Links
Sniping Information Sites
Free news
and resources for online auction users
Absolutely the place to go for independent eBay sellers
http://www.auctionbytes.com/
Articles about eSnipe and Sniping
USA Today: On eBay, it Pays to Snipe
Alvin Roth, Harvard economist: "Sniping is a good
strategy", mentioning eSnipe by name in a USA
Today article
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/2006-06-25-physics-of-ebay_x.htm
eBay
Bidders Sold on Sniping
Wired interviews Tom Campbell of eSnipe
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/09/55204
Insider
Secrets: Better Buying on eBay
The author of eBay Hacks says "By far, the best
sniping service available is eSnipe.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10165_7-5664889-2.htm
AUCTIONS How to Outbid the Fanatics: Software That Never
Sleeps
The New York Times correctly calls eSnipe the "Industry
Standard"
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E4DC173EF936A3575AC0A9649C8B63
Wikipedia on
Auction Sniping
Be sure to check Wikipedia on sniping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction_sniping
eSnipe, Sniping, and the eBay Sniper late bidder in
Academic Papers
The
Timing of Bids in Internet Auctions: Market Design, Bidder
Behavior, and Artificial Agents [PDF]
Alvin Roth, Harvard, Axel Ockenfels, University of
Magdeburg: "One of the most interesting of these bidder
agents is the web based service eSnipe.com."
http://kuznets.harvard.edu/~aroth/papers/eBay.ai.pdf
Last-Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price
Auctions: Evidence from eBay and Amazon Auctions on the
Internet [PDF]
Mentions eSnipe multiple times.
"The effect of the fixed deadline is no doubt as large as
it is because it rewards late bidding both when other
bidders are sophisticated and when they are not.
http://kuznets.harvard.edu/~aroth/papers/eBay.veryshortaer.pdf
Shilling,
Squeezing, Sniping: Explaining late bidding in online
second-price auctions [PDF]
Close look at sniping and related phenomena. Doesn't
mention eSnipe but asserts that
sniping is best practice for the ebay sniper.
http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/barbaro/BarbaroBracht.pdf
Insights from Internet Auctions
Patrick Bajari, Stanford University, and Ali Hortacsu,
University of Chicago: "...bidders should wait until the
last minute in order to avoid revealing their private
information"
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=467544
Bid Sniping on eBay by Andy Chou [PDF]
"Another reason that makes late bidding rational is to
drive the final price down."
www.cramton.umd.edu/econ415/project-internet-auctions.pdf
Asymmetric Information, Adverse Selection and Seller
Disclosure: The Case of eBay Motors [PDF]
Gregory Lewis, Harvard University: "... sellers selectively
disclose information based on the quality of their
vehicle." Briefly mentions sniping. Shockingly, omits
mention of eSnipe. We forgive
him.
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/facseminars/events/applied_microecon/documents/ame_11_07_lewis.pdf
Gone in 60 Seconds: Last-Minute Bidding on eBay Auctions
[PDF]
Ike Onur, author of several sniping-related papers
discusses late bidding theory and the ebay sniper.
http://wwwdocs.fce.unsw.edu.au/economics/news/VisitorSeminar/Gone%20in%2060%20Seconds%20%20%20Last-Minute%20Bidding%20on%20eBay%20Auctions.pdf
eSnipe Friends
Rovatron:
Better Living Through Androids
Autobiography of our favorite eBay sniping bot.
http://www.rovatron.com/
Auction
Winner: All About Bargains for the eBay
Sniper
Not necessary if you're already an eSnipe member.
http://www.auctionwinner.com/
Sniping and Bidding:
Notes for the eBay Sniper
Discusses pros and cons of sniping. Mostly pros, of
course!
http://sniping-and-bidding.com/
AuctionJuju eBay
sniping
Yet another site on eBay sniping
http://www.auctionjuju.com/
eSnipe: One of the oldest and most
reliable sniping services
