Wow, it’s been a big few days here at the Flippa bunker, but we’re gradually getting on top of it.

Thanks for all your feedback, bug reports, praise, criticism. They’re all great (mostly), and I promise you – we listen! We’ve made a whole bunch of important changes since launch, almost all of them directly because of feedback from our users. Much of this feedback came through our official feedback channel:

Flippa Feedback and Suggestions

All requests posted to our Feedback and Suggestions site are taken very seriously. Let us know if there’s anything you need to improve Flippa’s usefulness to you!

Here’s a list of the changes we’ve made in the last couple of days:

Choose the Length of Your Listing

Sellers can now choose the length of their auction, between one and thirty days. This option was removed in the move from the SitePoint Marketplace as we were trying to make the listing process smoother and the vast majority of sellers set it to 30 days anyway. Turns out the people who weren’t leaving it at 30 days really liked having that control, so it’s back! Now if you’re going overseas in two weeks, or you just need quick cash, you can run a shorter auction.

However, you still can’t extend your listing while it’s in progress. We’ve left this feature out on purpose because it was being abused. We take the view that sellers shouldn’t be allowed to pretend an auction is ending in two days, then constantly extend by two days until it runs for a full thirty days. Buyers have the right to know under what conditions they’re bidding.

Per-page Notification of Unread Private Messages

If you’re spending a bit of time on the site, it’s useful to be able to see quickly when you’ve got a PM. We’ve now added a link at the top of the site which appears when you have unread PMs, tells you how many, and lets you get quickly to your Inbox. This should make your workflow more smooth, and once again this was added as soon as people asked for it.

Increased Screenshot Quality

Our screenshot partner, thumbalizr, creates high-quality PNGs or low-quality JPGs. We’re now using the high-quality files so that the screenshot on your listing page looks as good your site does in the flesh. We have noticed that Flash content is not included in the screenshot version of sites and are looking for a solution.

Fixed Bugs in the Edit Listing Process

There were a couple of bugs in the edit listing process which meant that you couldn’t change the “Content is unique” and “Design is unique” options, the minimum bid and offer, and the Buy It Now price. This is now fixed. Please check your listing and if you see any problems with it at all, let Customer Support know – we’re here to get your listing the way you want.

Fixed Bugs in the Custom Filter Feature

It was impossible to search or filter by current price, which seems like a fairly useful thing to do! We’ve fixed that so now you should be able to create the filters you want.

Fixed Bug in URL Resolution

Some domains which were parked in a particular way would resolve to a strange looking URL when the automatic redirection process was followed through. This is now fixed, and those listings with weird “/?de67a80″ URLs were changed back to something sensible.

Fixed Bugs With Attachments

Certain types of attachments would display very strange or missing thumbnails. This has been fixed, so the thumbnails section of a listing now looks much more tidy.

Allowed More Symbols in Auction Titles

We’ve restricted auction titles to a particular set of symbols, to avoid the situation where every listing has a title full of strange characters. However, this was disallowing a little too much, most obviously the ‘$’ sign. This is now fixed.

Deleting Multiple PMs Was Impossible

On PM screens, you were able to select multiple, but only one of them would be deleted. This is now fixed so that every PM you select will be deleted.

And More to Come…

OK, I guess that’s about it for this installment. We’ll be keeping you up-to-date over the next few weeks on our development progress – we’ve got big plans. Remember – keep the Feedback and Suggestions coming!