PowerSnipe Auction Browser Tutorial – Desktop Version

How to sign up
How to snipe an auction
How to save your password


How to sign up (1 step)

Start the PowerSnipe Auction Browser by clicking Start -> All Programs -> eBay Auction Sniper and Auto Search -> eBay Auction Sniper and Auto Search or click on the icon on your desktop if you have it. Click the “PowerSnipe” tab. Click the “Sign Up” button located in the button bar above the Members Login area. The Sign Up Button is the second button from the left, next to the Home button.

Type the email address that you want to be associated with your account. The confirmation email will be sent to this address, so make sure that it is correct. This will also be your PowerSnipe login.

Select a PowerSnipe password and verify it in the next field.

Enter your eBay username and eBay password.

All passwords are encrypted and kept on a secure server.

How to snipe an auction (4 steps).

Start the PowerSnipe Auction Browser by clicking Start -> All Programs -> eBay Auction Sniper and Auto Search -> eBay Auction Sniper and Auto Search or click on the icon on your desktop if you have it.

Log into your account by typing your PowerSnipe login email and your PowerSnipe password.

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If you have saved your password in the PowerSnipe Auction Browser (see “How to save your password”) the program will automatically log you in on start up.

Step 1: Log into PowerSnipe account

Once logged in, you will be directed to your auction manager page. To begin snipping auctions you must first have an auction you want to bid on.

Step 2: Click the “Auction Browser” tab and browse to an auction you want to bid on.

Step 3: Press the “Snipe” Button

Step 4: Place your max bid

The next page you see will be the Auction Details page. This page contains the details for the auction you wish to bid on. In the field that says “maximum bid,” type your maximum bid. This bid must exceed the minimum bid amount.

Once you click insert you again see the Auction Manager page. This page contains one auction with the details of that auction. The auctions displayed here are the auctions that are queued for bidding.

From the Auction Manager page you can do things like add a new auction, change your max bid at any time up to two minutes before the auction ends, go to your auction, and cancel your auction at anytime up to two minutes before the auction ends.

When the auction ends you will get an email from PowerSnipe telling you that the auction has ended.

How to save your password (2 steps)

Step 1: Open the store password dialog box (Tools -> Store PowerSnipe Password)

Click the “Tools” menu item located above the “Forward” arrow graphic. Click “Store PowerSnipe Password.”

Step 2: Fill in the username and password fields with your user name and password you entered when signing up for the service, then click “save”