![]() ![]() ![]() It may be a really esoteric item or a just a rare item. Sometimes it can be tough to find what you’re looking for on eBay. When you get down to the final minute of an auction, a live countdown is a nice feature to have. With the normal eBay interface, time remaining is indicated, but there isn’t a live countdown timer. JBidwatcher synchs up with eBay official time and provides a countdown timer with the amount of time left in an auction. Though it may sound simplistic, I found the auction timer to be a valuable tool. You can add new auctions to track easily though the JBidwatcher GUI as well. If you check off the Synchronize with My eBay option in JBidwatcher, it will track everything you’re already watching and bidding on. JBidwatcher “watches” eBay and tracks the auctions you specify. The Sniping tab is where you set the timing for your snipe in seconds the default is 30 seconds, and I ran it successfully on a cable modem connection at 5 seconds without any problem. The eBay tab is where you enter your eBay user and password and can optionally synchronize your listing to your My eBay listings. In the GUI the General tab specifies overall spending limits (just in case you don’t have enough self-control) as well as logging and click action preferences. If you’re really picky about your settings and want to change something that the GUI Config Manager doesn’t specify (like display options), the documentation lists configuration file options (in two config files, JBidWatch.cfg and display.cfg). The average user can do it via the program’s Configuration Manager window. I tested JBidwatcher version 0.9.5, which was released in October. Of course you need to have an eBay account in good standing as well. jar format), which will run on either Linux or Windows. All you need to have is a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the available binary (in. The program is licensed under the Lesser GPL (LGPL), and as such is freely available. JBidwatcher also provides auction tracking and other bidding tools, for greater control that what is available with eBay alone. JBidwatcher is a Java-based tool that does more than just place your bid in the final moments of an auction. You can do it manually, but its unlikely you’ll be as accurate as an automated program like JBidwatcher. Sniping means putting in a topping bid as close to the end of the auction as possible, so that no other bidder can come in and beat you. With the proxy system eBay automatically bids on the bidder’s behalf so that the high bidder position is maintained until another bidder exceeds the bidder’s specified top price. Most eBay bidders make use of eBay’s proxy bidding feature that allows the bidder to set the maximum price they are willing to pay. Luckily, you can fight back by getting your own sniping tool, courtesy of the open source community, which provides JBidwatcher, one of the best ones gunning. Have you ever bid in on eBay auction item and thought you were going to win, only to see it go at the very last second for a bid just slightly higher than yours? Congratulations, you’ve been sniped. ![]()
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