Myibidder Auction Bid Sniper for eBay - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

Did you have any prior development or coding experience?

Yes. I have a long experience started at old and good days when I had Commodore 64 without any bundled software. I only had a book in German which I used to learn about programming and computers in general. Since than I wrote several games for C64 using Basic and Assembly language. At that time I would not guess that software design and development will be my life and passion.
Long story short, I became a full stack developer knowing a few dozens of programming languages and technologies to help to develop various types of applications from server-side services to mobile apps for various platforms. Each mobile platform has its own different tricks to learn and challenges to overcome, but it was always an interesting experience.

What was the most challenging aspect of developing mobile app?

I try to pay a lot of attention to user experience and user interface. The most challenge is to find out that whatever worked 5 years ago would not work today, so it’s a continuous improvement and analyzing new behaviors.



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Myibidder.com is an online auction management service for eBay.

Name a few of your favorite apps and reason you love them.

Different times, different apps. Today I love and use almost daily is the Strava app for tracking my activity, and of course, I use eBay for my “sweet deal” shopping experience.



How long have you been working on this app?

As I mentioned this is a non-stop process. It normally takes about 2-3 months of heavy development for the initial release and beta testing, and then another month to polish it to get the extra sparks. After that the development process does not stop even though it looks slower from the user’s perspective.



What need of the user did you have in mind when developing this app?

Today’s user wants to get things done quick, maybe 2-3 taps. Share a photo — swoosh, send a message — bang. I think if an app can get things done quickly, this is a winner.



In what way do you think your app is better than similar apps on the market? Please describe in detail what innovation you think you bring and what you are proud of in your app.

I always try to compare what happens in similar apps so I can offer competitive pricing while still providing a greater service to users. One of my main goals is not to be on the way. If a user wants to add new items to the account, I try to help to make it quick and easy.

What are your future plans and expected features of the coming new versions of this app?

There are too many to list. One of the few is to make the process of adding new items easier and offer more methods. Another one is to get more flexibility to sniping for users who needs that extra flexibility while making the user interface easy enough for those who don’t need those extra bells and whistles.

Assuming new users of your app are reading this page. What do you want to ask them to do (contact you about X, Share the app, etc.)?

It’s kind of sad to see someone who is waiting for a certain update or feature to come up, but never shared it. If you don’t talk about it, it will not happen. Make it happen for you and others. After all, my goal is to make the experience smoother and easier. Good customer service does not bite. Promise :-)