

dvd player (denon, sony) -(pioneer, LG); 15.23; cat='14971'; bid.group='cdplayer(2)'; BUY_NOW=-2
# Job COMMENTED OUT => inactive
# dvd player z; 15.55; cat='14971 DVD Players'; bid.comment='test-comment'; MAX_ADDS=7

The detailed documentation is delivered with the Power Macro.

System Requirements

HarvEX+ installed and running /
RAM: 512 MB
Display: 800 x 600; recommended: >= 1400 x 1050
Disk: 20 MB free disk space

Installation und Quickstart

Installation of HarvEX+
Save the macro to disk
Load the macro in HarvEX+: Menu/File/Load a Macro
Edit the settings (simulation, input file, ...) on top of the macro
Execute the macro :