What's New

CP Score cards now summarize scarcity, market activity, and unique attributes, and the score reflects collector demand and condition, with professional grades weighted most.

Choose a Collecting, Buying, or Selling dashboard view, and your selection is remembered; the homepage also shows the Collect → Buy → Sell journey, with Buying marked as planned.

Published items now get a listing on Pursuit Xchange, a collector marketplace with abbreviation-aware keyword search, payments held until delivery, a $35 seller minimum, and expertization requests.

Hip shipping labels now display the buyer’s full name.

Choose Letter or 4×6 label size before purchasing, then open the label in a new tab for printing.

Add a ship-from phone number and email in the shipping label wizard.

Find Print / Reprint and Void Label buttons in shipment history to print labels again or cancel them and request a refund.

Shipping policies now come only from your shipping rules, matched to each listing’s actual package weight and dimensions.

Batch optimizer runs and saved queues load faster, with full item details loaded only when you open an item or queue.

When an item sells on Hip, its matching eBay listing now ends in about 15 minutes instead of up to an hour.

The crosslist report’s failed count now includes only items that are still live on eBay.

The Recovery Vault no longer retries archived listings that ended more than 90 days ago and are no longer available from eBay.

Requests for AI, eBay categories and policies, and images now time out rather than hanging, reducing intermittent site delays.

The Help page now has 40 tutorial videos across 7 categories, with search and category filters.

The Help page now includes 23 updated FAQs, each linked to related tutorial videos.

Admins can manage every AI feature from AI Models, choose Google Gemini, Grok, or integration credits, and set an ordered provider and model preference with automatic fallback.

Admins can choose whether each AI provider and model step uses live web search, and Grok can search the web.

The Admin Portal now tracks AI calls across the app and by user, separating integration-credit and external API calls and showing failures; anonymous free tools and background jobs have separate counters.

Admins can permanently delete non-admin accounts from the user list.

CollectorPursuit Score gives every scanned or listed item a permanent ID and a shareable scorecard showing collectability, estimated value, sold comparisons, and score history, with a My Collection view.

A new public CP Score page explains how the score works and can change over time.

You can add a draft to your CP collection instead of publishing it, and set a default destination in the draft editor or My Collection.

Draft editor and Listing Optimizer previews can estimate an item’s CP Score on demand.

Free preview, Buy It or Not, and optimize tester results now include an estimated CP Score and a link to the CP Score explainer.

Admins can adjust CP Score factor weights, review and edit the formulas behind each factor, and score an uploaded item photo with AI analysis.

CP Score now accounts for certification, CP Grade, and industry grades such as PSA, CGC, and PCGS, with these factors shown in the score breakdown.

Tutorial Studio now includes 39 page and function tutorial segments covering the whole app, each with AI-generated narration audio and step-by-step recording instructions.

Added a new 'Store Policies (Description Addendum)' setting that automatically appends your shipping locations, extra services, and customer-service info to the end of every AI-written eBay description.

Setup wizard now includes an optional Store Policies step after listing defaults so you can enter your store policy footer or skip it.

Dashboard now fits the full browser window on desktop with tighter spacing and 3-column tool groups, eliminating the need to scroll.

Free preview tools (sample listing, Buy It or Not, and free optimizer) now price items using live web research of recent eBay sold listings instead of AI estimates.

Optimizer preview now displays the listing's main photo thumbnail along with a 'Will crop' badge when Auto-Crop Main Image is enabled.

Session Grouper now updates the 'assigned' counter live after grouping, shows a confirmation when saving, keeps item prices with two decimals, and includes several other small usability improvements.

Recovery Vault now automatically restores missing listing photos every hour by pulling them from eBay and saving them permanently, so archived listings keep their images.

Recovery Vault now shows only items that didn't sell anywhere and aren't currently live on eBay, and deleting an item also clears its saved photos.

New 'Under the Hood' page, linked from the homepage, explains the AI models, collector-specific prompt library, testing process and app size behind CollectorPursuit.

Crosslist Status now has a Dismiss button for items sold on both eBay and Hip, so handled double sales stay hidden and drop out of the double-sale count.

Crosslist Diagnose & Repair now cleans up old crosslist failures on its own — clearing ones for items no longer active on eBay and retrying the rest automatically.

Admin 'Refine Selected Prompts' now runs straight through every selected preset once started, with live progress as it goes.

Optimizer fixes for contradictory details now apply across every field including the description, list only the fields that actually changed, flag uncertain IDs for your review, and remove unverified comparable-price claims.

Optimizer now only suggests a photo grid thumbnail for multi-page lots like album or stock pages shot front and back, not for single items.

Free preview now automatically shrinks large photos in your browser instead of rejecting anything over 8 MB.

The homepage free optimization tester now opens results in a new tab on desktop and a full-screen view on mobile.

Back navigation is now consistent, with standard header back arrows added to Recovery Vault and Sourcing ROI.

New members now receive a welcome email with quick-start steps, plus a one-time invitation after 3 days to take a test drive that highlights features added since they joined.

Members who haven't started yet now get a weekly 3-part email series covering free previews, the in-app AI helper and real-person support, and the time they'll save — which stops as soon as they start using the app.

New users now go through a setup wizard that connects eBay and sets their ZIP code plus shipping, payment and return policies before they reach the dashboard, Grouper or single-item drafts.

The setup wizard now includes a Shipping step that builds your shipping rules from your existing eBay policies, or creates matching policies on your eBay account from CollectorPursuit's defaults if you don't have any.

eBay-to-Hip instant sale notifications now set themselves up automatically as soon as you connect both eBay and a Hip marketplace.

Added FallingElves overlay with tumbling robot-elf sprites across marketing pages and the dashboard.

Introduced Pursu World, a robot-elf sprite that walks, climbs, and interacts with real UI elements on the page.

Added a new 'Try it on your own item' section on the homepage with free Draft Preview and Buy It or Not? tools.

Added a free optimization tester on the homepage that lets you paste any eBay listing link to see AI-optimized results.

Expanded the homepage ROI calculator to four inputs and now calculates realistic sell-through rates instead of assuming 100% sales.

Optimizer preview now shows every selected field with Changed/No change badges and lets you edit all fields side-by-side before applying.

Hero image crop modal now includes a 'Fit whole image' mode and a 16:10 aspect option that matches the homepage hero exactly.

Free preview now automatically detects the item type and selects the matching niche prompt for better results.

Added a full Shipping page with Shippo integration so you can connect your own account, create labels, view shipments, and print tracking without leaving the app.

Added Shippo OAuth Connect so you can link a Shippo account instantly without copying keys.

Added automatic import of paid eBay and Hip orders into ready-to-ship labels on the Shipping page.

Launched a public Reviews page showing all approved customer reviews with ratings and a direct link to leave your own.

Added Recovery Vault, a new page where you can browse archived ended listings and instantly repost or restore them.

Added a marketing videos section to the homepage featuring admin-curated clips with captions.

Added homepage sections explaining inventory QR labels and Hip cross-listing support.

Added a connection-loss watchdog that checks your marketplace links every 10 minutes and shows a reconnect warning if any go invalid.

Replaced the multi-step label wizard with a single-page form showing origin, destination, and package details together.

Condensed the label form to fit without scrolling on desktop and changed the default parcel weight for new orders to 1 oz.

Updated the homepage hero, keyword band, and SEO tags with new marketing headlines and descriptions.

Reorganized the Core Features section on the homepage into a clearer 7-column layout that includes Shipping & Fulfillment and 150+ niche prompts.

Upgraded the Listing Optimizer with a new niche-aware V2 prompt that fills item specifics more comprehensively and now runs on the standard credits system.

Auto-cropping now runs instantly on your device right when you click Start in the Monitor, using one AI credit per item instead of two and skipping redundant steps.

Session wizard now requires a pricing strategy and minimum price before creation, and includes an authoritative Auto-Crop choice at setup.

Slot-mode AI prompts with per-item fields are now active for all users, with list and category data handled through structured blocks.

Pricing mode renamed to count-based and generalized to count unique physical items per lot across any category.

New users can now submit reviews immediately without first listing 100 items.

Draft editor on mobile is now a guided step-by-step wizard with a sticky progress bar, while desktop layout stays unchanged.

Items are queued for listing automatically when you finalize a session, making the overall listing cycle faster.

Stamps now only offer relevant conditions by intersecting eBay's live options with the niche's allowed list, removing inapplicable choices like Refurbished.

Added a searchable combobox for AI Prompt Categories in the Draft Editor so you can quickly filter and pick from 200+ presets by typing.

Auto-crop is now enabled by default on every new batch session so your first photo is automatically centered and cropped at listing time.

Added the ability for niche prompts to override specific sections of the universal AI prompt (title, category, condition, item specifics, description, or price) while keeping guardrails intact.

Added a gated Section Overrides editor in My Prompts so you can customize how the AI writes individual sections for your private stamp niches.

Added Crosslist Status and SKU Tools quick-link tiles to the MemberHome dashboard for faster access to those tools.

Added four new stamp-specific rules to the AI prompt so titles and descriptions better handle Cinderella types, dual spellings, printed keywords, and language translation.

Added a Quality item-specific rule to all stamp AI presets so the Quality field now matches the listing condition instead of staying blank or showing a grade.

Added a default condition rule to the universal AI prompt so unused stamps with original gum are now correctly set to Mint/Unused instead of defaulting to Used.

Batch sessions now use AI leaf-first routing to automatically select the best niche prompt for each item based on its exact eBay category, eliminating extra AI guesses and API calls.

New Batch Session wizard step offers 'AI category detection' mode that classifies each item's eBay leaf and routes it to the matching niche prompt instead of applying one prompt to the entire batch.

AI prompt catalog now includes a read-only View button on preset cards so you can inspect full prompt details before deciding to use or import them.

Added 17 new leaf-level niche prompts for stamps, US coins, world coins, and world paper money, plus 6 new postcard era knowledge prompts for more precise AI assistance.

New Session wizard now includes a search field that filters prompts by name, subcategory, or preset key, with unified results across eBay parents, leaves, and system prompts.

Added an opt-in 'Auto-Crop Main Image' toggle that uses AI to automatically crop backgrounds from each item's first photo before listing.

New per-session Routing Mode toggle lets you choose Niche-First routing, which classifies items directly to the best niche prompt within the selected parent category.

New Session wizard search now shows clearer grouped results with type badges and lets you select broad group prompts, niche prompts, or specific eBay leaves.

Pricing mode selection simplified: 'AI price' option removed so you now choose from market-position strategies or $ per count with a required minimum price floor.

Added a blog with SEO-targeted articles for eBay collectibles sellers.

Added comparison pages versus Crosslist, List Perfectly, Vendoo, and other tools.

Introduced free preview of the AI listing generator from one photo with no login required.

Added admin portal for user management, credit grants, prompt editing, and API dashboards.

Enabled users to request new niche AI prompts for collectible categories, reviewed and added globally.

Added marketplace sync rules, category mapping, and shipping profile mirroring for eBay-to-Hip cross-listing.

Introduced single-item listing flow to create and publish one listing directly from photos.

Added draft listings so AI-generated results can be saved and published later from a queue.

AI now flags listings where photos contradict the title or description for manual review.

Added pricing optimization reports showing per-item price history, relist transitions, and sold prices.

Introduced Find & Fill to scan active listings for missing item specifics and bulk-fill them with AI.

Enabled client-side browsing of the full active eBay catalog with filters for category, weight, shipping, and cross-list status.

Added tools to design, filter, and print QR inventory marker cards on Avery labels.

Automated conversion of watched single-quantity store items into 7-day auctions within daily limits.

Added daily delist/relist automation to refresh placement of stale GTC store items.

Introduced team invites with admin/member roles that share the owner’s full data scope.

Launched referral rewards program paying 10% of a referee’s credit purchases for six months.

Added sourcing ROI tracker that records flips and auto-syncs marketplace sales to each sourced item.

Introduced Buy It or Not tool that photographs an item, values it, and checks fee/ROI rules before purchase.

Added quantity-aware inventory that decrements a shared counter across eBay and Hip to prevent overselling.

Enabled bidirectional cross-listing sync with eBay and Hip platforms plus automatic delist-on-sold.

Added universal AI listing prompt that turns one photo set into a complete editable eBay listing.

Added global catalog of saved niche AI prompt presets for stamps, coins, postcards, and comics.

Introduced optimization queue manager to save, resume, and retry failed batches.

Added session creation wizard with category-driven pricing defaults and marker-card options.

Added in-app PursuChat and PursuProspectChat AI assistants for seller guidance.

Added Stripe credit bundles, auto-topup, promo banners, account setup checklists, and print ad generators.

Navigation links on the Desktop Sessions page now wrap cleanly to a second line instead of overlapping on narrower screens.

Listings continue to upload images without interruption after eBay's upcoming 2026 API change.

All text on the site is now at least 18px for improved readability and accessibility.

The Core Features section now uses consistent typography matching the rest of the homepage.

Tile borders show a uniform brass outline on every page with no gaps on stretched tiles.

The hero slideshow now loads reliably on the published site for a smoother experience.

Syncs between eBay and other marketplaces now automatically retry temporary errors up to three times, so they succeed instead of failing permanently.

Edits on eBay now sync to connected marketplaces after a short random delay to avoid overwhelming the system, while sold or ended listings still update right away.

Revisions you make to items on eBay now automatically update the same listings on your other connected marketplaces.

The homepage now uses cleaner code that helps search engines index it correctly without duplicates.

The app now uses dark mode permanently with the theme switcher removed from the top bar.

Updates page now shows exact error messages when generation fails so you immediately see what went wrong.

Changelog generator automatically pulls from admin notes to create clean entries instead of working from raw text.

Find & Fill Missing Item Specifics now runs entirely on the server as a background job — you can close the tab, and it resumes automatically and keeps filling until every active fixed-price listing is complete.

Find & Fill scan-history view tracks every past job with its flagged and filled counts, so you can tell at a glance which runs succeeded and which were interrupted.

How It Works page now includes an in-product screenshot walkthrough and search-engine-friendly HowTo structured data, making the onboarding guide easier to follow and discover.

Find & Fill now surfaces the real scan error in the progress panel instead of silently spinning at zero, so you can see exactly what went wrong and fix it.

Relaunched the CollectorPursuit blog with dated, shareable articles — each post now has its own shareable URL and links back into the product (freshness, AI accuracy, cross-listing, marker cards, sourcing, and the full pipeline).

Bottom navigation now includes a quick link to the Listing Optimizer.

Data-handling & eBay-credential safety statement added to the homepage and pricing page, linking to our data-collection policy.

Homepage "Core Features" section redesigned with a dark glass layout highlighting all five core workflows at a glance.

Account Setup Checklist and promo banner now surface free trial credits and remaining setup steps for new sellers.

AI Reading Instructions on marker cards can now be auto-generated from the card's actual fields with one click.

AI prompt categories consolidated to per-output fields (title, category, condition, specifics, description, price) for finer control.

Team-based access control — invite team members and restrict their access to your account's data and workflows.

"Our Vision" page added outlining the roadmap toward universal collectible identification and expert-guided AI.

Print branded inventory labels (Avery 8163) for both new unlisted stock and existing eBay-listed inventory, with configurable QR destinations.

Inventory marker card label printing now pulls live data from active eBay listings rather than local drafts.

Data Storage Dashboard — view storage usage broken down by session, images, and entity counts.

Sessions older than 8 days in "all listed" status are now automatically cleaned up to free storage.

Added HipStamp, HipPostcard, and HipComic marketplace integrations alongside eBay.

Marketplace Sync Rules automatically sync or delist listings across connected marketplaces.

eBay global site support added — connect accounts for US, CA, GB, DE, FR, IT, ES, and AU.

Batch optimization jobs now run in the background — start a run, navigate away, and check progress any time.

Optimization session config and progress are now persisted across page refreshes.

Automated shipping policy selection during listing generation — items are matched to the correct shipping profile from your rules with no manual entry.

Listing Automation now generates full eBay listings with all required details — title, description, category, condition, specifics, pricing, and shipping.

Shipping Rules page — create prioritized rules that auto-select the correct eBay shipping profile based on item weight or price.

Test panel on the Shipping Rules page lets you simulate an item and preview which rule will match.

Shipping Rules now support price-based conditions (price ≤, price ≥, price between) alongside weight-based rules.

Missing Item Specifics finder scans your active listings and completes required and suggested eBay item specifics.

Listing Optimizer pricing strategies simplified to Bottom Market, Fair Market Value, and Top of Market.

Daily Listing Load Balancer automatically delists and relists stale inventory to keep your active listings fresh in eBay search.

Auto-Convert Store Items to Auctions — single-quantity GTC store items with enough watchers are converted to 7-day auctions on a daily schedule.

Listing Optimizer added — AI-powered optimization of live eBay listings covering titles, descriptions, pricing, and item specifics.

Optimizer now performs web research across secondhand and collectible marketplaces to inform pricing decisions using a universal optimization prompt.

Community Repository — browse, import, and share AI prompts, marker cards, and shipping rules with the CollectorPursuit community.

Admin-reviewed community submissions with category tags and credit rewards for contributors.

Marker Cards — print QR-coded cards that auto-group items in the grouper and read handwritten price, weight, condition, and catalog fields for AI listing generation.

Item Card designer page to create, edit, and print custom marker cards on Avery 8163 labels.

"Buy It or Not?" sourcing tool — snap a photo and AI identifies the item, estimates shipping, and calculates a max buy price per condition to hit your minimum net return.

eBay fee %, minimum ROI %, and minimum net floors are now configurable per account for the sourcing tool.

CollectorPursuit relaunched with a unified AI-powered listing pipeline — bulk image upload, AI description generation, and one-click publishing to eBay.

Account Setup Checklist on the homepage guides new sellers through connecting eBay, configuring shipping rules, and setting up AI prompts.

Homepage redesigned with a Coastal-blue theme, the "Pursu" mascot, and consolidated feature tiles for all core workflows.