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 (pick one — never both): Option 1 — Subscription: $7.99/month or $79/year, auto-renewed, every win commission-free. Option 2 — Pay per win: no monthly fee, 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). Lost auctions are always free.
- Trial: add a card at signup, get 3 free snipes usable within 7 days. Nothing is charged during the trial; the trial ends early on the 3rd fired snipe or after 7 days, then converts to $7.99/month unless cancelled. Cancel anytime.
- 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: every user gets a personal invite link; each friend's first top-up earns the referrer $5 credit.
- 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 API contract: linked from the /agents guide
- 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
codeplus anexthint 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", aRetry-Afterheader, andX-RateLimit-Limit/X-RateLimit-Remainingheaders.
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.