FREE eBay sniping software

[lotust]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
justsnipe.com works like a charm too

I like the pop ups on the website.

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
I used to work for eBay. Meg *hates* sniping programs. I expect sometime in the future they will rollout a plan to nix them.

I HIGHLY doubt it. They really don't care impact wise. Not for sniping anyway. Extraction programs are more problematic because of heavy loads. Then they are making money off the programs that actually use the eBay API (the developer pays per API call for ALL the users of the program, plus the little bit to get the pgm certified ). Thus why the better programs are not free... If they use the API, they're having to pay eBay for your using it.

If the program doesn't use the API, which it doesn't look like this program does, then the program will have a good bit less functionality, and I think I read it even violates eBay's TOS for members. So if they had a problem with them, I'd think they'd go that route first. And they'd have to seriously change the eBay's Developers program or abandon it entirely - not likely.


BTW, a program that uses the API properly should have you login at the ebay site directly... You shouldn't have to provide an outside program or website your password. check out the FetchToken API call.

 

[sivart]

one of the nicest features of a sniper program that I have seen is that you can "snipe" a group of auctions (say you are looking for a DVD-RW drive) and when you win one of the auctions, all of the other snipes are cancelled. No chance of winning the same item twice. Which isn't necessarily so if you bid on more than one auction to your max amount.

 

[wfn]

snipers do work and there are many compelling reasons, most of them outlined here. ive tried 4 different programs and so far found that auctionsentry deluxe works best.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: siliconhills
one of the nicest features of a sniper program that I have seen is that you can "snipe" a group of auctions (say you are looking for a DVD-RW drive) and when you win one of the auctions, all of the other snipes are cancelled. No chance of winning the same item twice. Which isn't necessarily so if you bid on more than one auction to your max amount.

Hahahaahah. Nice idea. I didn't think of that advantage. Let all the crazy bidders go buy up the first ones then grab the last ones .

I've never used a program to snipe. But I'm starting to think I should.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: labgeek

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
I used to work for eBay. Meg *hates* sniping programs. I expect sometime in the future they will rollout a plan to nix them.

I HIGHLY doubt it. They really don't care impact wise. Not for sniping anyway. Extraction programs are more problematic because of heavy loads. Then they are making money off the programs that actually use the eBay API (the developer pays per API call for ALL the users of the program, plus the little bit to get the pgm certified ). Thus why the better programs are not free... If they use the API, they're having to pay eBay for your using it.

If the program doesn't use the API, which it doesn't look like this program does, then the program will have a good bit less functionality, and I think I read it even violates eBay's TOS for members. So if they had a problem with them, I'd think they'd go that route first. And they'd have to seriously change the eBay's Developers program or abandon it entirely - not likely.


BTW, a program that uses the API properly should have you login at the ebay site directly... You shouldn't have to provide an outside program or website your password. check out the FetchToken API call.

This wasn't conjecture, it was from the horses mouth. It's on the "to do" list, unless Meg moves on and there's a change in their disposition thereafter.

eBay's API does not handle bids, and it never has.

 

[Devistater]

I think they should do a 5 min bid extension. Ebay would probably end up making more money that way since that would allow more bidding wars to happen

 

[sivart]

...and I would stop bidding on items. The exact reason I don't use ubid.com anymore.

 

[dragger]

Try a beta if you want, but the best sniping program I've ever seen is Auction Magic from Merlin software. It's never let me down assuming my bid was high enough. It's ridiculously cheap (like $15) so you never have to pay per snipe. The author does a great job at keeping up with eBay's programming changes - when they break something he almost always has a free update out within 24 hours.

Another good thing about it is you're not handing over your username and password to somebody's server - it stays right on your computer. It also has bid logic like discussed upstream where it won't bid on auction C unless you won (or didn't win, your choice) auction A.

I have nothing to do with the company other than being a totally satisfied customer.

 

[Mulderizer]

Originally posted by: Devistater

Originally posted by: TheSource
what would happen if everyone had this?

Then it wouldn't matter. See above posts, the only reason why this works is because no one puts in thier true maximum they will pay when they do a normal bid.

I enter my true max when I bid on stuff. If that's how much I'm willing to pay for it, why would I only bid in increments?

 

[bodhammer]

JBidWatcher is free - http://jbidwatcher.sourceforge.net/

 

[AMDZen]

Cool. Will definetely check this out

 

[V00DOO]

Originally posted by: bodhammer
JBidWatcher is free - http://jbidwatcher.sourceforge.net/

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[deepinya]

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