# SnipeWise

SnipeWise is an eBay auction sniping service. Set your maximum bid on any eBay auction and SnipeWise automatically places it in the final seconds (~6 seconds before close), so you win without being online and without triggering bidding wars.

## Key facts
- Website: https://snipewise.ai
- Pricing (four tiers, pick what fits): **Tier 1 — Free:** $0 forever, no card required, full standard sniping supported by short ads. **Tier 2 — Pay per win:** no subscription, no ads, 1% of the final price per won auction deducted from pre-funded credit packs ($10 / $25+$3 bonus / $50+$10 bonus / $100+$25 bonus, credit never expires). **Tier 3 — Subscription:** $7.99/month or $79.99/year, auto-renewed, no ads, every win commission-free. **Tier 4 — AI Procurement:** $149/year, auto-renewed, adds the AI Procurement Agent for power buyers and businesses: set a buying target (item keywords, per-unit max, quantity, hard total budget) and the agent scans eBay every 30 minutes, arming snipes on the best matches until the target is filled. It can never spend past the budget — it auto-pauses if the next deal would exceed it — and emails you at 80% budget used and on target completion. Lost auctions are always free.
- Upgrades: Free, Pay per win, and Monthly upgrade to AI Procurement for a flat $149 (active immediately, 1 year). Annual subscribers pay only the prorated difference: $149 minus $79.99 ÷ 12 × whole months remaining in their year; the old subscription is canceled at once, never double-billed. Cancel anytime — paid plans stay active to period end, then drop back to Free.
- How it works: paste an eBay item number, set your max bid, SnipeWise bids via eBay's official Trading API at fire time. Cloud-based — no computer needs to stay on.
- eBay connection: official eBay OAuth sign-in; SnipeWise never sees or stores your eBay password; access can be revoked anytime.
- Snipe groups: group similar auctions and stop after the first win.
- Dry-run mode: rehearse with simulated bids before using real money.
- Installable as a mobile/desktop app (PWA).
- Cancellation: in the dashboard under Subscription Management — we email you a 6-digit confirmation code to type in; access continues to the end of the billing period.
- Referrals / affiliate program: every user gets a personal invite link plus named per-platform links (TikTok bio, YouTube description, …) with per-link click/signup stats. Each referred friend's first top-up earns $5–$10 credit via monthly tiers (Starter $5, Rising Star $7 at 10+/mo, Partner $10 at 50+/mo). Earnings cash out to PayPal/Venmo/Cash App from $10. Program terms: /affiliates.
- Reviews: after each settled snipe the user is asked to rate Service, Pricing, and AI Agent Friendliness (1–5 stars each).

## Is sniping allowed on eBay?
Yes. Sniping means placing a bid near an auction's end. eBay's rules prohibit shill bidding and bid manipulation, not late bidding. SnipeWise places genuine bids through eBay's official API.

## AI agent support (this product is built for AI agents)
SnipeWise is designed to be operated by an AI assistant on the user's behalf:
- Human-readable agent docs: /agents — Machine-readable contract: /api/agent/openapi.json (public OpenAPI 3.1)
- Per-user agent API keys (skw_…) with least-privilege scopes (snipes, billing, webhooks, reviews, account, keys) and a daily money cap (default $100/24h). Minted in the dashboard; revoke anytime.
- Safety model: money moves ONLY via propose → confirm — the agent reads a plain-language summary to the user, gets an explicit yes, then confirms with a single-use 15-minute token. One-step charge endpoints reject API keys. Idempotency keys on all money actions; full audit trail at GET /api/agent/actions.
- Agent capabilities: create/cancel/recheck snipes, on-demand outcome checks with plain-language result summaries, result webhooks (HMAC-SHA256 signed), billing top-up/subscribe via propose→confirm, review submission including an "AI Agent Friendly" rating dimension.
- Errors are machine-actionable: every agent error returns a stable `code` plus a `next` hint describing the corrective action.
- Rate limits: auth endpoints 10/15min per IP, agent key minting 30/hour, webhook registration 60/hour. 429 responses include `code: "rate_limited"`, a `Retry-After` header, and `X-RateLimit-Limit` / `X-RateLimit-Remaining` headers.

## FAQ highlights
- When you win, you pay the seller through eBay normally; SnipeWise never handles your money.
- Your max bid stays private until the final seconds; eBay proxy bidding means you pay the minimum needed to win.
- Built for eBay.com (US).
- If a snipe fails, the dashboard shows won/lost/error with the reason — no silent failures.

## Docs
- Agent guide: /agents — API contract: /api/agent/openapi.json — this file: /llms.txt