The online auction site eBay offers a great way for anyone to make a few pounds by selling things they no longer need and buyer can grab themselves a bargain by scouring the listings for something they need. But if you're not careful, it is all to easy to be outbid at the last minute and miss out on an essential purchase for just a few pence.

There are time when it is simply not possible to manually monitor auctions and increase your maximum bid as appropriate, and this is where Ace Sniper Desktop Bidder can help. The program can automatically place bids on your behalf by filling in the bidding form for you - so you don't even need to be sat in front of your computer to take part in an auction.

You can save time by importing your existing eBay watchlist, and there are a number of additional handy features. One of the most useful comes into play when you are bidding on more than one auction for the same item in a bid to get the best price. By taking advantage of the bid groups features you can opt to automatically cancel your other bids once one auction has been won.

The Lite version of the program allows for 5 scheduled desktop-based snipes per month and 30 navigation activations per day. All versions may be used on two computers.