The automated searches eBay buyers run every day without lifting a finger.
Batch your searches, set your criteria once, and let uBuyFirst run them on repeat through eBay’s official developer API. No manual restarts, no filter rebuilding, no missed cycles. Free web app for any buyer, on Mac or PC. Desktop suite for buyers who need always-on scanning, deeper filters, and in-app purchasing. Start free today.
When you search by hand, the routine owns you.
A manual search routine only runs when you do. Sourcing across several product lines means cycling through each search every morning, resetting filters that didn’t carry over, and accepting that whatever sold while you weren’t looking is simply gone.
- The same search takes the same effort every day, no matter how many times you’ve run it before
- eBay only saves the keyword between sessions; every other filter gets wiped and has to be rebuilt from scratch
- Working multiple categories means running each one separately, in sequence, while the others sit idle
- Anything listed and sold between your last session and this one is invisible to you completely
- Even when an alert fires, you still have to click through, open the listing, check the seller, and navigate to checkout, by which point the item may already be gone
Set it once, let it run every cycle.
Your complete filter setup, not just the keyword, is saved permanently with each search and rerun identically on every polling cycle.
- All searches in your library run simultaneously through eBay’s official API, surfacing matches within seconds
- The free web app pushes results to email, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, or Discord without the tab staying open; the desktop app scans always-on in the background
- Web app users click straight to the listing; desktop users complete the purchase inside uBuyFirst without opening eBay
Start free. Scale when your volume does.
The manual search problem hits every buyer type the same way, whether you source occasionally or run a high-volume daily operation. uBuyFirst has a tier that fits your volume.
- Runs in your browser on Mac or PC; doesn’t need to stay open to keep running
- The Notify module pushes matched listings to email, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, or Discord the moment they go live
- Alert Stream monitors keywords, search terms, sellers, and specific items live
- Your complete filter setup, including price band, condition codes, and exclusion rules, saves with each search and reruns intact every cycle
- Total price with shipping is shown on every result before you commit
- No subscription or credit card required to start
Best for: hobbyists, parts buyers, casual to occasional precise buyers, and distributors who want broad coverage without a desktop install
Start for free →- Always-on background scanner with tray and sound alerts; monitors every configured search around the clock without requiring your attention
- Delivers matched listings via Telegram or Pushbullet; tray and sound alerts built in
- Full listing data in-grid: item specifics, photos, seller history, and complete description visible inside the app; no need to open eBay to evaluate or buy
- In-app purchasing: Buy It Now, Best Offer, and Commit to Buy all run through eBay’s secure authentication inside uBuyFirst
- Python scripts and AI analysis over search results for product identification, lot analysis, and matching against buyer-specific requirements
Best for: power buyers, multi-category operators, enterprise resellers, and distributors running high-volume daily sourcing routines
See Desktop features →From match to purchase in seconds.
These are the features that make an automated search routine work at volume: matches that reach you the moment they go live, results you can act on immediately, and a purchase path that never pulls you out of your workflow.
Real-time listing detection Free + Pro
The moment a listing clears your search criteria, uBuyFirst surfaces it through eBay’s official API. The free web app fires a Notify alert to your chosen channel; the desktop scanner adds it to your results grid.
Multi-channel alert delivery Free + Pro
Every automated search routes its alerts to the channel you set for it. Web app: email, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, or Discord; the tab doesn’t need to stay open. Desktop: Telegram or Pushbullet, with tray and sound alerts built in. High-priority searches get different routing from lower-urgency ones.
Total price with shipping Free + Pro
Every result shows the item price plus the cheapest available shipping to your ZIP code before you commit. Most tools and eBay’s own search show the item price only. uBuyFirst shows the full landed cost upfront, so your margin math is accurate at the point of decision.
Persistent filter storage Pro
Every filter you configure, including price bands, condition codes, category IDs, seller criteria, and keyword exclusions, is saved permanently with each search term. The setup you built last week runs identically today with no input from you.
Batch result review Pro
Every result from the last polling cycle sits in one organised in-grid view. Item condition, full description, all photos with auto-enlarge, and complete seller history are all visible inside uBuyFirst without clicking into the eBay listing.
In-app purchase flow Pro
Buy It Now, Best Offer, and Commit to Buy are all completed through eBay’s secure authentication inside uBuyFirst – the path from a matching result to a closed purchase without opening the eBay listing page. The desktop app also supports Python scripts and AI analysis.
Up and running in under five minutes.
Build your search library
Migrate the searches you currently run manually into uBuyFirst, complete with every filter, not just the keyword. Set up new searches directly inside the tool with more filter options than eBay’s own interface exposes. Each search saves as a standing configuration.
Set each search’s notification method
On the web app, choose from email, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, or Discord. On the desktop app, you get desktop tray alerts, in-app notifications, or mobile push via Telegram or Pushbullet. Each search gets its own notification setting.
The library runs without you
uBuyFirst polls eBay’s official API in near-real-time for every active search. New matching listings reach your results grid within seconds of going live, regardless of whether you are at your desk or not.
Review once, act immediately
On the free Web App, all matched results arrive in your chosen channel. Click straight through to the listing; the total price + shipping is already there. On the Desktop App (Pro), sit down to one organised view of everything the last cycle produced. All the data is already on the screen.
The real cost of searching by hand.
Running a batch of searches manually every morning is a routine that compounds. Each new category you add costs more time, each filter you rebuild costs more effort, and every gap between sessions costs you visibility on listings that came and went without you. Here’s what shifts when the same routine runs on uBuyFirst.
| Manual search routine | uBuyAssist [Free] | uBuyFirst [Pro] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setting up the same search again | Rebuilt every session from scratch | Saved once in full; reruns automatically on every polling cycle | Saved once in full; reruns automatically on every polling cycle |
| Filter carry-over between sessions | Keyword only; all other filters reset each time | Complete filter configuration saved permanently per search | Complete filter configuration saved permanently per search |
| Running multiple searches | One at a time, in sequence | Every search in the library runs simultaneously | Every search in the library runs simultaneously |
| Visibility between sessions | Zero; listings that appeared and sold are gone by the time you check | Near-real-time API polling surfaces new matches within seconds of going live | Always-on background scanner; never misses a cycle |
| Alert channels | eBay’s delayed saved-search emails only | Email, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord | Telegram, Pushbullet; tray and sound alerts |
| Restock and price-drop events | Not reliably surfaced by eBay’s native alerts | Tracked via Notify module and Alert Stream | Tracked via always-on scanner |
| Landed cost before committing | Visible only inside the individual listing | Item price plus cheapest shipping shown in results | Item price plus cheapest shipping shown in results |
| Completing a purchase | Leave the search, open eBay, navigate to checkout | Click straight to the listing from the alert in one step | Buy It Now, Best Offer, or Commit to Buy directly from the results view via eBay’s secure authentication |
| Full listing detail without opening eBay | Not available | Not available | Item specifics, photos, seller history all visible in-grid |
| AI-assisted listing analysis | Not available | Not available | Python and AI analysis over results for product ID, lot analysis, buyer matching |
| API reliability | Native eBay interface | Built on eBay’s current official API; won’t break when eBay deprecates legacy endpoints | Built on eBay’s current official API; won’t break when eBay deprecates legacy endpoints |
Results from buyers who run automated searches daily.
I was running fourteen searches every morning before I started actual work. It was close to an hour of setup before I’d looked at a single result. Once I moved to uBuyFirst, all of that became one five-minute review.
Filter carry-over was the thing that changed everything for me. I’d spent weeks dialling in a really specific exclusion setup for one category, and I was re-entering it from memory every day. Having it sit there permanently and just run was worth the switch on its own.
I source across four categories that have nothing to do with each other. Running them sequentially every morning meant I was always behind on at least two of them. Getting all four back at once in a single pass meant I stopped missing things.
