Built by someone who needed this too.
Hi, I'm Darrell - a solo developer from the UK who spent way too long refreshing eBay hoping to catch a good listing before someone else did.
Eventually I thought: there has to be a better way. So I built one.
DealWatcha watches eBay for you. You tell it what you're looking for, set the kind of price that makes sense to you, and it runs quietly in the background. The moment a matching listing appears, you get an alert on your phone. No more refreshing. No more missed opportunities.
Where this actually came from
It started with a conversation at work.
A friend was talking about eBay - specifically how frustrating it was that by the time you found a good listing, it was already gone. He said something like: “Wouldn't it be useful to just get notified the second something appears?”
I thought it was a good idea. Then I went back to my desk and forgot about it.
A few months later, I was on holiday in Japan. I was surrounded by Pokémon cards, sealed boxes, collectibles - the kind of stuff that goes fast when it's priced right. I started searching eBay for something specific I wanted, but I was on holiday. I didn't want to keep checking my phone every hour. I wanted to actually be present.
That's when it clicked.
I didn't want to search eBay. I wanted something to search it for me, and just tap me on the shoulder when something worth looking at appeared.
When I got back, I built DealWatcha. At first it was just for me - mostly Pokémon cards and sealed products. But it quickly became obvious the same idea works just as well for retro games, consoles, electronics, parts, and anything else people regularly hunt for on eBay.
The problem it actually solves
Some eBay listings don't hang around.
A well-priced Buy It Now can be gone within minutes - whether it's a collectible at a fair price, something below retail, or a resell opportunity with decent margin. You can check eBay twenty times a day and still miss it, just because you happened to check at the wrong moment. DealWatcha is the fix for that.
You create a Watcher using the same search terms and price filters you'd normally use. DealWatcha checks in the background continuously, and when a real match appears, you get a New Listing Found alert straight to your phone - so you can be the one who sees it first.
A quick note on honesty: not every match is going to be a bargain. No tool can promise that. What DealWatcha can do is make sure you see the right listings sooner, so you can decide quickly - before someone else gets there first.
Who I built this for
There are really three kinds of people I had in mind while building DealWatcha, and most of what I work on is shaped by one of them.
Collectors
If you're hunting rare cards, sealed product, retro games, or the one thing missing from your collection, you already know the good listings disappear fast. DealWatcha lets you set the price you're actually willing to pay and quietly hunts in the background, so you stop missing the ones that finally appear at the right number.
Resellers
If you flip on eBay, margin lives or dies on being first. A New Listing Found alert can be the difference between catching an underpriced Buy It Now and seeing it gone five minutes later. Not every alert is a flip - but the ones worth flipping move quickly, and this is the cleanest way I've found to actually see them in time.
Everyday buyers
Sometimes you just want a specific thing at a fair price - a console, a part for a project, a present you've been quietly keeping an eye out for. You don't want to live on eBay. You want to get on with your day and have your phone buzz when it shows up.
However you use it - to save money buying something for yourself, or to make money reselling it - the job is the same: put the right listing in front of you before someone else gets there first.
Still early, but already working
DealWatcha is in beta, and it's live.
It's already checking listings, finding matches, and sending alerts. I've personally used it to catch Pokémon cards and sealed products I'd have missed otherwise. Early users are trying it for their own searches too, and the feedback they're sharing is directly shaping what gets built next.
I'm opening it up in small batches on purpose - I want the alerts to stay reliable and useful as the product grows, not jam people in and hope for the best.
The goal is simple: make DealWatcha one of the best tools out there for watching eBay - whether you're collecting, reselling, or just trying to find something before it disappears.
DealWatcha is an independent tool, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to eBay.
Darrell
Building DealWatcha solo, from the UK
Want to try it?
DealWatcha is still in beta, but it is live and working.
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