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External eBay market price database?

  • 05-03-2012 5:44pm
    #1
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭


    Do you know of a free or cheap service that keeps a database that lets you check the market price on any item ever listed on eBay over say the last 12 months?

    At the moment I just watch list items I am interested in for at minimum of a week to see how low they are sold for, and then I will not pay much higher.


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  • #2
    ahyeahok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭ahyeahok


    You more than likely know this already but you can click on completed listings in the column to the left hand side to see what things have gone for but that probably only goes back a few weeks.


  • #3
    millymash12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭millymash12


    I use terapeak.com, give that a look.


  • #4
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    ahyeahok wrote: »
    completed listings in the column to the left hand side to see what things have gone for but that probably only goes back a few weeks.
    +1, I think its a month, it is useful since it shows what actually sold. Like people always will put the likes of concert tickets up for €500, then it gets headlines in papers, but they are not selling at that price, half the time I reckon its journalists putting up the auctions for a good story!

    You can use advanced search for more options. Becareful of pulled listings, these can first look like the item was sold at that low price. I went mad thinking I missed out on some really cheap concert tickets, the price showed in green but the auction was ended early.

    I used to buy lots of memory cards, its very useful to find the going rate. It is a good estimate to gauge how well sniping works. I cannot prove anything but looking at the evidence of the 'going rate' I reckon I saved a lot by sniping.


  • #5
    runswithascript
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    ahyeahok wrote: »
    You more than likely know this already but you can click on completed listings in the column to the left hand side to see what things have gone for but that probably only goes back a few weeks.

    You know what, I did know it but had forgotten, so thanks :) That said I am really looking for a more comprehensive free database if one exists.
    millymash12 wrote: »
    I use terapeak.com, give that a look.

    Terapeak looks good, it really does, but I see it's not free. I am not as yet trading on eBay, or trading anywhere else for that matter, but it's something I'd like to try once I could find a niche in the market where I could buy below market price and then sell on.

    Are you on the international Terapeak plan, and are you buying and selling like I have mentioned or do you source your product elsewhere?
    rubadub wrote: »
    I used to buy lots of memory cards, its very useful to find the going rate. It is a good estimate to gauge how well sniping works. I cannot prove anything but looking at the evidence of the 'going rate' I reckon I saved a lot by sniping.

    Were you buying and selling memory cards?, and were you manually sniping or using a service like Ginex?


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