How does Huntrr work?
You save a search like "Hamilton railroad pocket watch under $400".
Every 15-60 minutes (depending on your tier) Huntrr polls eight
auction sites — HiBid, LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, eBay, OfferUp,
ShopGoodwill, Craigslist, and Bring a Trailer — looking for new
lots that match. When something hits, you get an email (and
optionally a Pushover ping or SMS). Tap the alert, you're on the
auction's listing page bidding before most people refresh.
I created a saved search but haven't gotten any alerts.
A few common reasons, in order of likelihood:
- Your criteria are tight. If you set
"max bid: $50" and the lots you want sell for $200, no
alerts will fire. Loosen the threshold or check
"deal" mode to alert on anything significantly below
typical price.
- The search hasn't run yet. Free tier polls
every 60 minutes, Pro every 15, Dealer every 5. Click
"Check now" on the saved-search detail page to trigger
an immediate run.
- The query is too narrow. Auction lot titles
are messy — "Hamilton 992 RR PW" doesn't match "Hamilton railroad
pocket watch." We auto-generate alternate phrasings via AI when
you create a search, but very obscure phrasings may need a
broader original query.
- Free tier covers HiBid + eBay only. If you're
hunting on LiveAuctioneers or Invaluable, you need Pro.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Open /account → Manage billing.
Cancel inside Lemon Squeezy's portal; you keep access until the
end of the period you've already paid for. Monthly = no partial
refund. Annual = refundable within 14 days; email
nick@huntrr.app after that
and we'll see what we can do.
How do I get push notifications on my phone?
Huntrr uses Pushover —
a one-time-purchase notification app for iOS and Android. Install
the app, copy your user key from pushover.net → Your User Key,
then paste it on /account → Phone alerts.
Every alert routes to your phone from then on.
How do I get SMS alerts?
SMS is a Dealer-tier feature. Upgrade at
/upgrade, then enter your phone number
(E.164 format, e.g. +15551234567) on
/account → SMS alerts. Texts arrive
within seconds of a match firing.
I'm a Dealer — how do I use the API?
Mint a token at /account → API access.
Use it as a Bearer token against the same endpoints the UI uses:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer hntr_pk_..." \
https://api.huntrr.app/search?q=hamilton+pocket+watch
Tokens are revocable; revoking is instant. Endpoints work the
same as the UI does — same rate limits, same tier gates.
Why isn't [some auction site] covered?
We cover the eight U.S. auction houses where collectors actually
buy. Heritage Auctions and Proxibid are
planned but currently blocked by Cloudflare anti-bot — we need
either their official partner API or a commercial unlocker.
Both are on the list once a Dealer customer asks for them
enough times.
Live source health is at /health. If a
site shows degraded, it's probably WAF whack-a-mole on our end.
Found a bug or got a feature request?
Email nick@huntrr.app. The
inbox is read by a human; you'll usually hear back within a day
or two. Include screenshots if you can.