Rover — Ebay Watchlist Au

Rover for eBay turns the Chrome side panel into a fast, focused launchpad
for everything you do on eBay — searching, browsing your watchlist,
tracking what you're bidding on, and organising it all with colour-coded
tags that sync across your devices. Open it with one keystroke, never
lose your shopping cart, never lose your tab.

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.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO

▸ Search every eBay marketplace from one place
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.

▸ Watch listings without losing them
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.

▸ Tag, sort, and remember why you watched it
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.

▸ Track what you're bidding on
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.

▸ Get outbid and ending-soon alerts (opt-in)
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.

▸ Browse with cleanly-formatted prices
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.

▸ Open everything fast
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.

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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.

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PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN

We made privacy a constraint, not an afterthought:

• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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WHO IT'S FOR

▸ Power buyers who watch a lot of listings and need to keep them
organised by project or category
▸ Cross-border shoppers who buy from multiple eBay marketplaces and
need fast switching plus currency awareness
▸ Auction hunters who want quiet outbid alerts without spammy email
▸ Vintage and collectibles shoppers who tag and curate
▸ Anyone tired of losing their watchlist tab in a sea of other tabs

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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.

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WHAT'S NEW

▸ Combined privacy policy covering both extension and website
▸ Full localisation across 7 languages — every screen, every tooltip
▸ Buyer-fee disclaimer for UK and other affected marketplaces
▸ Cross-currency conversion with cached exchange rates
▸ Push notifications for outbid and ending-soon alerts
▸ Tag sync across devices via anonymous opaque token
▸ Material Design 3 visual refresh in dark and light mode

Want a feature? Drop us a note: roverextension.com/contact

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Rover for eBay is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by,
or sponsored by eBay Inc. eBay® is a trademark of eBay Inc.