Piggybank plugin is very well supported, and is regularly updated to make sure that it always works as best as possible. We also add new features to the plugin as we (or our users) think of them.
As eBay changes their system, so we quickly adapt.
The following is the list of all plugin releases, complete with the details of the new features and bug fixes in each version.
v1.7.5 – released on 20 Oct, 2009 :
(non-critical update)
1) Added new feature to choose Bar chart, Line chart or No chart for displaying on main screen.
2) Fixed a problem where amounts >999.99 were not totaling up correctly because of the format of the numbers supplied by EPN.
3) Fixed the range totals for A/Cl(%) which were not showing in percentage.
4) Small cosmetic changes.
v1.7.4 – released on 19 Oct, 2009 :
(non-critical update)
1) Added the new Sale-O-Meter metric .. which displays the time (in days) between a click and the corresponding sale. This was added to individual sales, as well as a campaign basis.
2) Huge restructuring of processor intensive loops. Plugin is now faster and uses less memory.
3) Added 2 new configuration options for increasing the amount of memory available to Piggybank, and setting the maximum script timeout value.
4) Added new option to show/no show the chart on the main report page.
5) Added a new section that displays Piggybanks own metrics .. time taken to process, and memory used.
6) Some HTML bugs fixed, and some minor cosmetic changes.
v1.7.3 – released on 15 Oct, 2009 :
(non-critical update)
1) Added a bunch of new measurement metrics into all of the tables. These include the No. of winning bids (completed auctions), the Revenue from winning bids, No. of ACRU’s, Winning bid conversion rate % (winning bids / clicks), Revenue per click (winning revenue / clicks), and the ACRU conversion rate % (no. of ACRUs / clicks).
2) Fixed a small bug in the EPC calculation that resulted in “division by zero” error in the case where you had 0 total clicks.
3) Fixed a bug where some currency symbols (like £) did not display correctly.
v1.7.2 – released on 11 Oct, 2009 :
(non-critical update)
1) Removed Campaign ID number column from Individual Sales table and ACRU’s table for less clutter.
2) Added average EPC to range totals at bottom of daily table, campaign table and programs table.
3) Changed the column heading “Earnings” to the more appropriate “Commission” in all tables.
4) Fixed an obscure bug where the earnings from last day of the given date range was not charting.
5) Some assorted cosmetic changes.
v1.7.1 – released on 8 Oct, 2009 :
(CRITICAL update for some European EPN users)
1) Fixed a bug where the dates in date returned by eBay are formatted differently for US EPN accounts denominated in EURO currency.
2) Added the ability to change the date range directly on the main display screen.
3) Added some validation on the form inputs for the start and end dates.
v1.7 – released on 7 Oct, 2009 :
(CRITICAL update)
This is the first release to fully cater for the new EPN Quality Clicks payment model, and display appropriate metrics.
1) Complete rewrite of entire data gathering process. Plugin is now much faster.
2) Added new detailed table for range daily clicks, EPC, and commission.
3) Added new table for campaign total clicks, EPC and commission.
4) Added new table for program total clicks, EPC and commission.
5) Complete rewrite of total earnings administration dashboard display widget calculation for much improved speed.
v1.6 – never released, all features/fixes carried into v1.7 :
1) Modified chart to now include daily sales and daily earnings data.
2) Added new field for EPN account currency in the configuration screen, for display purposes.
3) Deleted the eBay commission field, as this is now deprecated on new clicks system.
4) Added Custom ID field into display for sales tracking purposes, for those who use it.
v1.5.1 – released on 5 Oct, 2009 :
(CRITICAL update)
1) Fixed duplicate sales issue.
v1.5 – released on 4 Oct, 2009 :
(CRITICAL update)
This was a “quick fix” to get the Piggybank plugin to work in its current form with the new EPN Quality Clicks payout system.
v0.8.3 – released 6 Aug, 2009 :
(CRITICAL update)
1) Fixed coding to account for a change that EPN made to their own page for total earnings.
v0.8.2 – released on 1 Jul, 2009 :
(non-critical update)
1) Inserted urlencoding on login and password fields for better handling of special characters passed to eBay.
v0.8.1 – released 2 Nov, 2008 :
(non-critical update)
1) Added a new feature to display the campaign quality score, which is a new system that EPN has adopted.
v0.8 – released on 23 Oct, 2008 :
(non-critical update)
1) Added a new feature to display EPN monthly earnings amount in the WordPress administration dashboard.
2) Added a new “Uninstall” feature to completely remove all traces of Piggybank plugin data from the WordPress database.
v0.7 – released on 15 Oct, 2008 :
(non-critical update)
1) Changed input fields for EPN login and password to be “masked”.
2) Added new feature to display image and auction title for completed transactions.
v0.6.1 – released on 08 Oct, 2008 :
(non-critical update)
1) Fixed the incorrect reporting by eBay of refunds.
v0.6 – released on 03 Oct, 2008 :
(non-critical update)
1) Added live link for checking out each completed auction.
v0.5 – released on 30 Sept, 2008 :
(non-critical update)
1) Added graph for charting total daily sales.
v0.4 – released on 23 Aug, 2008 :
(CRITICAL update for some people)
1) Added special support for people that are hosting their sites on GoDaddy.
v0.3 – released on 19 Aug, 2008 :
Initial release of plugin.