Ebay Selling - New Watching feature

[blazingbob]

I put up some new books this weekend and was curious to see in my ebay section a new column identifying who is "watching" my auction. I find this to be quite interesting and was wondering what people thought of this. Does this identify the "snipers" in wating for just the curious? Too bad I can't get those "watcher" id's (Only kidding).

[Stronguy]

I really like this feature. It will come in really handy when deciding whether or not to end an auction early.

[deathlok]

I really like this feature. It will come in really handy when deciding whether or not to end an auction early.

 

[Ares]

I really like this feature. It will come in really handy when deciding whether or not to end an auction early.

[greggy]

[Ares]

[1st-and-keys]

[RS]

end an auction early

 

Never

[ubiquiti]

[blutobc]

I put up some new books this weekend and was curious to see in my ebay section a new column identifying who is "watching" my auction. I find this to be quite interesting and was wondering what people thought of this. Does this identify the "snipers" in wating for just the curious? Too bad I can't get those "watcher" id's (Only kidding).

 

So far for me, it has been a 50/50 split between actual snipers and the simply curious folks(small time sells). Though anything with more than 2 watchers has always sold for me.

 

And for my "watching" it is more like 20/80 as I want to see the bidding wars on some books.

[comicmankev]

Not sure whether this would be an advantage or not. When I snipe, I set up the snipe and don't watch. If it's really important to me then the snipe will perform! Many a time have I forgot to check my 'watching list'.

 

But yes, I suppose it will help somewhat with how many have interest in the item, but it surely won't tell you the full story!

[Foolkiller]

I think it gives you a better idea for showing how much interest there is in a given item.

 

I've been selling some random items lately, and I love the new sellers' page... it's great.