LURKDEALS
eBay search is broken. Every niche marketplace is a silo. Nobody is watching the market for you.
Lurk is a network of intelligent, vertical-specific deal alert engines — each one sharper than the fragmented tools that exist today, all unified under a single platform.
EVERYONE IS DOING THIS WRONG
eBay Search is Broken
Watch collectors search by reference number. PC builders need exact compatibility. Car modders need fitment. eBay returns noise. Buyers leave frustrated.
Relist Spam is Killing Alerts
Subscribe to eBay saved searches and you get the same listings over and over — relisted, repriced, re-everything. The signal-to-noise ratio is so bad people stop using alerts entirely.
Every Tool is a Silo
HiFi Shark does audio. WatchCharts does watches. PCPartPicker does computers. Nobody does all of them. Nobody shares infrastructure, user accounts, or a unified alert system.
Canada is Ignored
Every major deal platform is US-first. Canadian buyers get burned by deals that don't ship, prices in wrong currency, and zero local pickup intelligence.
THE LURK NETWORK
One brand. One platform. One alert engine powering a constellation of niche vertical search tools — each one the sharpest in its category.
WatchHunt
Reference-level search. Sold comp pricing. Auth Guarantee filter. Relist detection.
AOV $3k-$25kPC Builder Canada
Build a used PC from eBay parts with real compatibility checks. Canadian pricing.
AOV $400-$2kCar Part Finder
Drop in your dealer quote. Get the used eBay alternative instantly.
AOV $200-$1.5kCar Mods Finder
Browse by platform, mod category, brand. Fitment-first.
AOV $300-$3kHi-Fi Hunter
Vintage receivers, turntables, amplifiers, speakers. Alerts by exact model.
AOV $500-$5kLocal Pickup Finder
Furniture, gym gear, appliances. Radius-based eBay pickup-only listings.
AOV $500-$8kWardrobe Tracker
Set your sizes and brands. True new inventory only. Price drop alerts.
AOV $80-$500Camera Gear
Leica collectors, vintage lenses, specific bodies. Serial number range awareness.
AOV $400-$8kGolf Gear
Specific shaft flex. Specific year. Watch-level obsession for golfers.
AOV $200-$2kRetro Gaming
Board revision awareness. CIB vs loose vs sealed. Region filtering.
AOV $80-$5k+Trading Cards
PSA/BGS grade filtering. Set and print run awareness.
AOV $50-$50k+POPULAR LURKS
The items people are watching right now. These are the searches that fire alerts, fill the Kill Feed, and move fast when priced right.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Every competitor does one thing. We do everything — and we do it smarter. The core alert engine is built around problems nobody else has bothered to solve.
Relist Detection
Every listing gets a fingerprint. If it has been listed before — same item, same seller — you won't see it again. Nobody has built this properly.
Reference-Level Search
Enthusiast buyers search by exact model number, spec, vintage year. We parse and index at that level. eBay doesn't.
Sold Comp Pricing
Every listing surfaces its historical sold price context automatically. "18% below the 90-day average." No second tab needed.
Instant Multi-Channel Alerts
Email, SMS, push, Discord webhooks. The moment a matching listing hits, you know. Not once a day. Instantly.
Canadian-First Intelligence
Ships to Canada flag. CAD pricing. Local pickup radius. No more finding out a deal doesn't cross the border.
One Account. All Verticals.
Watch alerts. PC part alerts. Car mod alerts. All in one dashboard under one login.
THE GROWTH FLYWHEEL
Self-reinforcing by design.
Lurk finds a genuinely great deal
Algorithm monitors eBay continuously, surfaces real value, detects relists, checks sold comps.
Deal posted to Reddit + r/LurkDeals
Shared to vertical subreddits. r/Watches, r/AVexchange, r/buildapcsales. Community sees genuine value. Zero paid distribution.
Traffic hits lurk.deals
Affiliate tag on every outbound link. Casual visitors click and buy. Serious buyers sign up for personalized alerts.
Subscribers set up alerts
Daily active users. Repeat visits. Newsletter subscribers. SEO compounds. Communities grow.
Revenue reinvested into more verticals
Each new vertical is a new subreddit, newsletter, SEO surface. The platform grows. The moat deepens.
THE KILL FEED
When something sells fast on eBay it means one thing — it was priced below market. The market itself voted. We surface that intelligence in real time.
When a deal sells fast, every Lurk user gets a Copy Alert — notifying them what sold, how fast, and how much below market. Free users see it. Pro users already had the alert 15 minutes earlier.
Rolex 1680 just sold in 58 seconds.
Listed at $6,200 — $1,200 below avg.
Pro members got the alert before you.
Set your alert for the next one
The weekly newsletter section that sells Pro subscriptions better than any pricing page. What flew off eBay this week. What's still available. What to set alerts for next time.
This week's fastest sold deals:
1680 · $6,200 · gone in 58s
Speedmaster 105.012 · gone in 3m
Still available: 3 similar refs
Pro users caught 2 of these 5.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE FOR BUSINESSES
The Kill Feed isn't just FOMO for buyers — it's real-time market intelligence for anyone who trades in physical goods. An auto recycler watching McLaren parts sell in minutes knows exactly what to pull and price. A vintage audio dealer watching McIntosh move faster than Marantz adjusts their buying strategy. The free tier alone becomes an essential daily business tool.
FREE VS PRO
The free tier is genuinely, embarrassingly useful. That's intentional. Pro converts itself — every Copy Alert does the work.
- +SMS + email alerts
- +15-minute scan frequency
- +Relist detection
- +Kill Feed access (24hr delay)
- +Copy Alerts -- what sold fast
- +Weekly vertical newsletters
- +Sold comp pricing on listings
- +5 active alert slots
- +All verticals, one account
- Instant alerts -- seconds after listing
- SMS + email + push + Discord webhook
- Kill Feed live -- real time
- Unlimited alert slots
- Price history graphs per listing
- Relist history -- how long it's been sitting
- Seller deal-score -- track fast sellers
- Everything in Free
Rolex 1680 sold in 58s. Pro members got the alert 14 minutes before you.
HOW WE GROW
Each vertical has a home subreddit full of high-intent buyers. We build reputation by posting genuinely good deals. Traffic flows back. Affiliate clicks follow.
r/AVexchange → audio.lurk.deals
r/buildapcsales → pc.lurk.deals
r/frugalmalefashion → fit.lurk.deals
r/LurkDeals → everything
Our own community. Our rules. Affiliate links allowed. Flairs map to every vertical. Users subscribe to only the categories they want. Reddit does the notification work for free.
Flair: PC Parts
Flair: Local Pickup
Flair: Car Mods
Flair: Audio Gear
Each vertical gets its own newsletter and SEO blog. 50,000 watch enthusiast subscribers is a sponsorable asset. Category-specific sponsors pay premium CPMs.
Weekly: PC Part Deals Canada
Weekly: Local Pickup Radar
Blog: "Is this Rolex a good deal?"
Blog: "Best used turntables under $500"
HOW WE MAKE MONEY
3% commission on every completed eBay purchase driven from Lurk. Every outbound link carries our Partner Network tag. Scales directly with traffic.
Vintage receiver: +$45
PC GPU: +$15
Streetwear item: +$9
Volume x AOV = revenue
The only difference between free and Pro is speed. Free scans every 15 minutes. Pro is instant. That gap costs deals. Every Copy Alert sells the subscription automatically.
Pro: Instant, all channels, $12/mo
1,000 Pro x $12 = $12k/mo
5,000 Pro x $12 = $60k/mo
Predictable. Recurring. Yours.
Vertical newsletters with engaged niche audiences are independently valuable. Category-specific sponsors pay premium CPMs for targeted buyers.
Canadian retailer programs
Direct brand sponsorships
Memory Express, Canada Computers
Watch authentication services
WHY WE WIN
| PLATFORM | RELIST DETECTION | MULTIPLE VERTICALS | CANADIAN FOCUS | INSTANT ALERTS | SOLD COMPS | MODERN UI | LURK.DEALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomatedSearches.com | x | x | x | + | x | x (2007) | + All |
| HiFi Shark | x | x | x | x | Partial | Dated | + All |
| RedFlagDeals | x | General | + | x | x | Dated | + All |
| WatchCharts | x | x | x | Basic | + | Good | + All |
| eBay Saved Searches | x | x | Partial | x (daily) | x | + | + All |
THE PLAN
- →Register lurk.deals + r/LurkDeals
- →Launch core alert engine with relist detection
- →3-4 verticals live: watches, PC, car parts, audio
- →Reddit community building
- →First newsletter subscribers per vertical
- →eBay Partner Network first commissions
- →Target: $500-2k/mo by month 10
- →8+ verticals live
- →Lurk Pro subscription tier launches
- →SEO compounding across all domains
- →UK and Australia expansion
- →Kijiji + Facebook Marketplace integration
- →First newsletter sponsorship deals
- →Target: $3-8k/mo revenue
- →12+ verticals, each with newsletter + blog
- →Part-time content/community hire
- →Mobile app for Pro subscribers
- →Discord community per vertical
- →RedFlagDeals integration / partnership
- →Germany, France expansion
- →Target: $10-20k/mo revenue
- →Platform acquisition conversations begin
- →Potential acquirers: eBay, Slickdeals, PE rollup
- →Hundreds of thousands of niche subscribers
- →Proven recurring revenue across streams
- →Global presence across 6+ eBay markets
- →Real valuation on subscriber base alone
The platform never sleeps. While you're at work, asleep, or living your life — Lurk is watching every eBay market, every listing, every price change. You get notified when it matters.
Each vertical becomes the definitive resource in its niche. Not good enough. The best. Communities form around it. Newsletters grow. SEO locks in. Competitors can't replicate the breadth.
Every subscriber, every Reddit post, every newsletter reader, every SEO article compounds. The moat deepens with time. Revenue reinvested becomes more verticals becomes more revenue.