Rover — eBay Watchlist & Auction Tracker

eBay watchlist tracker with live auction countdowns, tags, and a clean Chrome side panel. Free, no ads.

Rover is a free Chrome side panel for eBay — watchlist tracking, live auction countdowns, colour-coded tags, cross-marketplace search, and outbid alerts. One keystroke opens it. It stays docked while you browse. Rover is independent. We're not affiliated with eBay Inc. We just love a tidy buying experience and we built the tool we wanted to use. ──────────────────────────────────── WHAT YOU CAN DO ▸ eBay search across every marketplace Type once, get autosuggest results, hit enter, land on eBay's normal results page in a new tab. Switch from eBay US to UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, IE, PL, CA, AU, IN, HK, MY, PH, or SG with a single dropdown — no re-typing, no hunting for the right country domain. ▸ eBay watchlist tracking in your side panel Sign in to eBay once, and Rover pulls your watchlist straight into the side panel. Cards show price, time left, seller, condition, free-shipping flag, and a clean image — exactly the things you actually look at before clicking. Cross-currency? Rover converts and shows your home-currency estimate inline. ▸ Colour-coded tags to organise watched items Build your own tag library — "kitchen reno", "vintage typewriters", "gifts for Mum", whatever your shopping brain is doing — pick a colour for each, drag-tag onto items, and instantly filter. Tags sync across every device you sign in on, so the watchlist on your laptop matches the one on your work computer. ▸ Auction tracker for active bids and Buy It Now The Buying tab surfaces active auctions, Buy It Now reservations, and recently-purchased items separately. See bid status at a glance, jump back to a listing in one tap. ▸ Outbid and ending-soon auction alerts Turn on push notifications and Rover pings you when an auction you're in is about to end or you've been outbid. Token-based, no spam. ▸ Cross-currency pricing and buyer-fee disclosure Cross-currency conversions, buyer-fee disclaimers for affected marketplaces, original-vs-discounted pricing — formatted the way a human reads it, not the way eBay's API spits it out. ▸ One-keystroke side panel access Cmd+Shift+E (or Ctrl+Shift+E on Windows / Linux) opens the side panel from any tab. The side panel stays put across page navigations, so it doesn't disappear every time you click a result. ──────────────────────────────────── WHY A SIDE PANEL The side panel is Chrome's hidden superpower for shopping. It stays docked while you compare listings, read reviews, or paste links into chat. You don't lose context tab-hopping. You don't lose your spot. And unlike an extension popup, it doesn't close the moment you click somewhere else. Rover was built side-panel-first. Every screen — search, watchlist, buying, tags, settings — is laid out for that narrow column. No awkward stretched-out modals, no responsive guesswork. ──────────────────────────────────── NO ADS, NO TRACKING We don't make money by selling your data: - No session recording. No keystroke capture. No form-content capture. - No advertising cookies. No third-party tracking pixels. - Anonymous usage analytics only — a random device ID and a "signed in: yes/no" flag. Never your eBay username or email. - Your watchlist data stays in your browser. Tag sync uses an opaque anonymous token that's never tied to your eBay identity. - Toggle analytics off at any time in Settings → Privacy & data. Full disclosure of every event we capture lives at roverextension.com/privacy — including what we sync, what we don't, and how to opt out of each piece. ──────────────────────────────────── SUPPORTED MARKETPLACES Rover speaks fluent eBay across all major regions: 🇺🇸 United States · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇫🇷 France · 🇮🇹 Italy · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 🇮🇪 Ireland · 🇵🇱 Poland · 🇨🇦 Canada · 🇦🇺 Australia · 🇮🇳 India · 🇭🇰 Hong Kong · 🇲🇾 Malaysia · 🇵🇭 Philippines · 🇸🇬 Singapore Switch marketplaces from the toolbar — search, autosuggest, watchlist, and Buying all retarget instantly. ──────────────────────────────────── SUPPORTED LANGUAGES Rover's interface is fully translated into: English · Deutsch · Français · Español · Italiano · Nederlands · Polski The extension reads your Chrome language and switches automatically. No manual setting required. ──────────────────────────────────── FREE — AND HOW WE STAY FREE Rover earns a small commission from eBay through eBay Partner Network when you buy something after clicking through from the extension. You pay the same price either way; eBay shares a referral fee with us. This is how we keep Rover free and ad-free. Outbound clicks are attributed transparently — there's a "How Rover is funded" row in Settings → About that explains the model in plain language. You can read the full affiliate disclosure on every product card. We do not show banner ads. We do not insert sponsored listings. We do not sell your data. The affiliate model is the entire business model. ──────────────────────────────────── WHO IT'S FOR ▸ eBay power buyers tracking large watchlists across projects ▸ Resellers and flippers sourcing inventory across eBay marketplaces ▸ Cross-border shoppers needing fast marketplace switching and currency conversion ▸ Auction hunters who want quiet outbid alerts without spammy email ▸ Vintage and collectibles buyers who tag, curate, and revisit ▸ Anyone tired of losing their eBay watchlist tab in a sea of other tabs ──────────────────────────────────── FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ▸ Do I need to sign in to eBay? Only if you want your watchlist and Buying activity to appear. Search and marketplace browsing work without signing in. Sign in is one tap through eBay's standard OAuth screen — Rover never sees your password. ▸ Where is my watchlist stored? Inside your browser, in chrome.storage.local. Rover fetches it from eBay on your behalf and keeps a local cache so the side panel opens instantly. None of it is sent to Rover's servers. ▸ Are my tags synced? Yes — across every device where you sign in. Tag names, colours, and which items they're attached to ride a sync token that's anonymous and opaque. We can't link tags back to your eBay identity. ▸ Will it slow down my browsing? No. The side panel only loads when you open it. The background service worker handles push notifications and runs at idle priority. We measured: cold-open under 200ms on a mid-range machine. ▸ Does Rover work with eBay Stores / Storefronts? Yes. Click any seller name on a listing and Rover routes you to their storefront cleanly. ▸ How do I uninstall? Same as any Chrome extension — chrome://extensions, click Remove. Your local data is wiped automatically. Synced tags can be cleared manually from Settings → Privacy & data → Synced tags before uninstalling. ▸ Is Rover affiliated with eBay? No. Rover is independent. eBay does not sponsor, endorse, or support this extension. We use eBay's public APIs and the eBay Partner Network referral programme. ──────────────────────────────────── WHAT'S NEW ▸ Live auction countdowns in the side panel ▸ Outbid and ending-soon push notifications ▸ Colour-coded tag sync across devices ▸ Cross-currency conversion for international buyers ▸ Buyer-fee transparency for UK and other marketplaces ▸ Full localisation in 7 languages Coming soon: sold-comp lookup, price-drop alerts, saved-search alerts. Want a feature? Drop us a note: roverextension.com/contact ──────────────────────────────────── Rover for eBay is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by eBay Inc. eBay® is a trademark of eBay Inc.