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Newest first, written in plain English — not tech talk. If you have been away a while, this is the short version of what is different since your last visit.

50 updates Last one 14 Nov 2026 Written for members, not developers
Auctions 14 Nov 2026

The home page auction bar counts down

The bar told you which auction was coming, but not how long you had to wait.

  • A clock now sits on the far right of the bar: Starts in 0:32:25, ticking every second.
  • When bidding opens it switches to Ends in and counts to the close, then the bar goes away.
Auctions 14 Nov 2026

The auction clock counts down to the start

On an auction that had not opened yet, the big clock was counting down to the END — so it looked like a running sale you had already missed part of.

  • An upcoming auction now shows Starts in 1:24:09 — hours, minutes and seconds — and keeps counting down every second.
  • When the hour arrives it flips to Ends in and counts to the close, then shows the result.
  • A late bid that extends the close moves the clock with it, as before.
Auctions 14 Nov 2026

The day's auction is announced on the home page all day

The auction bar only appeared five minutes before the bidding started, so for most of the day the home page said nothing about the auction that was coming.

  • The bar across the top of the home page now shows today's auction from the first visit of the day — item, photo, starting price and the hour it opens.
  • In the last five minutes it switches to a live countdown, then to Live auction · this hour only while bidding is open.
  • It disappears the moment the auction closes, and tomorrow's auction never appears early.
  • The reminder popup on other pages still opens five minutes before the start.
Businesses 12 Nov 2026

Find a local business by what it does

The business directory was one long alphabetical list — fine at three businesses, useless at thirty.

  • Every business now has a category — Computer & Technology, Auto Repair & Parts, Restaurants & Food, Home Services & Trades, Health & Medical and more — chosen when the listing is made.
  • The directory has category buttons with counts, a town picker and a search box, so you can go straight to “auto repair in Mineola” instead of scrolling.
  • Each category and town has its own address, so a filtered list can be sent to someone or saved as a bookmark.
  • The category is required on the form, so a business cannot arrive unfiled and disappear from the filters.
  • Also fixed: on the business form, Save changes could delete your listing (a second form was nested inside the first). Saving now saves.
Members 12 Nov 2026

Your account links moved up to your name

The left column carried eight account links that nobody opens every day.

  • Click your name or photo at the top right and the whole list drops down: My Settings, My Items, Saved Items, Following, Search alerts, My Store, My business page and Members online.
  • Your profile link, the Admin dashboard and Log out are in the same menu.
  • It opens only when you click it, and closes with Escape or a click anywhere else.
  • The left column is shorter now. Messages stays where it was — that one is used daily.
Auctions 11 Nov 2026

My Auctions is now in the menu

Your own booked hours could only be found from the auctions page itself.

  • My Auctions sits directly under Live Auctions in the left column, marked NEW.
  • It shows everything you booked: what is coming, what is live, what sold and what did not sell.
  • From there you can edit an auction, cancel it, or run the same item again in another hour.
Auctions 11 Nov 2026

Change your auction right up to the start

A wrong model number should not cost you your booked hour.

  • Edit now sits beside Cancel in My Auctions on any auction that has not started yet.
  • You can fix the title, the description, the category, the condition, the photo and the starting price.
  • The day, the hour and the approval stay exactly as booked — saving does not send it back to be checked again.
  • Once an auction is live the wording locks, so nobody can bid on terms that change underneath them.
Auctions 11 Nov 2026

Send an auction to Facebook, or by email

An auction is the thing people forward to a friend, and there was no button for it.

  • Share on Facebook opens Facebook with the auction already in it — the photo and the details come along.
  • Email opens a message with the item, the opening bid and the link already written for you.
  • Share this auction still uses your phone’s own share sheet, or copies the link on a computer.
Auctions 11 Nov 2026

Click the seller to see who you are buying from

The name on an auction used to be plain text, so a buyer could not check the person behind the item.

  • The seller’s name — and the card around it — now opens their profile.
  • It works on the auction page itself and on the Live Auctions page once an auction is running.
Members 11 Nov 2026

Your profile takes more than one website

A business page and a personal page usually both belong on a profile.

  • The website box on your profile now takes up to three addresses — put each one on its own line.
  • You do not need to type https://; it is added for you.
  • If an address is wrong it tells you which one, and everything you typed stays in the box instead of being thrown away.
Community 11 Nov 2026

Fix a typo in a group post

Posts could be deleted but not corrected, so a misspelling meant starting again.

  • Edit sits beside Delete under your own posts in a group.
  • Group owners and moderators can edit any post in their group.
  • A post that has been changed shows a small · edited mark, so readers know it was corrected.
Community 11 Nov 2026

Groups: your own space on the market

A board is shared by everyone. A group belongs to the people in it.

  • Any member can start a group — a team, a club, a street watch, a hobby. Give it a name, a photo and a few sentences about what it is for.
  • Choose Open to everyone and anybody can read it and join in one click, or Invite only and the posts stay private until the owner approves you.
  • Each group has its own cover photo, an About this group panel, a wall for posts and photos, comments, and the member list down the side.
  • Members can invite people by name, and owners can approve requests, make a moderator, remove someone, edit the group or delete it.
  • The new Groups link sits in the left column between Businesses and Events.
Community 11 Nov 2026

The reply box waits until you press Comment

Every post used to carry an open text box, which made a busy board twice as long to read.

  • Each post now has a Comment button. Press it and the box opens under that post, ready to type.
  • Only one box is open at a time, so the page never turns into a wall of empty boxes.
  • If you close it with something half-typed, your words are still there when you open it again.
  • Escape, or a click anywhere outside, closes it without posting.
Community 11 Nov 2026

Quote the thing you are answering

On a long thread nobody can tell which reply belongs to which post.

  • Quote now sits beside Like, Comment and Share — on the post itself and on every comment.
  • Your reply opens with the original in a bordered box, with the author’s name above it.
  • Quoting a comment answers that comment; quoting the main post starts a fresh reply.
  • A signed-out visitor is asked to log in first, then comes straight back to the box they pressed.
Community 11 Nov 2026

Show a listing inside your post — even someone else’s

Talking about an item is easier when the item is part of the conversation.

  • Attach a listing opens a searchable list of every active or reserved item on the market, not just your own.
  • Type a few letters to narrow it down; each result shows the price, the town and who is selling it.
  • The post says Listed by the seller’s name, so nobody mistakes it for yours.
  • The seller is told their item was mentioned, and up to three listings fit in one post.
  • Choosing listings when you start a new post works the same way, with the search box at the bottom of the picker.
Community 11 Nov 2026

Boards are grouped, and you can search them

Finding the right board used to mean reading down one long column of names.

  • Boards now sit under headings — chat, buying and selling, safety, help — so the kind of board is clear before you read the name.
  • A search box filters the list as you type; type scam and only the boards that match stay on screen.
  • Every line shows how many posts it holds and when it was last active.
  • Sections with no matches fold away while you search, so you never scroll past empty headings.
Community 11 Nov 2026

The community fits a phone screen

Like, Comment, Quote and Share sat in one long row and pushed the page wider than the screen, so everything slid sideways.

  • On a phone those four buttons now sit two to a line, inside the card.
  • The page fills the screen instead of scrolling sideways — on every post and every board.
Games 10 Nov 2026

Minesweeper and Breakout now have eight levels each

Both games used to stop after one board. They build up level by level now, and your score finally reflects how far you got.

  • Minesweeper starts on an 8×8 board with 10 mines and ends on 16×16 with 56. Clear every safe cell to move on — one mine ends the run.
  • Breakout adds a row of bricks, a faster ball and a narrower paddle each level. From level 4 some bricks take two or three hits.
  • In Breakout your three lives carry over between levels, so one bad level follows you.
  • Your score is the total for the whole run, so the leaderboard separates players properly instead of putting everyone on the same number.
Listings 10 Nov 2026

Category names are spelled the American way

Four categories still carried British spellings from the software this market started from. They read properly now.

  • Collectables is now Collectibles, Films is Movies, Jewellery is Jewelry, and Mobile Phones is Cell Phones.
  • Old links, bookmarks and search results still work — they are redirected to the new name instead of landing on a missing page.
  • Every listing that was in an old category moved with it, so nothing got lost in the rename.
Site 10 Nov 2026

The help page now covers what we actually built

Help had answers for the older parts of the market and nothing at all for auctions, chat, the games or inviting a friend.

  • A new Live auctions section walks through the whole thing: booking an hour, how a bid has to beat the one before, when an auction really closes, and what happens if nobody bids.
  • Chat rooms, Games and leaderboards and Invite a friend each have their own answer now.
  • There are 48 answers in ten sections, the count at the top is right again, and the search box filters as you type.
Stores 10 Nov 2026

The local business directory is easier to browse

Businesses now sit in even cards instead of a ragged column, and listing yours is one click from the directory itself.

  • Each card shows the logo, what the business does and its town, and a long description stops at a word instead of halfway through one.
  • The last card is an Add your business tile, so you do not have to hunt for the link.
  • Descriptions stay readable on every color theme, and business pages are now submitted to search engines with the rest of the market.
Stores 10 Nov 2026

The garage sales page looks like the rest of the market

It opens with what the page is for and the three things you can do, instead of dropping you straight into a list.

  • Posting is free, sales show on a map, and each one gives you directions in a tap — all three are spelled out at the top.
  • When nothing is scheduled the page says so plainly and gives you Add the first one, rather than an empty white space.
  • Sales sit in an even grid with the photo, the dates and times, and the town — no more cards of different widths.
Auctions 10 Nov 2026

The auctions page now shows the week ahead

Live Auctions used to open on a bare list of hours. Now it tells you when auctions run and what is coming.

  • The top of the page says the schedule in one line — Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 9 PM — and how many hours are already booked.
  • Each day shows how many auctions it holds, and every booked item shows its photo beside the title, so you can scan the week without opening anything.
  • A Book an hour button sits at the top: it takes you to booking, or to the login page if you are not signed in yet.
Games 10 Nov 2026

The arcade has a scoreboard page

Every game now has its board on one page, and the arcade itself is easier to browse.

  • The menu has a new Leaderboards link right under Games, so you do not have to open a game to see who is winning.
  • The scoreboard page shows the top ten for every game at once, with your own rows marked so you can find yourself quickly.
  • The first place on each board is highlighted, and each card says how many of the ten places are taken.
  • The arcade page now shows every game as a card with its icon, a one-line description and a Play link — and the rule is spelled out where you can see it: only your best score keeps a place.
Site 10 Nov 2026

Chat and the games have their own spot in the menu

The left-hand menu now has an Entertainment group, so the arcade and the chat rooms are easy to find instead of being buried among the buy-and-sell links.

  • Entertainment sits under Browse and holds Chat Rooms and Games — nothing else.
  • Browsing for something to buy is unchanged: All towns, Stores, Garage Sales, Businesses and Events are still together above it.
  • On a phone the menu groups stack in the same order, so Entertainment is in the same place.
Members 10 Nov 2026

Inviting a friend is easier now

The invite page does more of the work for you.

  • Send the invitation email the same way as before — one address, with an optional personal note.
  • There is now a copy button that copies your sign-up link, for when you would rather text it or put it in a group chat.
  • Three short pointers sit alongside the form: who to ask, a line you can use, and why one invitation at a time works better than a list.
  • Both ways are free, and the person you invite joins in about a minute.
Support 10 Nov 2026

A way to help keep the market free

The site is still free to use, and it stays that way. If you want to chip in toward the bills, there is now one plain page for it — and no pressure anywhere else.

  • You can find it at Support Us in the menu, or at the bottom of any page. Give any amount, or give nothing. Nothing changes about what you can post or see.
  • There are no tiers, no badges you have to earn and no locked features. It is the same site either way.
  • If you do help, you can add your username to the thank-you line under the header, or stay anonymous. The amount is never recorded, never shown and never stored — not even to us.
  • The money goes to the actual costs: hosting, the domain and the email that sends you your order and reply notices.
Listings 10 Nov 2026

Posting an item is a plainer, shorter page

We took the decoration off the sell page and left the form.

  • It is now one straight column: the title, photos, price, category and description, then Post. Nothing new to learn.
  • The boxes have darker outlines, so it is easier to see where to type as you work down the page.
  • Nothing about how you post, edit or delete an item has changed.
Stores 10 Nov 2026

The Stores page is easier to shop

Every store now gets a proper card, so you can see what it sells before you click.

  • Each card shows the store banner, the owner, the town, how many items are for sale, how many have sold, and the star rating.
  • Long descriptions stop at two lines instead of pushing the next store off the screen.
  • The top of the page counts the stores, the items and the towns, so you can see how much is listed before you scroll.
  • If you sell regularly, there is a short Open your own store button at the top — it is free and takes about a minute.
Site 10 Nov 2026

This page is easier to read

You are looking at it. What’s New now uses the whole width of the screen instead of one narrow strip down the middle.

  • Updates sit in cards with the date and a section label — Listings, Community, Stores, Games — so you can skip the parts that are not about you.
  • The right-hand column has jump links to the newest updates and a count of how many there are in each section.
  • On a phone it all stacks into one column, the same way the rest of the site does.
Stores 10 Nov 2026

Your store now has a shopping cart

Someone can pick several things from one store and send them as a single order, instead of chasing you item by item.

  • Every store has one, and it is free. There is nothing to switch on — if you have a store, you have a cart.
  • A shopper opens your store and taps Add to cart under anything they want. A cart button sits beside Visit profile at the top of your store and keeps count.
  • The cart holds items from one store at a time. If someone adds something from a different store, the site asks before emptying the first cart — it never does it quietly.
  • When they send the order you get an email with every item and the total, and a message thread opens between the two of you.
  • No money moves on the site. You and the buyer agree on payment and pickup the same way you always have.
  • Find their order under My Store, then Store orders. Mark it Ready when it is packed, Completed when it is handed over, or Canceled if it falls through.
  • No store yet? Sign in, choose My Store on the left, give it a name and a description, and save. It takes about a minute and costs nothing.
Listings 3 Nov 2026

A green “New” tag on fresh listings

So you stop opening things you already looked at.

  • Anything posted in the last 3 days now shows a New tag on its picture.
  • Sold and reserved items keep their own tag instead, so you never see two tags stacked on one photo.
Listings 3 Nov 2026

Older listings get a turn

Good stuff was sinking to the bottom and never coming back up.

  • The newest 12 items still sit at the top, where you expect them.
  • Everything older gets shuffled once a day, so something listed in August can still show up on page one instead of living on page 9 forever.
  • The order is the same for everybody all day, so if you find something you can come back later and it will still be there.
Members 3 Nov 2026

“New since your last visit”

A quick way to see what happened while you were away.

  • When you sign in, a small line above the listings tells you how many new items went up since you were last here.
  • It only appears when there is actually something new — and it goes away once you have looked.
Community 2 Nov 2026

The community got a big rebuild

It works more like the apps you already use.

  • Posts show as cards with the picture first, not as a list of links.
  • Comments open right under the post instead of loading a new page.
  • You can reply to a reply, and edit or delete your own comments.
  • You get one email per thread when someone answers you, not one per reply.
  • Search now digs through every post ever made, not just the recent ones.
  • Categories are down the side, and there is one feed instead of a board index to click through.
Community 2 Nov 2026

The unread count actually clears now

It used to sit there saying “2” no matter what you did.

  • Opening a post marks it read, and the number goes down the way it should.
  • Your own posts no longer count as unread just because you are the one who wrote them.
  • A post that gets deleted no longer leaves a notification stuck behind it.
Community 2 Nov 2026

More than one photo in a post

Because one picture is rarely enough.

  • Up to four photos fit in a neat grid, and any extras show as +3 so you know there is more.
  • Tap a photo to see it full size without leaving the page.
Community 2 Nov 2026

New replies show up without refreshing

You no longer have to keep hitting reload to see if anyone answered.

  • A small count appears when someone replies while you are reading.
  • It pauses while you are typing, so nothing jumps around mid-sentence.
Stores 2 Nov 2026

Store pages show off what is in stock

A storefront should look like a storefront.

  • Banner, rating and opening details at the top, then the items.
  • A “showcase” row puts the store’s best few items right at the top of the page.
Speed 2 Nov 2026

Pages load faster

Mostly you notice it on a phone with a weak signal.

  • A big chunk of behind-the-scenes code was trimmed, so the page arrives sooner.
  • The home page shows the same thing, it just gets there quicker.
Listings 2 Nov 2026

“View more” keeps your place

Scrolling through a lot of listings used to feel like starting over.

  • The next batch is added under what you are already looking at.
  • Your filters and search stay exactly where they were.
Events 31 Oct 2026

Finished events stop hanging around

Nothing worse than showing up to something that already happened.

  • An event disappears from the Upcoming list once it is over.
  • It still shows on the calendar for that day, so the history stays put.
  • Multi-day events stay until the last day ends.
Listings 29 Oct 2026

Photos upload faster and stay sharp

Big camera photos used to take forever on a phone.

  • Your phone shrinks the photo before sending it, so posting takes seconds even on a weak signal.
  • The picture still looks sharp on the listing.
Auctions 29 Oct 2026

Live auctions

A whole new way to sell, alongside the normal listings.

  • List something with a starting price and a closing time.
  • Members bid on it, and the highest bid when it closes wins.
  • A countdown shows how long is left, so nobody misses the end.
Accessibility 29 Oct 2026

Easier to read, on every screen

Faint gray text on a white page is hard on everyone.

  • Text contrast was checked and fixed across every page, in all 19 color themes.
  • Dark mode, high contrast and phone screens all got the same treatment.
  • Screen readers now announce pages and controls properly.
Games 24 Aug 2026

A leaderboard for every game

Because a high score nobody can see is just a number.

  • Every game has its own top-scores list, ranked highest first.
  • Each person appears once, with their best score — a bad round never drags your name down.
  • Beat your best and the board updates; the games page shows the top few at a glance.
Games 24 Aug 2026

21 free arcade games

Something to do while you wait for a reply.

  • Classics: Pac-Man, Asteroids, Frogger, Space Invaders, Galaxian, Centipede, Tetris, Breakout, Pong, Missile Command, Snake, Flappy, Doodle Jump.
  • Think-y ones: Sudoku, Minesweeper, Memory, Simon, Pyramid.
  • Board games: Checkers and Connect 4.
  • They run right in the browser — nothing to download, no account besides the one you already have.
Chat 21 Aug 2026

Chat rooms

For the quick stuff that does not need a whole post.

  • Public rooms you can drop into, plus rooms you make yourself and invite people to.
  • Share a listing straight into a chat, so the other person sees the photo and price instead of a link to copy.
  • Reply to a message, add a reaction, or send a photo.
  • See who is in the room and when someone is typing.
  • Block or report someone; moderators can step in, and every moderation action is logged.
  • The chat bubble in the header follows you around the site, so a message does not get missed.

Last updated 14 Nov 2026. Something broken, or an idea you want built? Tell us — most of this page started as a member request.

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