When should you have an eBay auction end????

[Bugaboo-migration]

Hey everyone.......I'm looking for some opinions here.

 

Since a lot of the time, a majority of the bids can take place in the last few minutes of an eBay auction, what is your opinion on the best day of the week and time of day to have your auctions end?? Back up your reasons with explanations of why you have the opinion that you do if possible.

 

Thanks for your help.

[Gunsmoke]

I wonder about some people who end their auctions in the middle of the night. No way a bidding war is going to happen.

[murph0]

I usually end mine Monday, Tues, or Wed around 8 pm est. I don't like ending them on Sunday anymore b/c so many end then, it gets to be a cluster [!@#%^&^].

 

Brian

[Bonds25]

Have them end at 2am on Wedn morning. That way I can win it for less!

 

Actually, Sunday evening is the best (between 9-11pm Eastern time). Same time on Monday-Thursdays are decent too.

[The_Man_Of_Steel]

Prime Time 6:00 or 7:00 P.M. From my experience, of the auctions I have bid on, I have found that I am more likely to be outbid in the evening. Why? People are off work\out of school, and more likely to be at home, and waiting for the last minute to bid. Although bidding in the last minute is exciting, it can be very disappointing. It's the Time Zone thing that makes it difficult to decide when to have your auction end.

[Rickdogg]

Thursday @ 6- 7PM has worked the best for me. People get home from work on the west coast and people on the east coast are still awake Friday and Saturday don't work too well unless it's an extremely rare item which will actually keep some bidders home to snipe it. Sunday is just horrible now with your item appearing on the 10th page of a CGC search with 1 hour left!

 

The placement of Thursday works well because people are getting their check "tomorrow which is friday" and are less likely to pinch that penny. Another benefit of listing on Thursday is to have a 10 day auction which will allow bidders an opportunity to view your auction for 2 weekends.

 

Try it out and see if you like it.

[Bugaboo-migration]

Thanks for all the recommendations guys. Anybody else got any?

 

Hey rickdogg.........but if you start an auction on thursday and then run it for 10 days.......won't it end on that dreaded Sunday you were talking about?

[Rickdogg]

It doesn't matter when it goes for 10 days Plenty of time for bidders to search

[aardvark88]

May start ending auctions Sat. evening around 6 or 7:00 pm PST b/c Eastcoast bidders r still awake. Sunday evening eBay is too busy now.

[Bugaboo-migration]

Good point. How about starting it on friday and running it for 10 days.......that way it could end on monday when there's not so many auctions ending together? I'm just thinking out loud here.

 

Any thoughts from anyone else would be appreciated.

[Rickdogg]

I usually dread mondays Really bad day for CGC listings IMO. Just list stuff that you don't care much for to end on that day

 

Every other days has been fine for me