eBay new listing alerts in your browser, email or Discord
Tell Snipe Finder what you're looking for, and it checks eBay every few minutes and sends you each new matching listing: as a notification in your browser, by email at most once an hour, or in a private thread from our Discord bot.
How it works
- 1
Create an alert
Type what you're looking for, or paste the link of a search on eBay. Only the keywords are needed; the filters are up to you.
- 2
Make a free account
With Discord or an email address, when you save your alert.
- 3
Choose how to hear
Turn on notifications in your browser or emails at most once an hour, or join the Discord server for a private channel only you can see, with a thread for each alert, where
/newalertcreates more alerts. - 4
Get new matches
Each listing that matches and goes up after that is sent to you once, with a link to buy it on eBay.
Each Discord post shows the title, the price and shipping, the condition, buying options, seller feedback, location and when it was listed. Buttons on it block the seller or exclude a word from the alert, so you can deal with junk as you see it. The setup guide goes through it step by step.
Filters
Each alert has its own. The filters guide shows which one removes what.
- Keywords
- What to search for. On their own, words can come in any order. Commas mean "any of", each an exact phrase, so
rtx 4090, rtx 4080watches both. For words that can sit apart, use brackets:macbook (m5, m4). - Excluded keywords
- Listings with one of these in the title are left out, such as
box only, replica. - Exceptions
- Keep a listing even if it has an excluded keyword, such as
with box. - Category
- Picked from eBay's suggestions for your keywords.
- Price and shipping
- A minimum and maximum in the marketplace's currency, a higher limit for listings that take Best Offer, a maximum total price with shipping, and free shipping only.
- Item condition
- Any of 17 conditions, with one-press sets: Any condition, New only, Used only, Not for parts.
- Item location
- Anywhere in the world, or only items located in the marketplace's own country.
- Seller
- A minimum feedback score, a minimum positive feedback percentage, and sellers to leave out.
What an alert tells you about
Turn each of these on or off per alert.
- New Buy It Now listings
- Fixed-price listings that match, on the check that finds them.
- New auctions
- Auctions that match, with bids, watchers and the end time as they stand.
- Auctions ending soon
- A reminder in the last 15 minutes of an auction the alert has found.
- Price drops
- When a Buy It Now listing gets cheaper, including one that drops into your price range.
Marketplaces
Each alert searches one of 17 eBay marketplaces, in 16 countries (Belgium in French or Dutch), with prices in that site's currency.
- United States USD
- Canada CAD
- UK GBP
- Australia AUD
- Austria EUR
- Belgium EUR
- France EUR
- Germany EUR
- Spain EUR
- Switzerland CHF
- Italy EUR
- Netherlands EUR
- Hong Kong HKD
- Ireland EUR
- Poland PLN
- Singapore SGD
Start from a deal feed
Each deal feed shows the newest eBay US listings for one kind of item, and offers its search as a ready-made alert you can change.
Guides
Questions
Do I need Discord?
No. You can get alerts as notifications in your browser, or by email at most once an hour, with no Discord account. Discord is there if you'd like a private thread for each alert.
How often are alerts checked?
Every few minutes, not continuously. Your tier sets the interval, which is every 5 minutes on the Free tier, and your dashboard shows yours. A new listing is posted on the first check that finds it. When eBay's daily search limit runs short, every alert slows down by the same amount until it resets.
Can I add the bot to my own Discord server?
No. In Discord, alerts are posted in the Snipe Finder server, in a private channel only you can see, with a thread for each alert.
Will I get a flood of old listings when I start?
No. Listings already on eBay when you create an alert are recorded without being posted, so only new ones appear. To see what a search finds right now, use View results, in Discord or on your dashboard.
Is Snipe Finder an auction sniper?
No, despite the name. An auction sniper places a bid for you in an auction's last seconds. Snipe Finder only tells you about listings: it doesn't connect to your eBay account, and you do any bidding or buying yourself on eBay.
Is there a phone app?
There's no app in the app stores, but you can add the site to your phone's home screen, where it opens like an app. Turn on browser notifications there (an iPhone needs this first), or use the Discord app, which can notify you when an alert mentions you. Your dashboard also works in your phone's browser.
Can I stop it pinging me all the time?
Yes. Every match is posted, but you choose which ones mention you: by the kind of listing, up to a price, and outside quiet hours. A broad alert can post an hourly or daily digest instead, and any alert can be paused.
Is it free?
Yes. Accounts start on the Free tier, which allows up to 5 alerts, each checked every 5 minutes.
Snipe Finder is independent of eBay: it isn't owned, sponsored or endorsed by eBay. Links to eBay are affiliate links, so we may earn a commission on purchases, at no cost to you. How this works.