What length ebay auctions work best for you?

PutTogether

When selling a coin on ebay, do you go for 3,5,7 or 10 day auctions?

Do you honestly see different results based on the different lengths? I would be curious to know if someone collected actual empirical evidence of one working better than the other.

Here is a sub question: Do different lengths work better for different material? (Coins vs Bullion or raw vs graded for example) Or do different times work better for different PRICES of material?

Please, let us know all your thoughts.

lasvegasteddy

when i sell i like to end at 6pm pst on sunday...to me is prime time

i'll toss some to start sunday at 6 for 7 day

then i'll toss some new lead coins up on tuesday at 6 under a 5 day

then i'll toss some new lead in coins thursday at 6 for a 3 day

sunday at 6pm closing stands for the weekend is over...the kids are fed...some casual time before bed ebay viewing

friday and saturday as with the weekend some have plans

during the week some tirely just make it home before they got to go back to work and the hussle n bussle of the work week...
yup i choose sunday at 6 pm outhere

Swampboy

7 days works fine for me.


edit to say: common stuff, < $100.00.

kryptonitecomics

5 days.....long enough for folks to see it....short enough that I can get the funds prettty quick....

seateddime

ON a coin with a lot of interest 10 days, otherwise 7

rgCoinGuy

I only list once a month, 10 day auctions.

doh

7 Days - Sunday afternoon/evening beginning and end...that's what works for me!

Coinhog

Now that ebay shows their listing as "Best Match" by default, it doesn't matter when you list.

If you are a small time seller, you will get power screwed becaus no will see your items. I think ebay is even power screwing the small guy with some kind of screen refesh feature. Whenever i am browsing a page of items i am looking for. The screen magically refreshes to the top opf the list. It keeps the Power seller best match in my face.



For anything non coin related. I use Craigslist. Wonderful concept and have a very high success rate for "garage sale" type items.


Hey CU , how about incorporating a spell checker in the posting box. I am a good speller, just not a good typer. Fat fingers and poor aim.

StopYurWhining

7 Days - Sunday afternoon/evening works best for me

garsmith

7 days and I usually end them saturday night or mid day Sunday

seanq

I'm just getting back into selling on eBay, but for me it was less about how long the auction ran and more about when it ended. i don't have the discipline or lifestyle to sit down every Sunday evening and run seven day auctions,, so if I got the time to list on a Tuesday I'd run them for five days instead, so they would end in "prime time." As long as they run a minimum of five days and don't end on a Friday or Saturday night, you should be fine.


Sean Reynolds

pennyannie

If i do BIN or best offers i generally do them on friday evening. Saturdays and sundays seem to produce decent offers. On auctions i do 7 days and try to end them after 7 pm and before midnight my time.

DwaineO

Hot items I will list on Thursday night for 10 days so they end on Sunday prime time, most everything else is set to end Sunday prime time.

Russ

Doesn't really matter. I mix them up between 7 day and 10 day. I use 7 day for cheap junk, and 10 day for better material.

Russ, NCNE

notwilight

I list most every day and I use 7 days. Every day I list the things to sell the next week on that day. it makes it easier to keep trackof. If I miss a day (like yesterday when I got tied up) then I can go in two days later and put up a batch of 5 day auctions. It doesn't seem to make much difference as most people tend to look at them in the last couple of days anyway for common stuff.

--Jerry

DorkGirl

<< <i>7 Days - Sunday afternoon/evening works best for me >>



Me too.