About Myibidder Sniper:
1. For example, current rate auction $100. I loaded the sniper for $150. Will he shoot $150 or just one step?
2. What should be done to beat an opponent who can bet more?
3. I need a phone charger. There are a lot of sellers on eBay with such chargers, but I only need one charger.
4. What else is delicious for Myibidder and browsers?
About the client program:
1. What is the client program and how can it be useful to me?
2. What systems does the client program run on?
About the sniper in general:
1. What is sniping?
Sniping is a way of bidding in an auction where the bid comes in in the last seconds. Thus, the rivals do not have time to react, but this new rate and raise yours.
With the help of sniping, you can buy goods much cheaper than with the usual struggle on eBay.
2. What is a sniper?
A sniper is a service or program that monitors auctions and places a bid in the last seconds.
This is a fully automatic system. It is only necessary for her to set the auction and her maximum bid (snipe).
3. Why does sniping work? Why is it better than regular Proxy Bidding?
It works because, fortunately, not everyone understands how Proxy Bidding works. For many people, this is an insurmountable psychological barrier.
Let's look at examples.
Participants Vasya and Petya. Everyone wants to buy the same product. Starting price $100. For simplicity, the step will be equal to $1.
Simple example 1 (no sniper):
1) An experienced buyer Vasya comes, who agrees to pay about $140 for the goods (after all, it costs $175 in the store). Vasya sees the auction with starting price $100.
Vasya bids $140 because he knows what Proxy Bidding is and how it works.
The first bet does not increase the current price by one step, so it remains at the level of $100 and Vasya wins for now (there are no opponents).
Vasya happily goes to the garage to repair his old moped.
2) Petya came. He does not understand what Proxy Bidding is and what it is eaten with, so he does not bother about things that he does not understand or does not want to understand.
Petya saw an auction with a price of $100, where there is only one buyer. Petya has wanted this thing for a long time and so he decided to make a bet.
The next bet due to the step is $100 + $1 = $101, so Petya bets $101.
Proxy Bidding automatically increases the current price to $102 (Petya's bid plus a step since Vasya bid much higher).
Without hesitation, Petya strikes back and bets $103. Proxy Bidding again raises one step and the current bid is $104.
It was getting dark.. After a long struggle and a couple of broken buttons on the computer, Petya takes the lead with the current stake of $141!
The auction has ended. The dust had settled after the battle. Parents call their children home for dinner.
Vasya returned home. The moped still does not work, and then he also finds out that his bet was outbid and he lost.
It would seem that everything is fine. Vasya could win if he simply placed a higher bet and Proxy Bidding would support him in this.
But the problem is that Petya made his bids as a reaction to the work of Proxy Bidding because of the initial high stakes Vasya.
Let's add some heat to the fight...
3) Vasya received an e-mail on his laptop in the garage that someone outbid his bet. Vasya is angry and strikes back by increasing his bet to $170.
4) Petya does not lag behind and raises the bet to $171 in small steps.
5) Vasya really wants to win, because so much time has already been spent on it, the moped is already infuriating, the screwdriver has rolled behind the cabinet, the crocodile is not caught, the coconut is not growing and all that. Vasya is angry. Vasya bets $200!
6) Petya is no longer surprised. He makes a few bets up to $180, and then he gets bored and unhappy with leaving to play Counter Strike. The current price becomes $181. Vasya is the leader.
7) The auction has ended. Vasya starts to cool down. Moped out of fear pulled a screwdriver from behind the cabinet.
Vasya just now realized that the auction ended for $181 when he planned to buy it for no more than $140. Moreover, he overpaid for it, because in the store the exact same one costs $175.
In the first case, Vasya lost due to the fact that he showed his interest in the product and the opponent had the opportunity to interrupt him.
In the second case, although Vasya won, he overpaid because he was emotionally involved in the fight.
Let's add a sniper to example 1:
1) Vasya saw the auction, but did not bid. Instead, he charged the sniper for $150.
2) Petya came. I saw that the auction is worth $100. Petya made a bet of $100 and calmed down, as he this moment is in the lead.
Petya downloaded Duke Nukem to save humanity from evil spirits.
3) There are a few seconds left before the end of the auction, and then a sniper from Vasya comes into play, who makes a $150 bid. The current bet becomes $101 (Peter $100 + $1 = $101). The auction ends.
4) Petya has two messages on his mobile phone at once - someone outbid him and the auction is over. Vasya was killed by some monster in the game. 0:1
The sniper hides interest until the last seconds of the auction so that the opponent simply does not have time to react and place a higher bid.
Also, the sniper eliminates the emotional struggle, because of which you can easily overpay and be in the red. Indeed, in the last example, Vasya had to stop and just look for another auction with the same product
4. What makes Myibidder a sniper especially good?
The first advantage is that Myibidder is a completely free service.
He has access through a browser, so you do not need to install anything on your computer, and you can access your snaps from any device that has a modern browser and the Internet.
Sniper is available at this link: http://www.myibidder.com/
5. Free service? After all, only cheese in a mousetrap is free. What does Myibidder live on?
Myibidder lives on donations from its users and on the sale of a Windows client program that helps you control your snipes in a more convenient way.
The purchase of the program is not required, but the profit from sales goes to support free service myibidder.
About Myibidder Sniper:
1. For example, the current auction bid is $100. I loaded the sniper for $150. Will he shoot $150 or just one step?
The sniper will shoot for $150, but the final auction price will be equal to the opponent's previous bid plus a step.
If there are no other rates higher, then in this case it will be $100 + $2.50 = $102.50.
If there is another opponent's bid, say $120, then the final price will be $120 + $2.50 = $122.50.
If the opponent bids higher than $150, say $180, then the auction ends at $150 + $2.50 = $152.50 and the opponent wins because they were willing to pay more.
2. What should be done to beat an opponent who can bet more?
There are two ways here:
a) Raise your maximum to the current maximum you are willing to pay up to. That is, if the goods are a little more expensive, then the purchase is not interesting.
Find another auction. Fortunately, most items on eBay are sold by different sellers and there is always a choice if you suddenly lost the auction.
3. I need a phone charger. There are a lot of sellers on eBay with such chargers, but I only need one charger.
Myibidder sniper has a Groups feature. It is possible to group all snipes with chargers into one Group and put "1" in the win limit.
When the sniper wins the first auction in the Group, the rest will automatically be cancelled.
The only feature of Groups that you need to pay attention to is that there must be a minimum of 30 seconds or more between auctions so that the sniper can cancel the rest of the snipe.
4. What else is delicious for Myibidder and browsers?
There is an add-on for Firefox browser, which adds a "Snipe it" button to the auction page for easier adding to your snipes:
https://addons.mozil...id-sniper-ebay/
There is also an extension for Google Chrome browser: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/myibidder-auction-bid-sni/fmebanjjkaohcmifehogijfgcoieefnp
About the client program:
1. What is the client program and how can it be useful to me?
The client program helps to work with your snipes in a more convenient way without the participation of a browser.
There is a demo version of the client program, which is available for download and purchase at
The demo version is fully functional (can do real snaps on eBay) for 30 days.
Buying a client program is not required to use the sniper. The Myibidder sniper service itself is free, so there will be no monthly, annual or other payments when purchasing the program. The money goes to support the Myibidder Sniper.
2. What systems does the client program run on?
Windows:
At the moment the client program works on all versions of Windows (Windows 7 32/64-bit, Windows Vista, 2000, XP, 98).
http://www.myibidder.com/download/
MacOS X:
There is also a beta version for Mac OS X (10.4 and above) available on the forum:
http://www.myibidder...n-beta-testers/
The client for Mac OS X is free during beta testing. When the program leaves beta testing, users will receive a free key as a thank you.
android:
At the moment, Myibidder client is being developed for the Android platform.
You can download a fully functional version from the Android Market:
https://market.andro...bidder.aclient1
Supports Android 1.6 and above.
Seems to be right. Although, I personally did not ask, but only advised this sniper in the next thread:
http://www.ebay-foru...=13504&start=15
Limited in time - the lot goes to the highest bidder during the auction, the winner is announced at the end of the auction
- with a fixed price - you can buy the product immediately for the specified amount
- there is also a mixed option, when a minimum price is set, from which the bid increase begins, and there is a fixed price at which you can buy the lot immediately, ending the auction ahead of schedule.
To win a certain lot, you must place the highest bid. However, this can be quite a tedious process - you have to constantly monitor the status of the auction, make more and more new bids, get nervous, and fear for your wallet (it's no secret that participation in auctions is a very gambling activity). In addition, it is possible that the auction ends late at night, and in the last seconds before the end of the auction, your Internet connection is broken. This is where the sniper comes in.
Sniper is software, which facilitates interaction with the auction. Sniper is applicable to auctions that are limited in time, while the option to "buy now at a fixed price" may or may not be present. The idea is simple - you tell the sniper the lot you are interested in and the maximum price you are willing to pay. A few seconds before the end of the auction, the sniper makes a bid on your behalf. If there are bids in the auction that exceed yours (i.e., higher than the amount that you are not sorry to part with) - you have lost this auction. If there are no such bids, then the sniper will make a bid on your behalf that is a minimum value higher than the maximum existing bid, thus saving some of your money (this mechanism will become more clear from the example below).
There are two types of snipers - installed on a computer and web services. In the first case, you install and configure the program, leave the computer turned on, and hope that no troubles will happen to your Internet channel at the decisive moment. To be honest, I don't see any reason to use this kind of snipers - I find it inconvenient. Therefore, let's look at an example of how web snipers work.
My favorite sniper is gixen.com. It must be entered under account, which you use on ebay (any sniper will not be able to function if he does not know your username and password from the auction). Suppose I want to buy this lot. In the add new snipe form: I enter the auction number (eBay Item Number, in this case 270758409219) and my maximum bid (Your bid, say $100). The auction will end in 9 days, so for now you can go to relax by the sea. If a few seconds before the end of the auction, the current price of the lot is less than my $100, the sniper will make a bid, and the magical Palm T|X is ours!
For example, if the lot price is $80, then the bid made by the sniper will not be $100, but approximately $82 (current price + minimum step for the next bid).
In addition, gixen allows you to group lots. For example, we really want to buy a Palm T|X, but we only have $75 in cash. The probability that we will win the first auction with such a small amount is small. Therefore, we select several lots of interest to us at once, and put them all in the sniper, placing them in one group (Bid group). If one of the lots in a group wins the auction, the sniper will automatically cancel all other bids in that group. This allows you to avoid the risk of accidentally winning five identical lots. Gixen also offers advanced features for paid users, such as unlimited lots (regular users have a limit of 10 concurrent lots) and improved fault tolerance. To become a paid user, you need to pay a very small amount, or simply place a link to this service on your website.
What you should pay attention to:
- there are many different snipers on the net, and all of them are potentially dangerous, because you give them your ebay login and password. Therefore, be careful with the choice of a sniper
- Bid in gixen is accepted in the same currency as for the current auction. Be careful! £100 is not the same as $100!
Definitely talking to experienced buyers eBay auction(and any other online auction) you will learn that each more or less experienced Buyer has his own bidding strategy. After all, this is an art! Buy a valuable lot, and even without inflating the price, leaving it as acceptable as possible. And all this among hordes of competitors. Everyone knows that whole wars are played out at the auction for good lots. Competitors, if they do not buy the product, then at least darken your joy of buying it high price. Sometimes gambler Buyers in the heat of the moment pay much more for a product than it really costs.
This problem is partly helped by the “Proxy Bidding” feature available to all eBay Buyers, where you define in your eBay account the maximum bid that you are willing to make (this bid will not be visible to other bidders). The system starts trading for you, each time raising the price as soon as someone outbids you. But it will not work beyond the “threshold” amount you have determined. The main disadvantage of this function is that the auctions are still open and in most cases you win the lot, if not for the maximum price you set, then for a very close one. Also, do not forget that by specifying the maximum price and “launching” the system for auction, you cannot “replay” and cancel everything, and if the bid wins, according to eBay rules, you must buy the product.
The so-called "sniper" programs can completely help to remove these problems. These are online services opened by companies who decided to earn extra money and meet the huge demand of the market. The circuit is very simple. Experienced Buyers usually do not actively participate in bidding without spurring other bidders. They make a winning bid seconds before the end of the auction for the lot. And this rate exceeds the previous maximum, not by much. This most common technology of experienced Buyers was taken as the basis of "snipers". You register, connect to the service and start trading. It is enough to set the lot number and your maximum price - the "sniper" will "shoot" - will make a winning bid, some seconds before the end of the auction. But it will “shoot” only if the maximum price you set has not been exceeded. The most important advantage is that the "sniper" makes the lowest possible winning rates.
Almost all such services are paid and cost between 40 and 100 US dollars for an annual subscription. Periodically appear and disappear, very cheap or free "snipers", but the fact that for the work of the "sniper" you need to provide a login and password to your eBay account - stops many and they prefer respectable companies. After all, if your data falls into the hands of scammers, there will be very little funny.
One of the oldest and most popular Russian-speaking "snipers" is a service: " Rapidcatch". This product appeared on the market of Russian-speaking "auction snipers" one of the first and remains generally recognized as the best. " Rapidcatch» was and remains a guarantee for Buyers that the lot will be won at the lowest possible price. Just establish a connection to the network a few minutes before the end of the auction and a "sharp hit" is guaranteed. The service works with almost all branches eBay. A 1-year subscription to this service costs a little relative to competitors - about 50 dollars (you can pay monthly). But this is a very small amount, considering how much this "sniper" will save you for this time. On just one lot, he can save several hundred. And you will sleep peacefully knowing that your personal data will not fall into the hands of unscrupulous people. If you want to learn more about this service or subscribe to it, read our article..
Today we will tell you about one interesting Rapidcatch service. He belongs to the so-called "snipers". The main task of the service is to make eBay auction as low as possible winning bet a few seconds before the end of the auction.
But besides the fact that the service helps you place a bid in the last seconds (this is exactly what experienced buyers do at auctions), it has a number of other advantages:
- If you specify your maximum bid through the service, other auction participants do not see your interest in the lot (we'll tell you how it works below)
- This service is simply necessary for people who can get into a rage and pay more for a product than it really costs;
- The service does not work, for example, like eBay's "Proxy Bidding" feature, which only encourages participants to increase their rates;
- Lots can be combined into groups, indicate the amount of goods you need, and as soon as you win the right amount, the remaining lots will be withdrawn.
So how does it work
You need to go to the Rapidcatch website and enter your eBay account username and password. Rapidcatch is one of the oldest Russian-language services, so no special reasons for concerns about your data. Do not get confused and do not accidentally enter the login from the mail, you will be blocked and allowed to try again only after 2 hours. It is important to note that the service is paid, but if you visit for the first time, you will have a free month with all the features available on paid subscription. During this time, you will be able to fully appreciate all the advantages of the service. With prices ranging from $40 to $100 on similar English-language services, the $5 per month you'll pay if you decide to stay can be considered a purely symbolic amount. After a month, you can use Sniper for free with the following restrictions: one bid per day, no more than one active auction, and access to basic functionality. If you shop at the auction only from time to time, then this option is for you.
What's next?
Go to the "Profile" tab and change the "Standard betting time" from 5 seconds (default) to 3 seconds.
After that, go to the "Auctions" tab, and you can add lots.
We copy the lot number at the auction.
Paste in the window that appears after clicking the "+Add auction" button.
Click "Submit" and "Sniper" starts tracking the lot.
From time to time, you can check and adjust the maximum bet if it has been outbid and you are ready to move a little more in the amount.
You can also cancel the bid, but no later than 10 seconds before the end of the auction.
Forwarding Reliability
All items purchased using Rapidcatch will help you get Qwintry - we help with shipping from the US, providing profitable terms and forwarding reliability. It will be most advantageous to combine several purchases into one package. Experienced users know that the heavier the load, the cheaper each additional pound is. Therefore, place your bets, win and arrange your trophies to our address, saving not only with the help of the auction, but also with cheap transportation!
Well, that's it, happy shopping!
