Every feature, free for everyone.
AshBid is free right now: price history, deal ratings, bidding tools and the Price Index are open to everyone. A free account adds your watchlist, price alerts and followed brands.
Visitor
Browse without signing up
- Every cigar’s average, record low and record high
- Live lots with current bids
- Recent auction results
- FreeFall Tracker bookmarklet
- The weekly Cigar Price Index
- Retail prices next to auction prices
- Every search result, page by page
Free account
Every feature, plus your own alerts
Everything visitors get, plus:
- Closing-soon alerts while a cheap lot can still be won
- A morning email with the day’s best deals for you
- An unlimited watchlist
- Unlimited price alerts
- Follow every brand you love
- CSV export of price history and your watchlist
- Favorites with your own tasting notes
- Saved purchases: every cigar you’ve bought and how good each buy was
- We never sell your email
- Independent: not affiliated with CigarBid
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Exactly what each tier gets today. Names, prices, record lows and highs, live lots and recent sales are always open to everyone.
| Feature | Visitor | Free account |
|---|---|---|
| Product pages | ||
| Sale historyHow far back the list of past lots on a cigar’s page goes. | No cutoff | No cutoff |
| Price chartEvery closing price of a cigar on one chart, with its average. | Full year | Full year |
| Deal ratings on a cigar’s pageGreat and Good deal badges on the live lots of a cigar. | Included | Included |
| Bidding tools | ||
| Bid strategyTypical winning range, weekday vs. weekend prices and which way prices are heading. | Included | Included |
| “Should I bid?” verdictsA plain bid / wait / skip on each live lot, from its price history. | Included | Included |
| Bid ceiling calculatorThe most to bid on every box and pack once shipping and fees are counted. | Included | Included |
| Compare cigarsTwo cigars side by side: price history, per-cigar cost and how often each is listed. | Included | Included |
| Invoice checkerUpload a CigarBid invoice to see the real cost per cigar and whether you got a good deal. | Included | Included |
| Saved purchasesKeep your checked invoices and see how good every buy was. | Free account | Included |
| Best time to buyThe weekday, closing hour and month a cigar sells cheapest. | Included | Included |
| Retail price comparisonWhat the same cigar costs at online retailers, next to its auction price. | Included | Included |
| Cigar Price IndexWeekly price movement across the most-traded brands. | Included | Included |
| Watching & alerts | ||
| WatchlistCigars you follow, with their live lots and recent sales in one place. | Free account | Unlimited |
| FavoritesYour own list of cigars, with notes. | Free account | Included |
| Price alertsAn email when a cigar you watch sells at or under your price. | Free account | Unlimited |
| Closing-soon alertsA heads-up while a watched cigar’s lot is still cheap, before it closes. | Free account | Included |
| Followed brandsAlerts when a brand’s lots sell, or are about to close, well under average. | Free account | Unlimited |
| Daily deals digestOne morning email with the best lots for what you watch and follow. | Free account | Included |
| Browsing | ||
| Search resultsHow many cigars a search shows. | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Auction results archiveHow far back you can browse every recorded lot. | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| CSV exportDownload price history and your watchlist as a spreadsheet. | Free account | Included |
Questions
Is it really all free?
Yes. Every feature on AshBid is free for everyone right now. An account only adds the personal things: your watchlist, alerts, favorites and followed brands.
Why do I need an account?
Alerts and watchlists have to know where to reach you. We only use your email for the alerts you ask for, and never sell it.
Will that change?
If we ever add a paid plan, everything you set up stays saved, and we’ll say so on this page before anything changes.
Is AshBid part of CigarBid?
No. AshBid is an independent price tracker. We read CigarBid’s public listings and record what each lot sells for.
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