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How long do you list for Ebay ?

yummymummy222
yummymummy222 Posts: 359 Forumite
Just curious as to how many days people list there items for on ebay? And do you find you sell more if you list for 7 days ?
I only tend to list for 3 days at a time and have only ever listed once for 7 days and it made no difference to my sales so would like to see what everyone elses does.
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  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    7 days - weekend to weekend. Means I don't have to be too careful about starting something within a fairly narrow window in the evenings and gives me plenty of exposure.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

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  • ryanr
    ryanr Posts: 35 Forumite
    3 days works best for me. try 7 days for not easy to sell items
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,416 Ambassador
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    It all depends on the category. I sell mainly in antiques and collectables so have a limited market- so tend to opt for 7-10 days.
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  • I always list on a Thursday evening for 10 days...That way you get 2 full weekends of exposure...;-))
  • theonlywayisup
    theonlywayisup Posts: 16,032 Forumite
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    I list GTC as I have the same stock usually and it's a shop format. With the amount of lines I have it would take too long to manually relist. I am a bit of a 'automatic' software junkie!
  • the-mango
    the-mango Posts: 818 Forumite
    Xmas Saver! I've been Money Tipped!
    I list anything from 1-7 days depending on when I get my butt into gear to list things on ebay!
    Then again I am only looking for pocket change, I'm not a business seller or anything. Puts a bit of money in my PayPal account for the bargains on Grabbit here :)
  • Lara
    Lara Posts: 2,881 Forumite
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    What time of day do you find best to list?

    Last time I listed to take advantage of free listing I left it until the evening and for 7 days. I had 12 watchers but in the end no one bid. So I wonder what time do you find best? Thanks.
  • yummymummy222
    yummymummy222 Posts: 359 Forumite
    edited 6 September 2012 at 7:04PM
    I always list on a Thursday evening for 10 days...That way you get 2 full weekends of exposure...;-))

    Do people find items sell better over a weekend ? As I don't normally list till a Sunday night but im just wondering if it's worth listing tonight or tomorrow.
  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    At the moment, it's anyone's guess, but I find that actually I get more sales where I'm selling during the week. I sell mostly books and DVDs, and I sell on Amazon, which might have slightly different clientele, but it's only this year that I have sold on FLWs and been listing at another time than in the evening --- and I have only sold three items :( all summer on eBay so I don't have enough data to make a firm judgement.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

    Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    the best time to end an auction is sunday evening, as most people will be around, I usually do 10 days thurs evening gives me 2 weekends of viewings

    You can never judge what will sell, I had a top that never sold, and yet I listed it 4 times, upped the price did it on free listing weekend, and it went, as they say there is nothing queer as folk. x
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
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