# Best deal alert tools for UK PC flippers (2026) | PathAu

> Deal alert tools for flipping used PCs and parts in the UK compared: PathAu, CSC Deals, Flipify, DealSonar and free saved searches — marketplaces, speed, valuation and price.

Source: https://pathau.co.uk/guides/best-deal-alert-tools-uk/

# Deal alert tools for UK PC flippers

An alert tool watches new listings for you. They differ in which marketplaces they
watch, how fast, and whether they tell you what a listing is worth. We make PathAu, so check the others' sites —
details below are as shown on their websites in October 2026.

By [Artem Kulyk](https://pathau.co.uk/about/), founder of PathAu · Updated 27 October 2026 · Numbers from PathAu's own data, refreshed daily

| Tool | Marketplaces | Values a whole PC by its parts | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **PathAu** | eBay UK, Gumtree, Vinted and Facebook Marketplace | Yes, from UK sold prices | £10 a month; Pro £25 |
| CSC Deals | eBay | Manual checker | Free feed · Premium £9.99/mo |
| Flipify | Facebook, eBay, Gumtree, Vinted and US sites | No (spread vs eBay average where available) | Per watchlist, from about $5/mo |
| DealSonar | Facebook, Vinted, eBay, OfferUp | 40–150 “PC teardowns” a month, from £49/mo | From £25/mo |
| eBay saved searches | eBay | No | Free |

## What matters for PCs

- **Valuation by parts:** a gaming PC is worth what its parts sell for; a keyword average for "gaming PC" can't tell you that.

- **Speed:** Speed matters more than anything else: of the underpriced listings we tracked in the last 30 days, 90% were gone within an hour and 60% within 10 minutes.

- **Local marketplaces:** Gumtree and Facebook have fewer competing buyers than eBay.

Side by side: [all comparisons](https://pathau.co.uk/vs/).

## Questions

**What is the best deal alert app for flipping PCs in the UK?**

It depends on what you flip. For used PCs and parts, a tool that values each listing part by part from UK sold prices — like PathAu — tells you which listings are actually under value; general watchlist tools alert on keywords and prices you set.

**Is there a free PC deal alert in the UK?**

Yes: eBay saved searches are free and CSC Deals has a free feed. PathAu has no free plan, but you can see the deals your settings would have caught in the last 7 days before you pay, and its Discord has free deal feeds 20 minutes after members.