Hello grejen,
Thank you for your question.
Ebay itself has this to say:
http://pages.ebay.ca/turbo_lister/schedulingfaq.html#10
What is the best time to schedule my items to start?
The best time to start your items really varies depending on what you
sell and who your buyers are. For example, if you sell office supplies
and your main customers are small businesses, then you might want your
items to be available for bidding and buying during normal working
hours. If you sell recreation or leisure-related items, you may want
your items exposed in the evenings so users can shop after work. We
encourage you to try out some different starting and ending times for
your items to see what works best for you.
Richard Seltzer has these suggestions:
http://www.samizdat.com/auc15.html
...Most bidding occurs in the last couple hours of an auction. For
items that are common, many people won't even bother to look at
auctions that have days or even a week left to go. Rather they'll
click on the ones that are ending soon. That way they may get the
immediate gratification of finding the item they want and winning it
on the same night, and they also can have a clearer idea of the likely
ending price before getting emotionally involved. Hence the auctions
that end on the day of the week and at the time of day when most
customers are connected will get the best results...
...From my experience selling collectibles, I do best with auctions
that end on weekends -- Saturday a little better than Sunday. And 9 PM
Eastern Time works best for me as an end time. For others who are
selling new and refurbished merchandise, like digital cameras and
computer gear, week days may be better than weekends...
And Lace To Leather says:
http://www.lacetoleather.com/whenisbestim.html
When is the Best Time to List Your Items?
You may think that you should list your items on Saturday mornings
because that is when you have the most free time or on Monday nights
after 10:00 because the family is in bed and you finally have total
concentration. You need to ask yourself just how many possible buyers
will be at their computers at closing time. Especially when 10:00 p.m.
on the West Coast is 1:00 a.m. on the East Coast. There are lots of
possible buyers shopping at lunchtime during the week. But, because of
the enormous amount of traffic at that time, you really cut down on
the possibility of last-minute bidding if the bids are all in an
internet traffic jam and can't get through at all...
...When to list your items is best decided on actual sales histories
of your particular items. Hardware and tools may get more male bidders
who are looking on Saturday afternoon, and pokemon cards may get more
attention from kids right after school. Etc. So, check the sales of
completed items. You should be able to see a definite pattern for each
type of item you plan to list. This is the first step....
And AuctionBytes says:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/pages/abu/y199/m12/abu0004/s05
Auction Timing - What's the Best Day to End your Auctions?
By David Steiner
December 19, 1999
...When are you most likely to have the largest audience for your
auction? Well, finding the busiest times is a good starting place.
When asked, none of the major auction sites that we spoke to found a
significant difference in the amount of traffic through their sites on
a day-to-day basis (although eBay said peak times on Monday through
Friday were better than on weekends). EBay and Yahoo! Auctions gave
strikingly similar answer when asked what the busiest time of day was.
According to Tom Churchill, Senior Producer at Yahoo! Auctions, the
bulk of the bidding activity on Yahoo! occurs between 3:00pm and
9:00pm PST (see chart at
http://www.auctionbytes.com/yahoo_chart.html). Kevin Pursglove of eBay
cited late afternoon and early evening (PST), Monday through Friday,
as eBay's busiest time, between approximately 4:30pm and 8:30pm PST...
...AuctionBytes.com decided to put the question to the sellers
themselves. In a recent AuctionBytes.com poll, Sunday was chosen far
and away as the most popular day to end an auction, with 41% of the
votes cast. Saturday was a distant second with 18% and Monday came in
third with 15%. In a follow-up poll, the favored time of day to end an
auction was between 9pm and midnight (54% of the votes). 6pm to 9pm
came in a very respectable second place with 42%. You can see all the
voting results at http://www.auctionbytes.com...
You might read these articles for a variety of opinions.
Search Strategy:
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I trust my research has provided you with several educated opnions. If
a link above should fail to work or anything require further
explanation or research, please do post a Request for Clarification
prior to rating the answer and closing the question and I will be
pleased to assist further.
Regards,
-=clouseau=- |
