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Best time of day / week to sell?

kemarch001
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Is there a particular time of day, or a best day of the week to sell items on ebay? If I'm on the west coast, what time should I post my auction to be assured that my auction will close at "the best time of day" to capture the east and west coast bidders while they are still awake?
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I think it definitely depends on what your item is. My retail price tag items sell particularly well on Mondays and then later in the week, starting early in the morning to mid afternoon. My fabric and fragrances are weekend and evening events. I am on the east coast so between 8-11 pm work great for these items.
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prints-plus
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I get spikes early in the morning in all time zones and again at night.

Right before the typical work day, so on the west coast the window goes 5 to 8 am. Than again 3 to 6 pm.

Hope this helps!

From collectibles to electronics, buy and sell all kinds of items on eBay Stores


From collectibles to electronics, buy and sell all kinds of items on eBay Stores

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talin91202
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Ending the auctioins on sunday evnings is the best time.
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TeraPeak will provide you with some valuable insights per category which will be relevant. You can see what time of day you get a higher conversion which may be more important than the day of the week. ---
Christopher Spencer,
Author of "The eBay Entrepreneur: The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own eBay Trading Assistant Business" (Kaplan Publishing, available September 2006)
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rocafella1014
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do you think posting during spring break is a good time or not because alot of people are on vacation enjoying the beach and what not instead of sitting in front of the computer
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Hard to say because many people are not affected by it. Not everyone has family, kids, etc. and there is a good possibility it won't have a negative affect. ---
Christopher Spencer,
Author of "The eBay Entrepreneur: The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own eBay Trading Assistant Business" (Kaplan Publishing, available September 2006.)
eBay PowerSeller
Certified Education Specialist
eBay University Instructor
eBay Trading Assistant

Join me at eBay Live! 2006 in Las Vegas June 13-15 at the Mandalay Bay. I'll be teaching classes and moderating a panel.
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The best free research tool for ebay sales is at mpire dot com


Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison
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Someone north of you is behind your time frame?
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It's all over the map. There might be 'best times' but that will absolutely depend on other factors. Don't try to sell footballs on Monday nights or Bibles on Sunday mornings everyone's watching the game or in church. Nientendos won't sell good during schools. See what I mean. I choose late evenings for my small lot electronic parts and work hours for large lots that a business may want. My overall approach is to put up several dozen different items at all hours, days and categories and strongly encourage customers to look at my other auctions hoping to get a lot of hits for items that would never be seen otherwise. I got to get you into my store.


Your remarks might be a little more creditable if you use your seller account so we can look at your store you talk about instead of a private account from which you can't sell from and have no feedback posted. ?:|
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Robert
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chrissy4blue2010
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My email is chrissy4blue@yahoo.com
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prying1
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I've found that many of my buyers are using sniping tools so they just bid what they feel the value is to them and don't worry or care what time it ends, about staying awake or even watching the auctions.

It is an excellent tool for those who have a set budget and don't want to get caught up in 'auction fever' or for those that are always busy and tend to forget about the time the auctions are ending.
Many of my items look like they won't sell and Boom! last 6 seconds they are taken sometimes with one bid, sometimes several. - For a buyer I think it is the way to go IF you don't enjoy sniping by hand. - Me I like the adrenaline rush of bidding against other people not machines...
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beverlysemporium
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I would love :-x to have this information, so I could check it out. Thanks

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Jan 24, 2004 6:41 PM Report
I found out about this on another board yesterday.

I signed up for a 30 day free trial and this thing is unbelievable.

It lets you know who is watching your auctions.
By the way this is not (BB)

Not only does it tell you who is watching your auctions,
but what search words they used, what day, time , how they sorted the search , and on and on.

So as to not break the board rules, if you are interested, send me an email and I will send you the link.
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Every day is a good day to sell nice clothes!!
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use common sense;-)
every once in a while i bid on something,but when it ends at 2am ,forget it(unless its the only one in the world,ha)
i like to snipe,last few seconds.
i complained on another board,they were all over me like stink on ship:^O
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