Does it really matter what day you start your auctions on?

artistlost

I am thinking of listing some stuff and wondered if a Tuesday night is just as good as a Sunday?

What say you?

hhmag70

I feel Friday & Saturday are the 2 days to avoid and Sunday, Monday & Tuesday are the best days to end on. Wednesday & Thursday are hit and miss.

raykasa

i go Sunday to sunday, monday to monday auctions- when i go to other days- always disappointed. just saying....

Yankees001

I like to have mine end on Saturday Afternoons. Every is up from a night of drinking, and have not yet gone out for a nother.

I've always had good results.

I do not like ending auctions during the week (Days or nights). Some people are at work and will not have the opertunity to place a higher bid.

Dave

PSASAP

In the age of mobile devices and sniping programs, I wonder how many bidders feel the need to sit in front of a computer and wait for the closing seconds of an auction to bid. Just saying.

mlbfan2

Check the calendar.

jeffcbay

I like ending mine late on Friday and Saturday nights because that's when you get the most drunk bidders with no inhibitions.

Honestly, PSASAP is right. Seems like the really good bidders use snipe programs.

Personally I don't use snipe programs because I like to watch the price as it goes up and I manually bid within the last three seconds. I enjoy it. I track my watch list and saved searches through my Droid app.

70ToppsFanatic

I'm with Jeff on this one. I try to avoid the sniping programs. I like to have control over my max bids,
and being in the IT field I am almost certain that the level of security available with web-based sniping
programs is not all that strong (so the risk that my userid and password could be compromised and
abused is more than I want to allow).

As for when to start and end, most of what I follow always seems to end on Fridays and Saturdays. Many of the
auction houses have things end on Thursdays too (but with 1 15-min rule that is tough for many who have to work
on Friday). Sunday and Tuesday also seem to be somewhat popular, but they are 2nd behind Friday and Saturday.

jimrad

Mathew

Since the question was about when to start an auction, I think that Sunday is the best, but I always do BIN or best offer.
I find that when I start an auction on Sunday I get the most activity with offers right away vs if it starts at other times I might miss some action.
If you list an item and it is on someones advanced search they might respond faster if it is on the weekend.