eSnipe is a website designed to allow eBay buyers to automatically bid at the very end of an auction. As of December 2010, eSnipe charges a fee if an eBay buyer makes a winning bid, and does not charge anything if the buyer does not make a winning bid. This process of last minute bidding is known in the online auction community as sniping. This is defined as placing a bid on an auction item at the last possible moment. The benefit to a bidder is that it gives other bidders very little time to react and place a higher bid.