f you bid for a few things front of the page for that vital
on eBay, the chances are last minute. You can then outbid
that sooner or later you'll the current winning bidder, or
end up getting your bid beaten at defend your own winning bid.
the very last second by a
‘sniper'. This can be a The only tip you really need to
frustrating experience, and while remember for manual sniping is to
in theory sniping is against the make sure that you set your
rules and you can report it to maximum bid quite high -
eBay, in practice they never do otherwise you might be
anything about it. automatically outbid, and the
auction will have ended before
The bad news is that there's only you can bid again.
one way to beat the sniper - and
that's to become the sniper. The Also, it's not worth your time to
good news, though, is that once compete against someone who is
you understand sniping you can using an automated sniping
use it to win auctions at a far service - if it's any good, then
lower price than you would they will always manage to outbid
otherwise. you. In the sniping arms race,
you need to find a sniper of your
Manual Sniping. own.
Manual sniping isn't that hard, Automatic Sniping.
if you have a lot of time to
spare and a reasonably fast If you type ‘ebay sniping' into
Internet connection. Write down your favourite search engine,
when each auction that are you'll come up with plenty of
bidding on ends, and then make online services that will snipe
sure that you're sitting there in on your behalf for a small fee.
They usually let you have a free time, or you might miss the end
trial, so give it a go. of some auctions.
If you don't want to pay each A Sniping Alternative.
time for an online service, then
you might be better off getting a If this all sounds a bit too much
piece of software like iSnipeIt like playing dirty for you, then
(href="http://www.isnipeit.com" get around sniping. You can just
target="_blank">http://www.isnipe email the seller and say that you
it.com) or SnipeRight (href="http://www.sniperight.com" but would really like the item.
target="_blank">http://www.sniper If they have another to sell, the
ight.com). You can pay for chances are they'll agree to sell
these once and use them for as it to you for the price the
long as you want. Once you've auction closed at.
installed the software on your
computer, you tell it which Of course, there's more to eBay
auctions you want sniped and the than just bidding - the site
maximum amount you're willing to offers a whole set of tools to
pay. The software will then place help you manage your auctions. In
the bid with only a few seconds the next email, we'll take a look
left. The only disadvantage is at these tools.
that you need to be able to leave
your computer on nearly all the
About the Author:
Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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