Find good eBay deals on a schedule
A community developer built an eBay deal finder where Firecrawl scrapes listings and Hermes runs on a schedule to judge whether each is a good deal against the user's criteria.
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- What they did
- The source mentions this only briefly. A community developer built an eBay deal finder in which Firecrawl scrapes product listings and prices. Hermes runs on a schedule, pulls the latest data, and judges each listing against the user's criteria. Hermes has a built-in cron scheduler, and it can send results to messaging apps such as Telegram. The full build is in a linked video.
- How it went
- The source gives no results, numbers, or limitations for the deal finder. It only describes the setup in a sentence or two.
- Worth knowing
- Hermes cron has no daily run limit, so the only cost is your API budget. Firecrawl's free tier gives 1,000 credits a month.
Try it yourself with Hermes Agent
Every [number] hours, search eBay for [item or model] and scrape the new listings with [Firecrawl or another scraper]. Judge each one against my criteria: max price [amount including shipping], condition [condition], seller rating above [number], and typical market price around [amount]. Send me only the listings that look like good deals on [Telegram / other channel], each with a one-sentence reason and the link; do not bid or buy anything.
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Source: firecrawl.dev · Undated
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