Is there a "best" time to sell on e-bay?

tigermaroo

I have a bunch of small value coins raw coins to sell (<$30). Is there a specific time that gets the best results? Or how about day? I've always thought Saturday was the best day, but it seems there is too much competiton for common collectibles so is it better for it to end on a weekday evening?
Thanks

UncleJoe

I have great success selling lower priced items Tues, Wed and Thurs closing from 6-8 PM to catch all time zones (I only ship to the US)

Joe.

ziggy29

This is a fairly recurring question. Many seem to prefer Sunday evening, shortly before much of the east coast goes to bed.

291fifth

If your coins appeal to older, lower income collectors, weekday daytime closes do well.

topstuf

For lower value coins, wouldn't selling to a local dealer beat all the work to list on eBay and deal with paying and pictures and questions and non-pay bidders an stuff?

GTS

I like 7 day listings that close at 10:00 pm est so you can get west coast bidders after dinner and east coast bidders before bed.With inexpensive coins i suggest the BIN option.Good luck!
GTS

rainbowroosie

End 1030 PM eastern time on Sunday

Russ

Whenever ChannelIslands is browsing.

Russ, NCNE

mirabela

Ouch.

I'd echo ~7 PM pdt, so that you get most of the country at a likely time. I've done OK any nights but Friday & Saturday. Good pictures matter more than everything else, in my experience.

CarlWohlforth

The best time is when two bidders want to win your coin!

Sorry, but it doesn't happen to me on a regular schedule... In fact it rarely happens at all...

boyhowdy

Good luck on this question. I sell much the same material that you have and
I've tried about every day or time end I could. I have a couple of suggestions--

*If you have coins within one series stagger your start times. Don't use the listing
feature that lets you post all your coins at the same time. I get a nice bump from
bidders who jump from coin to coin as the auctions get short. Stagger the times by
a couple of minutes to give them a chance to snipe.
*Auctions for less than 7 days don't do as well
*Just because you bid at 3 am doesn't mean anyone else does.
*Offer to combine shipping and mention that in your description.

Good luck!

Steve

MrXray

<< <i>The best time is when two bidders want to win your coin!

Sorry, but it doesn't happen to me on a regular schedule... In fact it rarely happens at all... >>



Sure it does...My buy from you.

MrXray

<< <i>Whenever ChannelIslands is browsing.

Russ, NCNE >>



So true.

Bochiman

Unique coin(s) - Sunday night ~7-8pm PDT
Common coins (ie...you see many of them in your category) - Mon-Thurs 7-8pm PDT


Probably WORST time in Spring/Summer/Fall would be Friday nights and Saturday/Sunday daytimes. People aren't even goofing off at work and surfing ebay. They are out having fun in the sun. Good for buyers though.

I agree with boyhowdy to stagger your times, by a couple of minutes, if you are listing multiple coins. I have been one of those bidders jumping from coin to coin and it sucked if there was less than 3 minutes between them. Especially when I had dialup...remember, most of the US does NOT have broadband.

mjhoffpauir

What I have learned from experienced sellers/buyers is that Sunday is the best day on a 7-day listing. Everyone is home on Sunday and relaxing and of course checking out EBay and Teletrade. Now I hope that no Hawaii bidders see this... In Hawaii if you bid around 7PM-9PM most of America is asleep and you have less competition. Hee Hee. I have had tons of success using this method. I have bought coins at dirt cheap prices. LOL. Remember 2 of my rules I live by..."The worst person in the world is one that hoards information and knowledge to themselves" and..."If you ain't sleeping with em and they don't sign your paycheck...does it really matter what they say about YOU".

291fifth

<< <i>For lower value coins, wouldn't selling to a local dealer beat all the work to list on eBay and deal with paying and pictures and questions and non-pay bidders an stuff?

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Only for really low value "stuff" and bullion-related pieces. For coins that have any real collector value I have found that eBay will beat your local dealer, usually by a wide margin. Whether the extra amount you get on eBay is worth the effort is something sellers will have to decide for themselves based on their own circumstances. In my own area the local dealers pay so poorly that I have little interest in selling them anything other than bullion-related items.

arlea1957

I like to list my stuff on ebay from between 7 and 10 pm, and sundays (excluding summer) although with low end coins I seem to be getting bids earlier, maybe as some one said the senior buyers. I personally get up around 3-4 so I find that is my best time to buy

7summits

Almost every eBay bidder likes to snipe, and therefore auctions should end in the evening when those with real jobs are at home and with their stopwatches out sweating out the last few seconds of auctions they're watching

Robgetty

I agree with allowing people a chance to snipe by ending between 9 and 10 EST to
allow people on all coasts to be home.

Russ

Day and time are not nearly as important as they used to be since the advent of sniping services. I can think of several sellers who end their auctions pretty much any day, and any time - mostly in the morning. All do extremely well. Also, the number of bidders who have a seller bookmarked is far more important than ending times.

Russ, NCNE