I’ve been working on a little side project in my spare time that I’m happy to announce that I’m now opening up the public beta. Auction alerts is an alert system that searches eBay for auctions based on keywords that members subscribe to.
I’ve been privately beta testing it for a little while now with a handful of people and things have been going along smoothly. Now I want to open it up to the public. I’m not taking the beta off however because the content and design is still fresh and I want to get some more opinions before I call anything concrete.
This site is definitely useful for people that use eBay frequently, but even if you hardly use eBay at all it can still save you money. To give you a quick idea of what the site is about, you first login after registering for free. You then click, “Create Alert”.
Now you provide a key phrase that you want to search eBay for. You also provide your max price for the auction you’re looking for and how frequently you want the site to search for new auctions. Once you add it, you can create a few more, or you can log off and wait. After the amount of time that you chose is up, the site’s algorithm search eBay for the items you want. If it finds auctions, it emails you. If it doesn’t, it won’t. Simple as that. Currently, I’m only allowing 5 alerts at one time. That’s because the site is limited per number of calls it can make to the api per day. I am awaiting a response to eBay to increase this limit. I’ll keep you updated about that.
I made this tool awhile back to save me some time so I don’t have to troll eBay for deals anymore. The site works especially well for electronics because electronics most have model numbers. Having model numbers greatly helps in finding auctions for the exact product you’re looking for.
I’m also going to try to integrate Twitter with Auction Alerts a little more closely. So look for some experimenting going on there. I’m going to do without a blog for the site. I’ll probably fold like a lawn chair and make one after awhile though, lol. I would like to provide all the information and updates for the site via Twitter. If you want to follow the Auction Alerts Twitter account check out @auctionalerts.
This is going to be an ongoing project for me while I’m not at my day job. I already have a few features that I’ve started working on to add to the site. So I would love to hear any feedback from you guys. Look forward to hearing your ideas.
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