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.
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.
Your complete filter setup, not just the keyword, is saved permanently with each search and rerun identically on every polling cycle.
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.
Best for: hobbyists, parts buyers, casual to occasional precise buyers, and distributors who want broad coverage without a desktop install
Start for free →Best for: power buyers, multi-category operators, enterprise resellers, and distributors running high-volume daily sourcing routines
See Desktop features →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.
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.
Every automated search routes its alerts to the channel you set for it. Web app: email, Slack, Telegram 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On the web app, choose from email, Slack, Telegram 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.
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.
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.
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, 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 |
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.
By buyers who source the same items repeatedly and need every cycle covered, whether they’re at their desk or not. Useful across all buyer types, from hobbyists and parts buyers tracking one item to enterprise resellers running dozens of searches simultaneously.
Configure your keywords, price range, condition codes, and seller filters in uBuyFirst. The tool polls eBay’s official API in near-real time, feeds matching listings into your results grid within seconds of going live, and reruns your complete filter setup identically on every cycle.
Your routine runs independently of your schedule. All searches execute in parallel with filters intact, and results from every search land in one organised view with no manual effort per run.
Yes. A listing that goes live and sells between your manual check-ins is invisible to you. A continuously running search catches it in the cycle it appeared.
Yes. The free uBuyAssist web app requires no subscription or credit card. It includes automated searches, persistent filters, landed cost per result, and alert delivery to email, Slack, Telegram and Discord. The desktop Pro tier adds always-on scanning, in-app purchasing, and AI listing analysis.
The free web app runs in any browser on Mac or PC and doesn’t need to stay open to send alerts. The Pro desktop app runs on Windows.
Persistent filter storage, parallel search execution, per-search alert routing, search library management, landed cost per result, full listing detail in-grid (Pro), in-app purchasing (Pro), and Python and AI analysis over results (Pro).
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