How to set up eBay alerts in Discord

Snipe Finder's Discord bot posts new eBay listings that match your search to a private thread. Here's how to set it up, what you'll see once it's running, and what to check if nothing arrives.

Last updated November 7, 2026

Before you start

You need a Discord account for this. The bot posts each listing in Discord, so these alerts need Discord connected and you in the server. Without Discord, you can turn on browser notifications or email alerts from your dashboard instead.
Alerts are posted in the Snipe Finder server, not one of your own. You get a private channel there that only you can see, with a thread for each alert.
Buying happens on eBay. Snipe Finder doesn't connect to your eBay account, and never bids or buys for you.

Set it up

Create an account. Sign up with Discord, or with an email address and connect Discord afterwards. Connecting only shares your Discord username with us.
Join the server. Your dashboard shows the invite until you've joined. Press I've joined so the site checks again.
Create an alert. On your dashboard, choose Create alert and type your keywords. A name is optional. Commas mean "any of", and each term is matched as a phrase, word for word. So rtx 4090, rtx 4080 watches both, but lego sealed, lego retired won't find "LEGO Star Wars, sealed". For words that can sit apart, use brackets: macbook (m5, m4) finds a MacBook with either. With no commas or brackets, a search needs all its words in any order, and eBay may match them outside the title.
Pick a category and marketplace. eBay's suggestions for your keywords appear under Category, and one press picks one. The marketplace decides which eBay site is searched and the currency of your price limits.
Add filters if you need them. The form starts in Simple, with excluded keywords, a price range and sets of conditions, all optional. The filters guide shows which one removes what.
Switch to Advanced for the rest. It has item location, sellers, shipping and what to hear about: new Buy It Now listings, new auctions, auctions in their last 15 minutes, and price drops on Buy It Now listings. All four start on, and at least one has to stay on.

You can also start from a ready-made search. Every deal feed offers its search as an alert you can change before saving, such as this one for Pokémon cards.

Creating alerts from Discord

Once you're in the server you don't have to use the website. Your private channel has a pinned message with Manage my alerts and New alert buttons, or you can type a command. Replies are only shown to you.

The bot's commands for managing alerts
Command	What it does
`/alerts`	What it does: Opens the alert manager, where you can open, pause, change, check the results of or delete an alert with buttons
`/newalert`	What it does: Creates an alert. Only the keywords are needed, then you pick a category from eBay's suggestions.
`/editalert`	What it does: Changes an alert. `active:False` pauses it and `active:True` resumes it.
`/deletealert`	What it does: Deletes an alert and its thread, after asking first

What happens next

The alert's thread starts with a pinned control panel that says what it watches, with buttons to manage, edit, pause or mute it.

The thread may stay quiet at first. Listings already on eBay when you create the alert aren't posted, only ones that go up afterwards. To check the search is right without waiting, use View results, in the alert manager or on your dashboard.

Each new match then appears as a post with the title, the price and shipping, the condition, buying options, seller feedback, location and when it was listed. Auctions also show bids, watchers and the end time. Underneath are View on eBay, Block seller, Exclude a word and Manage alert buttons.

Choose what pings you

Every match is posted in the thread, but you choose which ones mention you, and a mention is what's most likely to reach your phone. Each alert's ping can be turned on or off on the website or in Discord. In Discord, run /alerts to find the settings below. They're all on the website too: Pause on an alert's card, Pause all above your alerts, the rest under Advanced in an alert's Edit form, and Quiet hours in Account settings.

Settings that control pings and delivery
Setting	What it does
Ping rules	What it does: Which kinds of listing ping you, and the highest price that does. Everything is still posted.
Quiet hours	What it does: Hours in your time zone when listings are posted without a ping, for all your alerts. One press sets 22:00 to 08:00.
Delivery	What it does: Posts as they're found, or an hourly or daily digest, cheapest first. Ending-soon reminders aren't held for a digest.
Pause for…	What it does: Stops an alert for 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, 3 days or a week, then it resumes by itself.

A reasonable place to start is pings for the listings you'd act on right away, up to the price you'd pay, and a digest for broad searches you only browse.

If nothing arrives

Your dashboard gives each alert one status, saying whether it's being checked and, if not, why.

What each status means and what to do about it
What you see	What to do
Needs somewhere to send listings	What to do: Turn on browser notifications or email alerts, or connect Discord, from your dashboard.
Nowhere to send listings	What to do: Your account has browser notifications or email alerts, but this alert has them off. Press Edit, then Advanced, and turn one on under Where to send it.
Waiting for you to join	What to do: Join the server with the invite on your dashboard.
Paused	What to do: Press Resume. Nothing is checked or sent while an alert is paused.
Over your tier's limit	What to do: Your tier checks only your oldest active alerts up to its limit. Pause or delete another alert.
Discord server full	What to do: Our Discord server is at Discord's limit for now, so the alert can't have a thread yet. Turn on browser notifications or email alerts to get its listings meanwhile.
Setting up in Discord	What to do: Nothing yet: you've joined, and its thread is on its way. If it doesn't appear in a few minutes, press Create thread.
No Discord thread	What to do: Press Create thread to try again.
Every notification is off	What to do: Edit the alert and turn at least one on.
Delayed	What to do: Checks are running late on our side, and usually catch up by themselves. If it lasts, contact us.
Muted	What to do: Its notifications are off and nothing else carries its listings, so they only show on your dashboard. Press Turn on notifications on the alert.
Active, but no posts	What to do: Nothing new may have matched yet. View results shows what the search finds now, and Left out shows what its filters dropped and why.
Posts appear, but your phone stays silent	What to do: Check that the alert's pings are on and it isn't quiet hours, then check Discord's notification settings for the server on your phone.

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