What % of eBay watchers actually plan to bid on the final day?

doh · January 27, 2008 1:03AM

My guess is less than 10%. I especially love when an auction starts for less than a buck and people watch it rather than bid on it.

LindeDad · January 27, 2008 1:12AM

Auction Sniper? Or just bid what my maxium bid will be.

ArizonaJack · January 27, 2008 1:14AM

most just watch until final day in my case......99 cent/no reserve can get kinda scary, lol , just checked.....avg of 4 bids, 11 watchers

ricko · January 27, 2008 1:18AM

Final day?

Final seconds for me... Cheers, RickO

ccmorgan · January 27, 2008 1:19AM

Even though I don't buy much from the bay 90% of the time I do.
Why, cause on the last day if the item is going for more than I'm willing to pay there no sense in bidding.
This happens often.

ArizonaJack · January 27, 2008 1:19AM

<< Final day?

Final seconds for me... Cheers, RickO >>

agree......99 centers take nutz of steel, lol

ambro51 · January 27, 2008 1:21AM

I bid in the last seconds. If I *really* want something.... www.auctionsniper.com

jfoot13 · January 27, 2008 1:35AM

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<< Final day?

Final seconds for me... Cheers, RickO >>

agree......99 centers take nutz of steel, lol >>

yes and that auction hammer has put a few dents in mine

OPA · January 27, 2008 1:37AM

I watch for curiousity and to keep abreast of what the current market value of a particular series is.

doh · January 27, 2008 1:37AM

<< 99 centers take nutz of steel >>

Nah, over 90% of my auctions start at under a buck. If you know what your coin is worth then there's really no reason not to. You get more bidders with a lower starting bid...get some bid fever going!

ArizonaJack · January 27, 2008 1:41AM

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<< 99 centers take nutz of steel >>

Nah, over 90% of my auctions start at under a buck. If you know what your coin is worth then there's really no reason not to. You get more bidders with a lower starting bid...get some bid fever going! >>

I agree 100% on the bidding frenzy thing, we'll see tonight. I have done the reserve thing, sucky results, folks hate reserves. I have tried listing at CDN bid....sucky results. My best prices are when someone gets against someone in a war.......

Funny thing is when you list an item at $50 in your store...it sits for 2 months no buys, you send to auction @ .99, it sells for $80 in a bidding war, LMAO !!!!

Griv · January 27, 2008 1:41AM

I bid the last 3 seconds on anything I bid on in any auction. If I'm not doing it manually with a snipe backup then I let a snipe do it for me. Sniping does not mean a winner since half the people out there snipe as well. No shame in sniping if you ask me.

pharmer · January 27, 2008 1:42AM

Most of them. Otherwise they would just bid when they first saw it and became interested.

BAJJERFAN · January 27, 2008 1:42AM

No idea, but I bet eBay tracks or can track this sort of thing. To me it would be about as useless as a stat on how Barry Bonds fares against southpaws at 3 pm on the 8th thursday of the month.

notwilight · January 27, 2008 2:01AM

Totally depends on the auction. If your price is high on a popular piece you may attract 100 watchers to see what happens, none of them intend to bid. If you have a fair price on a thinly traded item you may have 2 watchers, both intend to bid. --Jerry

edit: and BTW, I don't usually put the coins I plan to snipe on my watchlist.

Leonidas · January 27, 2008 2:17AM

Final 1 Sec, if I can time it right

ziggy29 · January 27, 2008 2:40AM

Not many. In fact, with more and more people using sniping software, the number of "watchers" is much lower than it used to be. It's not unusual for me to see only 2-3 watchers but have several snipes at the end. I suspect that as often as not, watchers are less interested in buying the coin as simply seeing what it sells for.

mercurynut · January 27, 2008 2:42AM

Right now I am watching 11 items and I only plan on bidding on 2 of them. The other 9 is just to see what people will pay for the item.

2manycoins2fewfunds · January 27, 2008 2:46AM

With over 8,000 sales on ebay I can say that for a seller ebay shows on your active auction page how many watchers you have for each active auction.

I've found that the number of watchers is a good predictor of how many last moment bids/snipes you'll get for each item.

Generally its runs around 1 last minute bid/snipe for every 10-15 watchers.

The more watchers an item has the more exciting those last 5 minutes will prove to be!!

jdimmick · January 27, 2008 2:54AM

Although I dont have 8000 sales, I agree with the above. the number of watchers gives and idea of actual intrested bidders, and potential of last minute action if the item has not been run to high up early on.

nurmaler · January 27, 2008 3:37AM

If you have a popular item, then most likely it's other sellers that are watching your item not buyers

What % of eBay watchers actually plan to bid on the final day?

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