Saved searches — manage your active search alerts.
Search health — spot and fix stale or noisy searches.
New results — your latest-check inbox.
Matches — full review history grouped by search across every check.
Import eBay searches — bring in your existing eBay saved searches.
Search tips / Account / Help — power-user guide, settings, and this FAQ.

Baydar is an advanced eBay saved-search tool for people who want faster, more configurable search alerts than eBay's default notifications.

Baydar is intended to add more frequent checks, stricter filters, hidden/noisy result handling, saved-search import later, result explanations, and power-user controls.

That is the intended route through secure eBay sign-in, not password storage. It has not been tested yet. The current fallback is pasting an eBay search URL to recreate one search.

The UI supports 60 seconds, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, and daily digest. Background scheduling is not enabled yet, so checks run manually in this preview.

Baydar checks selected priority searches every 60 seconds. Four live controlled proof runs have confirmed a 59–62 second check cadence (cadence p99 ≤ 62 s across 42 gaps per run). A Pushover notification test run measured 0 s send delay across 39/39 sends; Simon manually observed receipt on iPhone and Apple Watch. Timing proof records the eBay listing time, when Baydar first saw the listing in eBay results, when Baydar queued the alert, and when it was accepted by the notification channel. If eBay shows a listing later than its listing time, the proof separates that from Baydar’s own check/send time. Notification delivery timing depends on your channel and device — Baydar does not guarantee instant delivery.

In this preview, eBay UK is enabled by default. Marketplace scaffolding is in place for eBay US, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, and Canada, but those remain planned until marketplace-specific checks and import handling are fully validated.

Search in description is coming later and is not yet mapped in Baydar.

App notifications and email are planned. They are not enabled in this version.

For urgent priority searches, Baydar recommends a dedicated push-alert channel — one designed specifically for service-to-device notifications rather than general messaging. No push-alert account is required to use Baydar; notification channels are a planned optional feature.

Pushover is one optional choice for this — built for service-to-device push alerts. In a controlled EBAY_GB proof run, Baydar checked selected searches on a 60-second cadence and sent 39/39 Pushover test alerts with 0 s measured send delay. Device receipt was also manually observed on iPhone and Apple Watch. ntfy is a lightweight, open alternative worth evaluating. Email covers most users well and is the planned baseline channel for early launch.

Email, SMS, and chat apps add delivery variables outside Baydar's control for time-sensitive items — mail provider queues, mobile carrier delays, app platform notification rules, and device-level settings. Baydar's timing proof separates three things: when eBay reported the listing, when Baydar first saw it, and when the notification channel delivered the alert. That separation means Baydar can identify which stage added delay, regardless of which channel you use.

Baydar does not guarantee instant delivery on any channel. The 60-second cadence is a check cadence, not a delivery promise.

No. Future eBay connection will use secure eBay Sign-In, not password storage.

No. Baydar helps you find and judge listings; it does not buy or bid.

No. Baydar is independent and is not endorsed by or affiliated with eBay.

No. "60 seconds" is Baydar's scheduled check cadence for selected priority searches — not an absolute guarantee that every eBay listing will trigger an alert exactly 60 seconds after the seller lists it. eBay's own indexing can make a listing visible later than its creation timestamp. Alert delivery also depends on your notification channel and device. Baydar's timing proof records each of these stages separately so delays can be traced to the right layer.

Baydar's alerts depend on eBay results being available, your notification channel being reachable, and Baydar's infrastructure running. An outage in any of these layers can delay or prevent alerts for that window. Baydar is not responsible for third-party outages. Baydar's timing proof records help identify which layer caused a delay after the fact.

Yes. When paid plans launch, cancellation will be self-service from your account. You can disconnect your eBay account from Baydar at any time.

eBay listing freshness can lag or vary because search indexing, relists, marketplace display rules, and listing metadata are not always updated at the same moment.

Hidden results are listings Baydar thinks are duplicates, accessories, parts, unrelated, or already seen. They stay reviewable so you can spot mistakes.

New results shows the latest check only and is replaced by the next check. Matches is your main review surface — it groups all results by saved search across every check, including hidden and already-seen items. Use Matches as your daily review hub.

Open Matches and select Hidden from the filter bar. Hidden items are stored and reviewable — Baydar moves them out of the default view so they do not create noise, but they are always there if you want to check them.

Open Search tips from the left nav. It covers excluded terms, required terms, phrase matching, category narrowing, aspect filters, and more.

Acknowledging a warning mutes the orange badge and shows the issue with a strikethrough in the Search health section — it does not fix the underlying problem. Use it for warnings you know about and have decided to accept. You can clear the acknowledgement at any time from the detail drawer.

Without a maximum price, Baydar returns results across all price points. For most searches this creates noise — expensive items that are not relevant to what you are looking for. Set a max price that is realistic for what you would pay, and Baydar will suppress items above that limit and keep alerts useful.

Not in this version. Use Check now on any saved search for a manual check. Background scheduling is planned for a later release.