New Auction searching and tracking website: bid-brain.com

[dstudeba]

With so many auctions going on I am sure we have all had the problem of missing items we wanted and forgetting when auctions are ending with items we want. I wrote a program to combine multiple auctions into one searchable database. The program also allows you to save the searches and email hits out when new auctions come online. If you want to follow an item's bidding progress the program will track it and email you either when a certain bid level is reached or when any bid comes in on that item.

And it is free.

Currently these Auction Houses are tracked:

Love of the Game Auctions
Robert Edwards Auctions
Joe's Vintage Sports Cards Auctions
Sterling Auctions
SCP Auctions
Goodwin & Company
Legendary Auctions
Collect Auctions
Greg Bussineau Sports Rarities
Huggins and Scott Auctions
Brockelman & Luckey Auctions

http://bid-brain.com

Here is the pitch:

Today there are so many auction houses and multiple auctions ending every week. Bidding in and tracking these auctions is difficult with all the rest of one's commitments. Not to mention the concerns with leaving your maximum bids in the auction house's system. Now all of the auction lots you are interested in can be tracked in one place by a third party. You can be notified when each new bid is made on a lot or when the lot reaches a certain bid level.

Search

All current auctions we track are downloaded into our database. These auctions can be searched by keywords from one interface. Links are provided to go to the original listing on the auction house's site. Searches can be saved for automated notification when new auctions come online with items that match your search. Notifications can be set up for any of the monitored auctions. These notifications can be configured to be sent when a certain bid level is reached or for every bid placed.

Monitor

All of the auctions are monitored from the start to the end of the auction. You select the price levels that are important to you. The levels are not disclosed to any other party especially the auction house. There is no need to worry about leaving a max bid or being outbid late in the auction without knowing.

Notify

Emails and text messages can be sent whenever a lot you are following has a bid of importance to you. Daily or weekly reports are also prepared for all of the lots you are tracking. Don't worry about ever missing a bid or the end of an auction again.

Searching Mossi returns hits from 3 different auctions at once:
(also note that Mossi isn't in any of the titles)



Lots to track can either be entered on the Track Lots page or from the Search Results page by clicking on the logo that looks like this:



Searches can be saved and run from the website manually, or automatically when a new auction comes online.




There is also and auction calendar for all upcoming auctions whether they are tracked or not.




This has been in testing for about 2 months and has worked with many auctions. However I would love to hear suggestions and any problems that people have with the program. Much of the current functionality was implemented after being suggested by early users.

http://bid-brain.com

Dan Studebaker
danstudebaker@gmail.com