Everything tagged Alerts
Saved searches, watchlists and notifications: how many you can have, and why alerts stop.
5 posts- JUL 26
Free eBay deal hunting tools in 2026, checked one by one
We loaded 19 free eBay tools on July 29, 2026. Goofbid and BayCrazy are gone, Terapeak was renamed, and several of them beat us at their own job.
12 min read · Tools, Price research, Deal hunting, Reselling, Alerts
- JUN 10
eBay stopped documenting its search operators. Here's what still works.
eBay documented three search operators until 2018 and documents none today. Buyers report all three still work, and here's how to test any of them.
10 min read · How eBay works, Deal hunting, Tools, Alerts
- JUN 5
What an eBay watcher count tells you, and what it doesn't
eBay shows a public watcher count on many listings, and we checked one signed out on 2026-07-29. Sellers get a count and never a list of names.
8 min read · How eBay works, Price research, Alerts
- JUN 2
eBay says your watchlist holds 1,000. Another eBay page says 300.
eBay's watchlist page says 1,000 items. Another live eBay page says 300. Ended listings drop off after 60 days, and eBay doesn't document price alerts.
8 min read · How eBay works, Alerts
- MAY 25
Why eBay saved search alerts stop, and what actually fixes it
eBay's saved search help page documents one control, an on/off toggle. There's no published frequency setting, and four things that stop the emails.
9 min read · How eBay works, Alerts