ebay auction sniper software

[Rory]

Originally Posted by Geoff2

So if the seller manages to obtain some software to extend the time on his auction, the price would go up, if I am reading this correctly. That surely make that software something an ebay seller would give his right arm for. Add the two bit of software together and you may get a real auction. Just my2p

I've thought about that, and think it would be a disaster for sellers. I think many people look at eBay hoping to get tremendous bargains. If auctions were open-ended then there would be none of the current end-of-auction price escalation that goes on now.

[Tuco01]

Originally Posted by yachtman

Many thanks I was wondering why I either just lost something or had the price pushed up seconds from the end.

what happens if a lot of snipers snipe together? can e bay accept multiple bids at the end? or would you just loose out if your bid was in the queue?

Whichever bidder has the highest bid will win, unless 2 bids are exactly the same bid or there is not enough of a difference between them to meet eBay's minimum bid increment (I do not think you can overload eBay's proxy bidding system). In this case, the first bid in wins.

For example, your bid of $50 is registered with eBay when there's 10 seconds left in the auction. A competitor's bid of $50.99 is attempted when there is five seconds left in the auction. You win because the minimum bid increment of $1 wasn't met by the other bid. If they bid one more cent - $50 or more, they would have won.

Here are some links to the eBay page is showing bid increments:

eBay UK: Help : Basics : FAQ : Item

So werden Erhöhungsschritte berechnet (beim Bieten)

About bid increments

Bid Increments

Bid Increments

[Roger Jones]

"I've bought a fair bit of stuff on eBay and only ever bid now by sniping (manually) at the end of the auction. I've tried various ways and I'm convinced that if you bid early it simpy encourages other people to bid. I used to think that maybe if you got in early it would put others off, but it has the opposite effect."

I agree. And just put in your maximum bid and relax for the last few seconds. If you lose it, you weren't going to pay any more anyway, were you?

[Tuco01]

Originally Posted by Roger Jones

"I've bought a fair bit of stuff on eBay and only ever bid now by sniping (manually) at the end of the auction. I've tried various ways and I'm convinced that if you bid early it simpy encourages other people to bid. I used to think that maybe if you got in early it would put others off, but it has the opposite effect."

I agree. And just put in your maximum bid and relax for the last few seconds. If you lose it, you weren't going to pay any more anyway, were you?

On eBay, it pays to snipe - USATODAY.com