| Snipping is an eBay sniper that places an eBay bid in | | | | make sure that you are not outbid by a sniper. |
| the closing seconds of any eBay bidding auction, | | | | Remember that sniping is against the rules, so you |
| dramatically increasing their chance of winning. Your | | | | should log in about 30 or 40 five minutes before the |
| eBay bid is still the highest as the auction is about to | | | | bidding ends, and get your bid up until it is the highest |
| close. You wait excitedly by your computer | | | | bid. At that point, all you need to do is to keep an |
| expecting to be notified that you have won, but, | | | | eye out to make sure that nobody else raises the |
| somehow you have lost. In the last seconds of the | | | | bid. If you have been logged in for a while, this |
| auction a new bid has appeared, too late for you to | | | | cannot be considered sniping. |
| respond. You have been sniped. Some sniper comes | | | | Using this method, you must be aware of automatic |
| in and bids a little higher than the highest bid as the | | | | bidders, and it is very hard to bid against people who |
| clock runs out of time, and thus winning the bid. At | | | | use bidding software. |
| eBay, sniping is against the rules, but it does not slow | | | | That software has been designed for snipping, and |
| the snipers down. Usually, even if you report it, the | | | | your chances of outbidding the software manually |
| sniper gets away with it, and you will have lost the | | | | are very slim, which leads us to the second method |
| item that you wanted to win so badly. Unfortunately, | | | | of snipping, Snipping services. |
| to avoid losing the items you want to snipers at | | | | Snipping services are very easy to find online, and |
| eBay, you have to take on the sniper mentality, and | | | | they are relatively inexpensive. You can also purchase |
| snipe in a way that will not violate eBay's rules. | | | | your own snipping software and become a sniper. |
| Snipping can be done in one of two ways. The first | | | | Purchasing your own software is usually the best |
| way is the safest, but not necessarily the easiest. | | | | way to go if you bid on a lot of items. Set up the |
| Simply keep up with the item you are bidding on. | | | | software, tell it which auction to watch and what the |
| Make a note of the date and time that the auction | | | | highest price you are willing to bid, and let it do the |
| will end, and make sure that you are in front of your | | | | work, but just remember that it is against the rules. |
| computer and logged into the auction well before | | | | You will be running the risk of getting banned from |
| that specific time. The objective is to either bid | | | | eBay, although eBay seldom enforces this rule. |
| higher than the highest bid during the last few | | | | Outbidding somebody is one thing, but sniping is |
| seconds, which are what snipers do, or to simply | | | | something altogether different. |