Gixen is a free auction sniper for eBay, which automates the whole bidding process and can automatically place bids on your behalf in the last minute. You simply sign in with your eBay login, enter your maximum bid and quantity and click on the “Add” button.

Gixen places your bid 10 seconds before the auction ends, which in turn gets you a lower final bid price. You can schedule up to 10 multiple simultaneous last-minute auctions, even with your computer off.

Features:

• Auction sniper for eBay to automatically place bids in last 10 seconds of the auction.
• Schedule up to 10 snipes at the same time.
• Nothing to download. Simply sign in with your eBay login.
• Basic service is free (99.5% reliable).
• Premium service (Gixen mirror):  Pay 6$/ year and you get 100%  reliability, bids are sent from multiple locations, no ads, wider choice of snipe times and other features.
• Similar tools: eBaySpy.

Check out Gixen @ www.gixen.com

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Here is a short explanation on how Listia works:

1. Lister lists item the wants to give away.
2. Other users bid their credits on it.
3. The highest bidder gets the item.
4. The credits are automatically transferred to the lister’s account.
5. Lister can use the earned credits to get stuff he needs form other users.
6. Users may also donate earned creadits to the charity of their choice.

Features:

• Auction site to give away free stuff .
• List items you no longer need and earn credits.
• Use your credits to get stuff you need.
• Get 500 credits free after signing up.
• Get credits for referring friends.
• Donate earned credits to charity of choice.

Check out Listia @ www.listia.com (via TechCrunch) (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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You can view full size images and also drag & drop items to your watch list in case you plan to check on the item later.

Features:

• Alternative eBay auction search.
• All results are presented as thumbnails.
• Results are arranged by ending times.
• Clicking on particular item presents price, number of bids and time left.
• Add items to watch list.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar websites: PicClick, oSkope and CLHacks.

Check out BidFlyer @ www.bidflyer.com

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Here is how it works:

1. Buyer enters his housing needs. Includes information like desired location, home features and the price he is willing to pay.
2. Real estate agents bid on his listing, by showcasing their experience, ratings and  rebate of the sales commission.
3. Buyer compares bids and select the agent.
4. Agent finds home and pays the buyer the rebate from commission!

Auction lasts 30 days. You can stop it sooner if you find an agent that suits you.

There are two ways you can get more bids on your listing:

1) Get preapproved with a Lender, who will determine the loan amount you can afford to buy a house. This makes you look as a more serious home buyer and more attractive to real estate agents.

2) Browse Doorfly’s listed agents and invite them to bid.

Service is free to home buyers and sellers, where as agents have to pay the subscription fee.

Features:

• List a home you want to buy and find real estate agent who has the best offer.
• Enter as many auctions as you need.
• Select up to 3 counties from one state.
• Browse real estate agents by states, view profiles.
• Get more bids by getting pre-approved by lending agency.
• Service is free to home buyers and sellers.

For more info watch demo below:

Check out DoorFly @ www.doorfly.com

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Features:

• Easily auto refresh any website.
• Works across all websites like news, blogs etc.
• Option to specify refresh rate.
• Similar website: SiteReloader

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To start, simply type in the URL of a webpage and click “Add” button. SiteReloader will then open the page in a new window and keep auto-refreshing it at selected time interval.

Features:

• Automatically refresh as many webpages as you like.
• Set custom refresh rate for each open window.
• Add pages to your account and have them automatically start to auto-refresh every time you sign in. Available to registered users only.

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Type the name of an item you’re looking for (use correctly spelled term) and AuctionBloopers will bring you all related misspelled auctions it can find. Pretty cool.

Features:

• Search for misspelled items on eBay.
• Check out the most recent and most popular searches.
• Search as many items as you like. No sign up or registration needed.
• Searches only within eBay.com

Check out AuctionBloopers @ www.auctionbloopers.com

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Fee Calculator includes both basic and advanced fee calcs. While basic one covers all generic auctions the advanced one can also handle Dutch, Fixed Price, Stores, and Real Estate listings.

Features:

• Calculate eBay auction listing fees for any eBay sites.
• Supports about 20 eBay sites: USA, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Sweden and so on.
• Integrated PayPal Fees Calculator: So that you know how much you’ll actually receive after PayPal commissions are deducted.
• Also supports other popular merchants i.e. Overstock, QXL Ricardo, OZtion.com.au etc.

Check out FreeEbayFeeCalculator @ [ www.auctionfeecalculator.com ]

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SoLow Features

• Place multiple bids on the auctioned item directly from mobile.
• The number of bids you can make during any given day is limited.
• Option to find out your position in the auction. Place additional bids if needed.
• Subscribe to daily bidding hints and tips.
• Solow is completely free, however depending on your mobile service plan text messaging fees may apply.
• Age requirement: You have to be at least 18 years old to participate.
• Participate in Solow elite: Get access to more auctions. (Non-free)
• Got more questions? Check out Solow FAQ page here.

Check out SoLow @ (www.solow.com) Update:  Due to negative  experience of users with this service, we decided to remove the link. For details read comments below.

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