#Jbidwatcher alternative software

And of course using email isn't required, it would also be possible to write software that sends a text message every time an eBay ad for uranium appears (but it is 2016 and no one uses text messages anymore). It can check your inbox every 30 seconds and you can configure it to shout: 'You've got mail!'.

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You can use a browser plugin (like Checker Plus for Gmail) that warns you whenever you receive an email. Most smartphones have the ability to regularly check your inbox, and warn you whenever you have a new message.

Spadaro ( talk) 06:58, 14 February 2016 (UTC) Reply Joseph A. So, assuming that I do not use the 'automatic purchasing method', doesn't that mean that I would have to be on constant vigil, watching the computer (or my email or whatever), waiting for these 'warning' messages? I would have to be staring at my email inbox 24/7, no? Joseph A. I am still unclear, but it's starting to make a little bit of sense. The Quixotic Potato ( talk) 06:40, 14 February 2016 (UTC) Reply Thanks. Most of the people who are doing this kinda stuff professionally have their own custommade software, and they aren't sharing it for obvious reasons. If you really want to do this then the first step is to learn a programming language (or to convince a nerd to help you). Of course this is a silly example, but you get the idea. by sending an email), or you can even make the software buy it without requiring any human input. When eBay API answers that there is an advertisement that contains the word uranium you can make the software warn you (e.g. It is, for example, possible to write software that asks eBay every five seconds: 'Do you have an advertisement that mentions the word uranium?'.

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There is loads of software like this, both paid and free (if you Google 'ebay sniper' you will find stuff like jbidwatcher), but it is better to write it yourself. An RSS feed is a list of stuff, in this case a list of items on eBay. eBay's API allows someone who writes a computer program to make the program interact with eBay (see Application programming interface). Basically these people are using software to check for recently added ads. Spadaro ( talk) 06:13, 14 February 2016 (UTC) Reply Joseph A. In other words, if I want to do this (i.e., find these items before the 'regular' users have a chance to), what exactly is it that I need to do? Thanks. I also have no idea what all those acronyms mean (API, RSS, etc.). What the heck does that mean, exactly? I am not that familiar with computers and technology, which is why I probably don't understand what it's saying. These users are actively waiting for new items to be posted and make quick purchasing decisions as these deals usually sell within the first minutes or even seconds. In the article, way at the bottom under the 'Buy It Now' section, it states: Many of these buyers use custom software to search eBay frequently via eBay's API and RSS feeds in order to see newly listed BIN items before 'regular' users have a chance on the standard website. I was reading a Wikipedia article ( Auction sniping). I am not sure where to post this, so I settled on the Computer Help Desk, here.