Everything tagged Deal hunting
Tactics for finding listings priced below the rest of the page, and how well each one works.
13 posts- OCT 9
How to find underpriced items on eBay to resell
Underpriced eBay listings are the ones buyers missed: typos, zero-bid auctions, pickup-only, lots, stale listings, broken items. Then check sold results.
7 min read · Deal hunting, Reselling
- OCT 9
How to find eBay auctions ending soon with no bids
eBay's own Advanced Search has a Number of bids filter. Set it to 0 to 0, add Ending within, and you get zero-bid auctions about to close. No add-on needed.
7 min read · Auctions, Deal hunting
- OCT 9
How to search eBay with a photo when you don't know the name
eBay's search bar has a camera button. We tested photo search on two items: a known camera came back named, a plain bowl came back as a category.
7 min read · Deal hunting, How eBay works, Alerts
- AUG 30
Buying ex-corporate laptops on eBay: the BIOS lock a wipe won't clear
A supervisor password set by a company IT department lives on the motherboard, not the drive. Lenovo's own remedy is replacing the system board.
8 min read · Buyer protection, Deal hunting, Price research
- JUL 26
Free eBay deal hunting tools in 2026, checked one by one
Nineteen eBay deal-hunting tools older lists still name, checked one by one. Goofbid and BayCrazy are gone, and Terapeak is now Seller Hub's Product research.
12 min read · Tools, Price research, Deal hunting, Reselling, Alerts
- JUN 24
How to find eBay listings that have been sitting unsold
A listing's start date is the signal, not its price. How to read a listing's age, the categories where it matters, and why sitting usually means overpriced.
10 min read · Deal hunting, Reselling, Price research
- JUN 22
eBay allows sniping. A snipe won't get you a cheaper price.
eBay allows bid sniping, software included. A snipe only lowers your price when the other bidder would have raised theirs. Plus what three sniping tools cost.
8 min read · Auctions, Tools, Deal hunting
- JUN 18
Is there really a best time to buy on eBay? We went looking for proof.
No study backs the Sunday evening rule, and two statistics behind it are fabricated. Automatic bidding is why the ending hour can't lower what you pay.
10 min read · Auctions, Deal hunting, Price research
- 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 disagree on whether they still work, so here's how to test any of them.
9 min read · How eBay works, Deal hunting, Tools, Alerts
- JUN 8
How to calculate eBay sell-through rate from free data
Sell-through rate is sold listings divided by active listings on one eBay search. Both counts are free to read, and there's no price anywhere in the answer.
10 min read · Reselling, Price research, Deal hunting, Tools
- JUN 4
How eBay Best Offer works, and when to make a lowball offer
A seller gets 24 hours to answer an eBay Best Offer, and a counteroffer lasts 96 hours. What to offer, and why you can't see the accept and decline limits.
10 min read · How eBay works, Deal hunting, Auctions
- MAY 29
Is this a good price on eBay? How to check without sold data
Sold prices tell you what buyers paid. Asking prices tell you what sellers hope for. Here's how to check eBay sold comps free, and where they fall short.
8 min read · Price research, Deal hunting, Reselling
- MAY 27
eBay's own help page tells you to search misspellings
eBay's own auction tips tell buyers to search misspellings. Why a typo can lower an auction price, which typo tools still work, and how to make your own list.
9 min read · Deal hunting, Tools, Buyer protection