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TIMING WHEN SELLING
Uncle_Cuddles
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So I have looked through the tips for sellers, and I am wondering when is the best time to have your auction finish. The tips seem to say Tuesday evening, Thursday evening or Sunday evening - so which is it?
Also keep it short or as long as possible (days)?
I personally start at a penny, for 10 days, finishing on a Sunday evening.
Any views?
Also keep it short or as long as possible (days)?
I personally start at a penny, for 10 days, finishing on a Sunday evening.
Any views?
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I personally start at a penny, for 10 days, finishing on a Sunday evening.
My thinking exactly
Seems to work - have several items doing well at the moment, and it's only Wednesday..!.0 -
The days you suggest are good evenings to end, I tend to use Sundays, but if I have a lot of auctions will spread them onto Tuesday and Thursday evenings as well.
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One thing...
Do not have them end too late on a Sunday evening.....people wander off to watch TV after about 8pm.
Whereas on week night I reckon between 8pm and 9pm is good.
Also some stuff seems to sell well during the day.
One other tip if you are going to do a short listing. Look when others are ending and pick a gap where you have no competition. (Usually better on commodity type items).
When you have 4 (or whatever) identical items all ending at the same time you will see the final price drop.0 -
Hi
I used to find Sundays were brilliant but they have slowed down, and ith the run up to christmas I dont think it will be a good selling day.
I now avoid Sundays ( as people are busy shopping, watching telly etc) .Also Saturdays and Fridays are really bad.
The best day seems to be Tuedsay night , I end mine between 9.30 -11.00 which works well. Wednesday are pretty good too.
Partly I think it depends on what your selling , earlier times for Kids stuff etc and later times for the night owl buyers.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for all your replies. Seems to confirm my own views.
Cheers!!0
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