Main Screen
Mouse over the highlighted area for more information
- Note
Double-click the field to edit you personal notes, for example, item condition. Mouse-over the field to view the note.
If you just want to simply mark certain items, you can use Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-9 to mark the items with build-in icons. Use Ctrl-0 to clear the mark.
- Group
Group is mostly used for group bidding, which allows you to win specified number of items from the group. Group bidding is an effective strategy to improve your chances of winning.
Bid group is also used to organize your auction items by putting them into seperate groups.
- Shipping
JoyBidder retrieves the default shipping fee (usually the cheapest) based on your shipping location. If the shipping fee is 'N/A', it means seller won't ship to your location or only allow manual pick-up.
You can double-click the field to override the shipping fee. To restore to the original value, just simply empty the field and click return.
- Reserve Price
The small red letter 
means the item hasn't met its reserved price. A small green letter 
means the item has a reserved price and has been met.
- Status
You can easily identify the item status with these icons.
Watching item
Bidding item
Outbid item
Won item
Didn't won item
Ended item
- Translate
Embedded eBay web browser is integrated with Google Translation. You can translate the entire web page or any selected text. This is useful if you bid items from international eBay sites.
- Add auctions from embedded browser
Click the button to add the auction from the eBay view item page or all the auctions from the eBay search result page.
- Latest Price Change
JoyBidder tracks item prices periodically (as often as every 2 minutes). Recently changed price is shown in bold so you can easily spot them. JoyBidder can also send sound/visual/email/sms alert if minimum bid price exceeds your scheduled max bid price.
- Standby
Click this toolbar button to put your computer to sleep/standby mode. JoyBidder will wake up your computer to update item status and snipe.
This is useful if you don't have lots of auctions to snipe and don't want to keep your computer running for extended time;
- User Manager
This toolbar button opens User Manager. JoyBidder supports multiple eBay user IDs. You don't need to restart application just to load other eBay ID.
User Manager allows you to add/edit/remove your eBay User IDs.
- Embedded Browser
This toolbar button toggles the embedded eBay web browser.
- Quick View panel
This toolbar button toggles the Quick View panel. The Quick View panel allows you to quickly review the most important auction information in an easy-to-read format, including item photo, seller information, shipping location, and price.
You can also view the detailed item activity logs from the Quick View panel.
- Group Manager
This toolbar button opens Group Manager. Group Manager allows you to add/edit/remove your bidding groups.
- Import From My eBay
You can import your watch list, items you are bidding or selling from My eBay.
- Items Count
JoyBidder displays the number of the current selected items and total items in the list, saving you the trouble of manually counting them.
- eBay Time
This is eBay Official Time. JoyBidder periodically sync with eBay official time to make sure your scheduled bid is placed on time. You can also manually synchronize the time by clicking the Sync eBay Time button.
- eBay Sites
JoyBidder supports 22 eBay sites including eBay Motors. You can quickly go to each site by selecting the eBay Sites drop down list.
