which account given uses to snipe with

[goodlittlekitty]

I have 2 ebay accounts. I log in and out of both from my phone.

When I log into gixen from either one, it still shows me a snipe I set up.

Do I need to be logged into either of my eBay accounts for the snipe to launch from gixen mirror services? How do I know which eBay account to stay logged into since I see the snipe on Gixen from either eBay I'm logged in on?

I only have a few hours left to figure this out, and I'll stay logged into whichever eBay account gixen is using for the snipe,, but I can't tell which of my two eBay accounts Gixen is using to launch my snipes from... both My eBay accounts use different passwords, how do I know which eBay account I need to be logged into for the snipes to work?

Does it matter if I am logged in on eBay for the snipes to send? Does Gixen toggle between my eBay passwords on my different eBay accounts? Do I only need to have both eBay accounts linked to Gixen in order for any and all snipes to launch?

Can I launch Gixen mirror snipes simultaneously from two two eBay accounts? How do I do it?



What's the particular way to make sure I get my snipe in without screwing up?

[Cupid]

Gixen accounts are entirely separate from Ebay accounts.

It is advised, for your own security, that you do not name your Gixen account the same as your Ebay account, however, obviously neither Gixen nor Ebay can enforce this because they are entirely different things.

You do not need to be logged into any Ebay account for sniping to be operative on your Gixen accounts, you do not ned your computer switched on either, it operates from it's own servers according to the instructions that you provide while logged in to one of the Gixen user interfaces.

The way that you set up which account Gixen has permission to place bids on is through the second section of the Settings page, where you authorise it to place bids. This process is always done via logging into ebay.com to grant the permission. You can change it at any time at no cost.

You never provide Gixen with your Ebay password and Gixen has no means of retrieving it from them, Gixen only has the limited privileges that you grant via the authorisation process.

From what you are saying it sounds like you have two different Gixen accounts. That is acceptable, however you should take great care not to set them up to use different Ebay accounts, and then schedule the same snipes on both... because that would result in bids being placed on both your Ebay accounts by Gixen, and you would therefore be bidding against yourself on Ebay, and doing so via different accounts would affect the price that you pay as a result.
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[goodlittlekitty]

I have less than 2 hours before my snipe launches and Gixen allows me to view my snipe and modify my snipe in the same item from either account..

Oh boy I better figure this out. Thank you for your help.

[goodlittlekitty]

I transferred a Gixen mirror subscription from one of my eBay accounts to another of my eBay accounts in September 2023. Gixen shows my account as being active right now. I forgot I did that transfer.

Does this mean I have only one Gixen account?

Does this mean I am not bidding against myself?

Is it still possible for me to schedule a snipe off the old eBay account that I transferred my Gixen mirror subscription from?

That requires two separate Gixen accounts you said? The transferred Gixen subscription will not permit me to bid against myself, however inadvertently, is that correct?

[Gixen]

[goodlittlekitty]

Which leads me to wonder if linking/unlinking my first eBay account (that I transferred my Gixen mirror subscription from) effectively toggles my Gixen subscription between my eBay accounts? That would be cool! And protect me from bidding against myself, at least with these two eBay accounts.

Does Gixen do that? Does Gixen allow me to toggle my mirror subscription account (singular) between two ebay accounts by linking/unlinking in my settings?

What happens if both my eBay accounts are left linked to Gixen on eBay?

[Cupid]

That's a lot of questions... I'll do my best to answer them all, but some may inadvertently get missed so please elaborate if you're still confused.

You certainly didn't transfer your 'mirror subscription from one of my eBay accounts to another of my eBay accounts' ... because a mirror subscription is not associated directly with an Ebay account, it's associated with a Gixen account... As I've tried to explain already, a Gixen account is not the same thing as an Ebay account, even if you name them the same, they aren't.

So what you may well have done is transfer your Mirror Subscription from one Gixen account to another... but if you did that just to have it bid on a different Ebay account it was pointless really because you could have achieved that just by linking that different account in the second section of the Settings page.

Transferring a Mirror subscription between two Gixen accounts does not delete the first account, it just means the account that you've transferred it from no longer has a Mirror subscription.

So, indeed you may still have two Gixen accounts, in fact if you've successfully transferred a Mirror subscription and have not subsequently deleted the account that you transferred it from then you would definitely have two Gixen accounts.

Each Gixen account can be authorised to bid on just one Ebay account, but you can change which one it is at any time by changing the authorisation in the second section of the Settings page.

You can certainly bid against yourself if you have two Gixen accounts, you authorise them to use different Ebay accounts and then schedule snipes for the same item on both those accounts. It's never going to be a good idea to do that. It's the equivalent of logging into Ebay with one Ebay account, going to an auction and placing a bid, then logging out of that Ebay account and into a different Ebay account, then going to that same auction and placing another bid... no one would ever do that, it just raises the price of the item for no good reason.

Yes, it's entirely possible to go back to a Gixen account that you've transferred a Mirror subscription from and schedule a snipe on that Gixen account... it won't be a Mirrored snipe if you've transferred the Mirror subscription away from that Gixen account. But a Gixen account does not require a Mirror subscription to be able to place bids on Ebay, it does need an authorisation to bid on an Ebay account though.

So, a Mirror subscription does not protect you from bidding against yourself, no. You protect yourself from that by not scheduling snipes on different Gixen accounts for the same auction.

What linking and unlinking an Ebay account does is add the authorisation that Gixen requires to bid on Ebay (linking) or removes that authorisation (unlinking).

Again you didn't transfer your Gixen mirror subscription from your Ebay account... because a mirror subscription is only ever associated with a Gixen account... each Gixen account is then independently associated with an Ebay account via the authorisation that you give that Gixen account.

Yes, Gixen allows you to change the Ebay account that is associated with your Mirror subscription, when you are logged into the Gixen account with the Mirror subscription you change the Ebay account that it bids on by going to the Settings page, unlinking the old Ebay account and then relinking with the new Ebay account.

Finally, if both Ebay accounts are left linked to two different Gixen accounts (each Gixen account can only have one Ebay account linked/authorised at any one time), the snipes scheduled via one of the Gixen accounts are placed on one Ebay id, and snipes scheduled on the other are placed on the other Ebay id. There's no problem doing that, apart from if you ever schedule a snipe for the same auction on both Gixen accounts, because then you would end up bidding against yourself.
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[goodlittlekitty]

Thank you, Cupid. Sorry for causing confusion with what I stated earlier, I misspoke.

I meant to say I transferred a mirror subscription from one Gixen-registered email (associated with an eBay account) over to a different Gixen-registered email (also used with another eBay account).

So if I understand you correctly, any of my eBay accounts can access my Gixen account, provided I have it linked to Gixen, granting permission, via the eBay settings for 3rd party permissions, right? I can have snipes set up on a single Gixen account that are coming from different eBay accounts, and there's no problem with doing that? Provided I don't set up competing snipes for the same listing as you pointed out, so I don't end up bidding against myself, got it.

Now I need to find out if I have two Gixen accounts but only one active subscription, which might be causing my confusion.

[goodlittlekitty]

I have another question if I may ask it here also? Is it supposed to say \"Your Gixen authorization\" where it says \"Your eBay authorization for eBay account (name) expires on Thu, Aug 13, 2026\"? Thank you I appreciate the clarity you bring, Cupid. I'm grateful for your patience, too.

[Cupid]