Is it possible to extend Auction?

[whgamer]

Hopefully in the right place.

I have decided I wanted to revise one of my listings to further extend the period of my Auction. I slammed in 5 days, but now I have decided to I want to run it for 7 days instead. There are no bids, and I listed out the Auction less then 24 hours ago.

My Question: Is it possible to change the duration from 5 to 7 days instead, and not having to close down the entire listing only to do that minor tiny change? Then having to relist it.

[nobody*s_perfect]

No, that is not possible. The duration of an auction can be extended only within the first 2 hours after the auction starts.

[whgamer]

Ok, so the only solution is to if I´m to change the duration is Close down the entire Listing, change Duration, and then having to relist the item. Kinda sucks, but ok. I need to think this over. Thx for answer though.

[a_c_green]

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@whgamer wrote:

Ok, so the only solution is to if I´m to change the duration is Close down the entire Listing, change Duration, and then having to relist the item. Kinda sucks, but ok. I need to think this over. Thx for answer though.

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I'd let it ride as-is. The most important part, IMHO, is that it runs through the weekend. In terms of an ending day, I don't see much difference in results between Tuesday and Thursday (or Wednesday, for that matter). 

[jayjaspersgarage]

You can shorten the length of an auction but not lengthen one.  Overthinking the end date of auctions was my specialty nine years ago.  Now I just try to end them on days I know I will be in town to provide the fastest shipping in the west.

Closing an auction is fine if there are no bids.

[whgamer]

No, I better just let it go. I have too many Watchers already as it is. Would just be weird to put down the listing now, with so many watchers on it.

[luckythewinner]

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@whgamer wrote:

My Question: Is it possible to change the duration from 5 to 7 days instead, and not having to close down the entire listing only to do that minor tiny change? Then having to relist it.

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It may be a "minor change" to you, but perhaps not to the people who bid with the expectation that it would end two days earlier. 

[6086larry]

Im not so sure about that! On the last 3 auctions I bid on in the last 10 seconds Ebay extended the time by at least 15 more seconds, allowing others to continue bidding! Im wondering if this is a new ploy for Ebay to bring in more revenue? 

[nobody*s_perfect]

I have never seen eBay extend an auction so I think you must have misread the time. I'd love to look at that bid history; could you provide  a link or the listing number please?

[buyselljack2016]

@6086larry 

No, they did not extend the listings 🙂

They ended when scheduled 🙂

Many count down clocks do not display correctly. Some off by "minutes" 🙂

Listings seldom end exactly on the minute. The go as much as 59 seconds past the minute 🙂

[6086larry]

Ive been using ebay for years and this has NEVER happed before, not ever, until just lately, something has changed!

[gootouf]

yeah, the countdowns are **bleep**tier these days and are not synchronized anymore.

[simba6]

Many bidders will wait until the end to bid so, I would not make any changes.

[kh-taylarie]

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