In addition there are two more types of groups available only to mirror subscribers: contingency groups and multi-win groups. Be careful not to group items too close to each other by end time, or you might win all of them. Group bids can be used for items that do not have end times within 2 minutes of each other.
#HOW DOES GIXEN WORK SOFTWARE#
No sniping service or software can give you 100% guarantee, only eBay can. Use at your own risk of losing or missing an auction. A whole range of issues can happen that I cannot influence: network outages, eBay might make software updates that can make the sniping software incompatible, etc. What kind of guarantee do you offer you will timely submit my bid?
#HOW DOES GIXEN WORK PASSWORD#
You can reset your password by using the following form: Forgot password form. What happens if I mistype my password while logging in? eBay authorizations automatically expire after 18 months, so you have to renew them from time to time. You can withdraw this authorization from within your eBay account at any time. Now you will be asked to authorize Gixen on eBay to be able to bid for you. Gixen used to require this, but this changed back in 2017. Do I have to disclose my eBay credentials? See comparison with other sniping services here. What's the cost of using gixen sniping service? You will be asked to link your eBay account. We work hard to keep this record of reliability.Ĭlick on "Sign up" on the homepage and follow instructions. While still not impossible to happen, no Gixen Mirror subscribers have ever missed their auction due to Gixen malfunction. Gixen Mirror is the most reliable sniping service you can possibly find. Update: You can greatly decrease the odds of your snipe being late or not submitted by subscribing to Gixen Mirror service. This happens rarely, but nevertheless, it happens. And yes, it can happen that your bid is submitted (too) late, or not submitted at all due to technical or other problems. How close are your snipes to the end of the auction?ĥ seconds or less. Sniping avoids all this - it is RATIONAL to use sniping whenever possible. And finally, emotions spike during auctions, and bids can go unreasonably high. Further, people start to appreciate goods more when they notice someone else is also interested in them. What's the point of sniping then?Įven though it is not rational, human nature is such that people often give as their maximum bid the amount with which they would like to win, NOT the maximum amount they are willing to pay. Gixen is a service that conducts automatic bidding for you.īut eBay is using proxy bidding, and all I have to do is to submit my maximum bid to eBay. This way other bidders have no time to raise their maximum bid. Sniping is submitting your bid to eBay just a few seconds before an auction ends. I changed my eBay password and now I can't find any of my scheduled snipes on Gixen.What are "Import Watch list" and "Import Gixen list" buttons for?.I don't see my snipe on the mirror server, only on the main server, and I am a mirror subscriber.In one of my auctions I got message "Password not strong enough, could not log in".In one of my auctions I got message "AUCTION RESTRICTED: REQUIREMENTS NOT MET".Would there be a conflict if I used another sniping service or bid manually at the same time I used Gixen?.I entered a bid of $101.00, but the winning bid was $100.00 and Gixen says BID UNDER ASKING PRICE.Does this mean my eBay user ID and password are at risk? It says you use SSL to encrypt eBay user IDs and passwords but when I was logging in, I do not see a padlock symbol.Do I need to be logged into Gixen in order for it to place my bid on eBay?.If I enter my maximum bid in Gixen, will I have to pay that amount if I win?.Can I change the timing of my snipe on Gixen?.Can I schedule group bids where the remaining bids are canceled once an item in the group is won, like eBay's Bid Assistant?.Can I change my bid after I've entered it in Gixen?.Can ebay item links point to my country eBay site (,, etc) instead of ?.Is Gixen available in languages other than English?.Can I use Gixen to bid on multiple-item (Dutch) auctions?.
What currency are my bid amounts in Gixen?.I can't access your site, and I want to cancel some of the scheduled bids. What kind of guarantee do you offer you will timely submit my bid?.What happens if I mistype my password while logging in?.Is it safe to just give away my eBay credentials?.What's the cost of using gixen sniping service?.How close are your snipes to the end of the auction?.But eBay is using proxy bidding, and all I have to do is to submit my maximum bid to eBay.