Selling on ebay

CHEESEBURGER · March 25, 2012 4:54AM

Does anybody know when is the best day to be ending an auction on? When you would get the highest price, most viewings? Thanks

BigA · March 25, 2012 5:03AM

I used to think Sunday evening was the best but I have seen higher prices during the week. I think the HOUR of sale is more important. I have seen auctions ending in the wee hours of the night and that eliminates the casual east coast surfers.....

jdimmick · March 25, 2012 5:07AM

Here is what works for me:

mon eve 8pm - 9 30pm eastern
Tuesday same time, except I dont get the local push from my customers(if something there intrested in) if its coin club meeting night.
wed, and thurs same times 7-9:30

fri around 11-2 pm eastern, but only for stuff that i dont care about what it sells for. Friday night sucks for ending auctions.

sat around 9-10am , and then again after 3pm. Not sat night though

sunday after church, up to about 7pm

stay away from ending around s pecial events such as the super bowl, world series games, march madness game times, this time a year debates, stuff that draws lots of viewers to TV. Top news stories/coverage would also , but the problem with that is you never know when that occurs.

ianrussell · March 25, 2012 5:08AM

Agreed - Sunday night, which is why our auctions end on Sunday nights. We spent a lot of time studying this early last year.

Note: there are always exceptions to the rule.

- Ian

CarlWohlforth · March 25, 2012 5:27AM

I usually end mine Sunday around 10 PM Eastern time. It is now a habit more than anything else. When I accidentally or on purpose try other days the results are similar but I seem to get more, slightly higher, bids when ending on Sunday (results are not scientifically proven.)

My thinking is that people already looking for coins Sunday night. TeleTrade has an auction ending then. Other forum members have auctions ending around that time. So bidders have learned that many coins end Sunday so they tend to look at that time. The browse eBay while waiting on other venues, or vice versa. Anyway that is my theory and I'm sticking to it.

soapguy · March 25, 2012 5:33AM

3 aM est when i'm at work,

CHEESEBURGER · March 25, 2012 5:47AM

Thank you everybody for your responses, I pretty much was thinking those same times to. Thanks again.

mingot · March 25, 2012 8:41AM

Sunday, and if not Sunday at the very least make sure the east coasters are home from work.

A few months ago I was on my way from work to pick up my daughter and an auction for a Jefferson 43/2 in PCGS 65FS was ending (4:30 PM EST) and I didn't get off the road in time to bid (yes, i am a manual sniper). And it went for $571. It should have went for closer to $1,000 based on the grade and pictures. I know that one data point doesn't make a very good trend, but this was probably quite a horror show for the seller of the coin at the end of the day!

AMRC · March 25, 2012 8:46AM

Sunday through Thursday. Never on Fridays or Saturdays.

LindeDad · March 25, 2012 9:14AM

<< Sunday through Thursday. Never on Fridays or Saturdays. >>

Funny though I have my highest number of sales for fixed price items on Friday afternoon to evening. And the auctions I had for last Friday did OK not great but OK.
Aren't a lot of people paid on Fridays?

Russ · March 25, 2012 9:37AM

The best time to end an auction is when the right two bidders are online.

Russ, NCNE

coinman23885 · March 25, 2012 4:17PM

<< Agreed - Sunday night, which is why our auctions end on Sunday nights. We spent a lot of time studying this early last year.

Note: there are always exceptions to the rule.

- Ian >>

Interesting; I would have thought that pay day (usually Fridays) would have yielded a better return.

TwoSides2aCoin · March 25, 2012 6:47PM

My nephew asked: "Why doesn't ebay wait until an item gets a bid before starting the auction clock ?
I told him that is a good question.

LanceNewmanOCC · March 26, 2012 1:59AM

<< Does anybody know when is the best day to be ending an auction on? When you would get the highest price, most viewings? Thanks >>

my humble guess is the day there are the most buyers
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mingot · March 26, 2012 2:01AM

<< My nephew asked: "Why doesn't ebay wait until an item gets a bid before starting the auction clock ?
I told him that is a good question. >>

I'd make it a point to open them at bizarre hours to get rid of the manual snipers.

Maybe this.

AUandAG · March 26, 2012 2:02AM

Ten years of selling on Ebay tells me that any evening around 9:30 eastern time is just fine.

Watch out for special occasions like holiday weekends and sporting events, etc.

bob

johnny9434 · March 26, 2012 5:37AM

<< Agreed - Sunday night, which is why our auctions end on Sunday nights. We spent a lot of time studying this early last year.

Note: there are always exceptions to the rule.

- Ian >>

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