What's the worst day & time to end an Ebay auction?

pnylvr

I say it has to be Monday evening. No money from the weekend. First day of work. Monday Night football. What do you think?

ziggy29

<< <i>What do you think? >>

I think the search feature will give you more than you would ever care to read on this topic.

ubercollector

Monday evening around 10PM is good for me. I've played with Sat, Sun, and Monday evening endtimes. Someone suggested Saturday morning and I'd like to try that sometime to see if there's any difference. My rationale is that people are generally out on the weekends, but Monday evening most people are home and most likely to be surfing on eBay. It only my opinion, but it just seems that I do better when the auction ends on Monday evening.

Still if you have a great item up for auction with 25 watchers, it'll sell well no matter what the endtime is.

Russ

The worst time to end an auction is when the right two bidders are not around.

Russ, NCNE

DoubleEagle59

I ended mine once on Halloween, not knowing it at the time of listing them. Boy, did I get killed with low bids.

But during 'normal' times, I would say the worse time to end an auction is early in the day and on the weekend.

I'll add that I think the best time to end an auction is either Tuesday or Wednesday evening , around 10pm EST.

BBN

So is it safe to say that Christmas Eve evening might be a good time to get some bargains? Or even New Year's eve?

30AnvZ28

I typically (when I sell) run 10 day auctions ending on Sunday evening... the reason... it spends 2 weekends (where people are lounging around) on EBay, gathering watchers, then ends early Sun evening (where its spent a 2nd entire weekend) where people can fight over it.

I have had great success with this approach, and wont change it.

Russ

<< <i>So is it safe to say that Christmas Eve evening might be a good time to get some bargains? Or even New Year's eve? >>



If it's a hot, high demand coin from a reputable seller, no. It doesn't matter when it ends, it won't be a bargain.

Russ, NCNE

RBinTex

4:28 a.m. Tuesday

grabba

Is there an extra charge for running a ten day auction?

Seems like one time I was going through the process of listing some stuff and I clicked on the 10 day auction option and there was an extra charge. I could be mistaken.

Russ

<< <i>Is there an extra charge for running a ten day auction? >>



Yep, 40¢.

Russ, NCNE

Michigan

Statistics show that more people are home on Sunday night than any other evening of the week, that is generally a good time to
end an auction. (an obvious exception would be Super Bowl Sunday or other major holidays that happened to fall on a Sunday).

grabba

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<< <i>Is there an extra charge for running a ten day auction? >>



Yep, 40¢.

Russ, NCNE >>



Thanks Russ. One of the few times I was paying attention.

I'm getting ready to auction a bunch of silver so I might try the 10 day route.

pharmer

<< <i>So is it safe to say that Christmas Eve evening might be a good time to get some bargains? Or even New Year's eve? >>



I'm often shopping for me on Christmas Eve, especially when it becomes apparent that my faux protestations of not needing anything are being taken seriously, as a look under the tree suggests

Boom

Unless you are posting some really hot items it's strictly my opinion that the absolute worst time is when everyone else is. Too much going on at the same time.

57loaded

<< <i>So is it safe to say that Christmas Eve evening might be a good time to get some bargains? Or even New Year's eve? >>



holidays are very good for bargains

tmcsr69

With Ebays bid assistant-does it really matter?

57loaded

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<< <i>Is there an extra charge for running a ten day auction? >>



Yep, 40¢.

Russ, NCNE >>



Thanks Russ. One of the few times I was paying attention.

I'm getting ready to auction a bunch of silver so I might try the 10 day route. >>



10 days is a long time for something to look unappealing, unless it is a one of a kind or close to it. ( i usually avoid 10 dayers)
also a .10¢ charge to schedule. i will do that often..pick your closing time and check to see what else is out there closing when yours does.

GoldenEyeNumismatics

I once was dumb enough to end a whole bunch of auction during the superbowl.