WatchCount tells you what something is worth and what people are watching. FindersKeepers tells you when something shows up and whether it looks well priced. Different jobs, and most people want both.
They started as different things. WatchCount is a research tool you open when you have a question. FindersKeepers is a monitor that emails you when something happens. That line is blurring: WatchCount's beta adds saved searches and new-item emails.
Use WatchCount to price something. It searches eBay's completed listings, so it shows what buyers actually paid.
Use FindersKeepers to catch something. It re-runs your saved searches every hour and emails you when a match appears.
The honest gap on our side: FindersKeepers has no sold-price data. Our deal score compares a listing against what similar listings are currently asking, not what they sold for. WatchCount has the sold data and we do not.
This is a real list, not a courtesy. There are things WatchCount gives you that FindersKeepers simply cannot.
It searches eBay's completed listings and shows a recent sold price plus a link to the purchase history. That is the strongest evidence of what a thing is really worth.
It ranks live listings by how many people are watching them. That demand signal is the whole reason the site exists, and you cannot get it from us.
US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Singapore. We cover eBay US only.
Quantity sold, average sold per day, bid counts, unique bidders, and whether Best Offer is available. We show none of that.
A dedicated search for last-minute bargains that most shoppers never see. We have nothing like it.
Sourcing, competitor research, pricing your own listings. FindersKeepers is a buyer tool and does not try to serve sellers.
This matters more than any single feature, so we are not going to bury it. The version most people know is not the version arriving.
The site as most people know it does not alert you. Its current FAQ answers "how do I save a search" by telling you to bookmark the URL and come back to it. You go to it. It does not come to you.
The beta changes that. WatchCount's beta lists saved searches and email notifications of new items, and both are marked as included on every plan, including the free one. If that ships as shown, WatchCount will do new-item alerts. We are putting that on our own comparison page because you would find out anyway.
The beta also adds paid tiers. A free plan capped at 50 searches a day, then paid plans listed from $39 a month up to $399, with launch discounts running for a limited time. The free tier also meters CSV exports and its Best Selling analysis.
What we still do differently. We check every saved search hourly on a fixed schedule, and we do not cap how many searches you run or save. WatchCount has not published how often its new-item emails will go out.
No price history for a single listing over time. You get sold comparables, not a chart of one item's price as it moves.
| Feature | WatchCount | FindersKeepers |
|---|---|---|
| What it is built for | Researching prices and demand | Monitoring for new listings and price drops |
| Price | ✓Free tierBeta adds paid plans listed from $39 to $399 a month | ✓FreeNo paid plan at all |
| Sold prices, what items actually went for | ✓Yes | ✕No |
| Watcher counts on live listings | ✓Yes | ✕No |
| Sales velocity, units sold per day | ✓Yes | ✕No |
| Saved searches | !Beta onlyLive site says bookmark the URL. Listed on every beta plan. | ✓YesNo cap on how many |
| Email alerts when new items match | !Beta onlyFrequency not published | ✓YesChecked hourly, fixed schedule |
| Searches per day | 50 a day on the free beta plan, more on paid tiers | No limit |
| Price-drop alerts on items you watch | ✕No | ✓YesChecked hourly |
| Price history chart for one listing | ✕No | ✓YesSampled every 6 hours |
| Deal scoring on search results | ✕No | ✓YesAgainst asking prices of similar active listings |
| Flags listings posted minutes ago | !LimitedNewly Listed filter, run manually | ✓YesLabelled automatically |
| Auctions ending soon with few bids | ✓Yes | ✕No |
| eBay marketplaces covered | ✓Fifteen | !LimitedeBay US only |
| Useful to sellers | ✓Yes | ✕NoBuyers only |
| Account required | Not currently | Only to save searches. Search works without one. |
Every saved search is re-run every hour on a fixed schedule, and you get an email when something new matches.
Each listing is compared against similar ones in the same results. Twenty percent or more below the average asking price is flagged as a hot deal, ten to twenty percent below as a good price. It needs at least five comparable listings before it scores anything.
Listings under fifteen minutes old are marked hot, under an hour fresh, under a day new. No filter to set, it is just there.
Keep a list of what you own and get estimated values based on what comparable listings are asking.
Honestly, use both. Catch it with FindersKeepers, price it with WatchCount.
No sold-price data. Every price we show you, including the deal score and collection values, comes from what comparable listings are currently asking.
It searches eBay US only.
No watcher counts and no sales velocity data.
It does not bid, snipe, or check out. You still buy on eBay itself.
There is no native mobile app. It runs in a browser with web push.
Price history starts the day you add an item, not before that.
Not on the site as it works today. Its current FAQ tells you to bookmark the URL if you want to come back to a search. Its beta lists saved searches and email notifications of new items on every plan including the free one, so that is changing. What we do differently is the schedule: FindersKeepers re-runs every saved search hourly, and WatchCount has not published a frequency.
There is a free tier and there always has been. Its beta keeps a free plan but meters it at 50 searches a day, and adds paid plans listed from $39 a month up to $399, with launch discounts running. FindersKeepers is free with no tiers, no metering, and no paid plan.
No. We show what comparable listings are currently asking, which is not the same thing. For actual sold prices use WatchCount, or eBay's own sold listings filter.
WatchCount. Sold prices beat asking prices for valuation, and we do not have sold prices. This is not a close call.
FindersKeepers, on cadence. We re-check every saved search hourly on a fixed schedule and put freshness labels on anything listed in the last few minutes. WatchCount's beta will email you about new items too, but it has not said how often, and its free plan caps you at 50 searches a day.
Yes, and that is the sensible setup. They solve different halves of the same problem and neither one replaces the other.
No, eBay US only right now. WatchCount covers fifteen eBay sites, so if you shop outside the US it is the better starting point.
The watcher count is the number both of us are reading, and it carries less than most people assume. What an eBay watchers count does and does not tell you goes through what the number is actually evidence of.
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