- A sniper buys the instant a matching listing appears — off the live feed, with no polling delay.
- Target three ways: floor (any listing under your price), trait, or rarity rank — or combine them.
- Paper mode simulates the full buy against the live feed — no SOL, no key — so you can test first.
- Every sniper is bounded by a max price, buy limit, budget cap and lifetime — it can't overspend or run forever.
- The buy and the fee land together in one transaction; if your wallet can't cover it, the sniper skips and tells you.
- Turn on Auto-list and a live sniper immediately relists what it buys — following the floor to sell fast, but never below the minimum price you set.
What is NFT sniping?
Good listings don't last. When someone lists an NFT below the floor — a mispriced sale, a panic dump, a rare trait at a floor price — it's usually gone in seconds, bought by whoever saw it first. Refreshing a page by hand can't win that race.
A sniper is a standing buy order that watches for you. You tell it what you'd pay and what you want; it watches the marketplace in real time and buys the instant a listing matches — no clicking, no staring at a screen. It's the buy-side mirror of an auto-listing bot: instead of reacting to your own sales, it reacts to everyone else's listings.
How sniping works on Solana
Chadbot doesn't poll the marketplace on a timer — it listens to the live onchain feed its bots already trade on. Every new listing arrives as an event that already carries the price, the seller, the NFT's traits and its rarity rank. There's nothing to fetch, so the sniper can decide in a millisecond.
On a match the sniper builds the buy, checks your wallet can cover price + fee + network, then sends the purchase and the platform fee together in one transaction — they land together or not at all. If the price moved or the listing vanished, the transaction simply fails and nothing is spent.
Three ways to snipe
| Snipe type | Buys when | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Floor snipe | Any listing at or below your max price | Grabbing underpriced floor NFTs the instant they list |
| Trait snipe | A listing matching your chosen attributes | Catching a specific trait mispriced at floor |
| Rarity snipe | A listing with a Tensor rank at or below your ceiling | Buying only genuinely rare pieces, never commons |
You can stack them: a single sniper can require a trait AND a rarity rank AND a price all at once — for example, a Warrior-class item ranked ≤ 500 listed under 30 SOL. The more you add, the rarer the match, so a sniper with tight filters may wait a long time for the perfect drop — which is exactly the point.
Test it first: paper mode
Auto-buying is high-stakes, so start in paper mode. A paper sniper runs the exact same decision against the exact same live feed — but instead of buying, it tells you what it would have bought, complete with the price and reaction time. No SOL moves and no wallet key is needed. It's the honest way to see a sniper work, tune your price and filters, and build trust before you arm a live one.
Every snipe is a shareable win
The instant a sniper buys, Chadbot generates a card with the exact price paid, how far under floor it landed, and the reaction time — one tap to post it to X or drop the link anywhere. See real wins land on the live Sniper Feed.
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Guardrails that keep it safe
- Max price — the sniper never pays a lamport over your ceiling (absolute SOL, or a % of the live floor).
- Buy limit — it stops after buying the number of NFTs you set, then marks itself done.
- Budget cap — a hard total-spend ceiling across all buys, enforced atomically so bursts can't overshoot it.
- Lifetime — 1d, 7d, 30d or 180d; the sniper self-deletes when it expires, so a forgotten one can't keep buying.
- Funds check — if your wallet can't cover price + fee + network, it skips and tells you how much more SOL you need.
After the buy: auto-list to flip it
A live sniper can flip what it catches on its own. Turn on Auto-list in the sniper's Pro tab and Chadbot lists every NFT it buys the instant the buy lands, using the same lister its bid bots run.
You set an absolute minimum price in SOL — the buy price isn't known up front, so a fixed floor is safer than a buy-relative markup. The listing then follows the live collection floor to undercut competitors and sell fast, but never drops below your minimum, so it can't sell at a loss. Pick the marketplace (Tensor, Magic Eden or Orbis), the reprice frequency and the undercut — each reprice is a small on-chain transaction, so more-frequent selling is faster but costs more over time. Auto-list is live-only; a paper sniper never holds an NFT.
Fees — and why holders pay less
The sniper fee is a percentage of the buy price, charged only on a successful buy — paper snipes are free. Holding a Chadbots NFT cuts the fee, the same utility that powers the rest of the app:
Arm a sniper in five steps
- Open a collection from discovery.
- Hit Snipe in the collection toolbar to open the sniper panel.
- Set your max price — an absolute SOL ceiling or a percentage of the live floor — and optional trait / rarity filters.
- Set a buy limit, budget cap and lifetime so the sniper stays bounded.
- Arm it — start in paper mode to test, then flip to live. Manage every sniper from the Snipers tab.
FAQ
What is an NFT sniper?
An NFT sniper is an automated buyer that watches the marketplace in real time and purchases a listing the instant it appears at or below your target price — faster than a human could tap 'buy'. Instead of refreshing a page, you set a price (and optional trait/rarity filters) and the bot fires the moment a matching listing hits the chain.
How does sniping work on Solana?
Chadbot listens to the live onchain feed its bots trade on. Every new listing arrives as an event carrying the price, traits, seller and rarity rank — no polling delay. The sniper checks each event against your rules (price, trait, rarity, currency) and, on a match, builds and sends the buy as a single transaction so it lands first.
Is it safe? Can I test it without spending SOL?
Yes — start in paper mode. A paper sniper runs the full decision against the live feed and tells you exactly what it WOULD have bought, without touching the chain or needing a key. Every sniper is also bounded by a max price, a buy limit, a hard budget cap, and a lifetime (1d/7d/30d/180d) that self-deletes it — so it can never overspend or run forever.
What does it cost?
The sniper fee is a percentage of the buy price, charged only on a successful buy: 10% for non-holders, dropping to 8%, 6% and 5% for Chad, Alpha Chad and Ultra Chad NFT holders. Paper snipes are free. You also pay the usual network and marketplace costs on a real buy.
Can I snipe a specific trait or rarity?
Yes. A floor snipe buys any listing under your price. A trait snipe only buys listings matching the attributes you pick (e.g. a Female Mad Lad). A rarity snipe only buys listings with a Tensor rank at or below your ceiling. You can combine them — e.g. a Warrior-class item ranked ≤ 500 under 30 SOL.
What happens if my wallet can't cover the buy?
Before sending, the sniper checks your wallet can cover the price plus the fee plus network costs. If it can't, it skips the buy and tells you exactly how much more SOL you need — it never sends a transaction that would fail for insufficient funds.
Can a sniper auto-list what it buys?
Yes — turn on Auto-list in the sniper's Pro tab (live snipes only) and Chadbot lists any NFT the sniper buys the instant the buy lands, using the same lister its bid bots run. You set a fixed minimum price in SOL; the listing follows the live collection floor to undercut competitors and sell fast, but never drops below that minimum, so it can't sell at a loss. You choose the marketplace (Tensor, Magic Eden or Orbis), the reprice frequency and the undercut, and it re-lists to stay competitive until it sells.
Keep going
Sniping pairs naturally with price alerts (get pinged instead of auto-buying) and trait bidding (offer on traits rather than wait for a listing). To flip what you snipe, set up cross-marketplace listings.