I am getting into Ebaying! The guy in the book I am reading REALLY recommends getting an Auction Management Service.

Do you guys use one? If so, which do your recommend?

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/pages/ams


Thanks!

If I were you I'd use a sniper program. It sends a bid at the last few seconds to whatever you want the max bid at.

I don't think that's what your looking for though now that I look at the link.....duh......

Wouldn't it be just as effective to put in your max bid without a program? Or are those sniper programs really good. If so, could you tell me which would be best?

the premise of the sniper is you will get the item ultimately cheaper because it buts the final bid in just in time so no one can raise up the cost.

Correct, sniping benefits buyers by reducing price inflation. If everyone used a sniper, ebay would turn into the equivalent of a silent auction.

If you bid your max, Ebay will immediately increase the price to the point where either you are the highest bidder at a price higher than all other bidders' max bids or someone else who had a higher max bid than you is in that spot. That gives everyone a chance to re-evalute their max bid price and if they change their mind the process repeates all over again.

With a sniper, you don't reveal your hand until there is no longer a chance for others to "reconsider." You also gain the benefit of being able to retract your bid without penalty since it was never actually placed with ebay.

In the case where you really must have something and price is no object, just put your insanely high max bid into the sniper and you'll still be sure to 'win' (another term used to generate price-inflation hype, no one wins an auction, they are just the one willing to pay the highest price).

The more people using snipers on ebay, the more buyers will benefit in the long run.

I was under the impression the OP was planning on selling items and not buying them.

I just use "My ebay" on ebay's website. It's the easiet way to manage shipping, non paying bidders, etc. Turbo list from ebay can be used for uploading larger quantities of auctions if needed. I don't see any reason to pay for 3rd party website or prograns to run auctions. It also makes things more complicated.

So the sniper will check to see what the max bid is without having to really bid on it? That's awesome. Can anyone link me to a good one?

No, the only way to find out another's max bid is to bid yourself until you've outbid them. Sniping is the exact opposite of that.

The point is that sniping makes each person's max bid set in stone, because there is no time left for anyone to get outbid, get emotional about "losing" and increase their max bid.

I use auctionsniper.com, I haven't done any comparitive shopping for sniping services for at least five years since my ebay usuage is low enough that possibly saving a couple more cents by switching to another service isn't worth the effort.

Yeah, where's the program? Is it free?

I've been using ezsniper.com for two years and love it. Works great. I'm sure I've saved a ton of money by sniping. Plus it's really convenient. (I'm already sounding like an infomercial!). I haven't tried any other services, but don't really feel the need to since this has worked so well for me.

They charge 10 cents per win (nothing if you don't win) and then 1% for anything over $10.00 with no fee ever being more than $10.00 if you bid on some huge item.

[I'm pretty sure that's not what the OP was asking about, though]

I was using jbidwatcher. Don't buy much, just sell. Linky:
http://www.jbidwatcher.com/

Don;t know much more about it then I have already said. Use program at your own risk. I am not affiliated in any way. It is free though.