Note that clicking the box cancels your original bid, so be sure to Yes, just click the box next to your bid and enter the new amount. Yes, just go to your settings page and choose your ebay country site.Ĭan I change my bid after I've entered it in Gixen? International Gixen sites were difficult to maintain, and most users were fine with English only.Ĭan ebay item links point to my country eBay site (,, etc) instead of ? Is Gixen available in languages other than English?Īs of August of 2017, not any longer. Then entering a bid of 3.00 in Gixen would mean that Gixen would bid GBP 3.00. Thus, if the current bid in the auction shows as GBP 1.50, What currency are my bid amounts in Gixen?īid amounts are always in the currency in which the auction was listed. This can happen very infrequently, as Gixen server is placed in a reliable hosting facility,īut if so, you can withdraw Gixen authorization on, and all the scheduled bids will I can't access your site, and I want to cancel you can win 2, 3 or more items before the remaining To specify more than one item to win: e.g. Multi-win groups are like regular groups, but allow you Contingency groups are opposite of normal groups: the first lost itemĬancels all the others in the same group. In addition there are two more types of groups available only to mirror subscribers: contingency Group bids can be used for items that do not have end times within 2 minutes of each other.īe careful not to group items too close to each other by end time, or you might win all of them.
Free Gixen service is at least 99.5% reliable. Historically, however, the reliability of the Gixen Mirror service hasīeen above 99.99%.
No sniping service or software can give you 100% Network outages, eBay may have an outage itself, etc. A whole range of issues can happen that we cannot influence: What kind of guarantee do you offer you will timely submit my bid? If you choose the same Gixen username as is your eBay username.
Wise for security reasons that your Gixen password is different than your eBay password, especially While Gixen has no way of enforcing this, it is Your eBay MyAccount settings, or on Gixen settings page. You can withdraw this authorization at any time in This used to be the case, but as of August 2017, you need to register username and password,Īnd authorize to place bids for you on eBay. See comparison with other sniping servicesĭo I have to give away my eBay credentials? For more than that Gixen mirror subscription is required, which is a bargain at $6/year. Up to 4 winning snipes per month there isn't any. What's the cost of using gixen sniping service? We work hard to keep this record of reliability.Ĭlick on Sign-up button and follow instructions. Have ever missed their auction due to Gixen malfunction. While still not impossible to happen, no Gixen Mirror subscribers Gixen Mirror is the most reliable sniping service Update: You can greatly decrease the odds of your snipe being late or not submittedīy subscribing to Gixen Mirror service. This happens rarely, but nevertheless, it happens. Submitted at all due to technical or other problems. And yes, it can happen that your bid is submitted (too) late, or not 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.
Andįinally, emotions spike during auctions, and bids can go unreasonably high. To appreciate goods more when they notice someone else is also interested in them. Their maximum bid the amount with which they would like to win, NOT the What's the point of sniping then?Įven though it is not rational, human nature is such that people often give as Gixen is a service that conductsīut eBay is using proxy bidding, and all I have to do is to submit my 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.
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