When Do You Think Is A Good Time and Day To End an Auction For a Big Set on Ebay?

[stephen_rockefeller]

I know we have a bunch of full time Ebayers here so my question is this? What is the best time of the day or night to have your auction end? I think I know the obvious answer but I am open to different opinions. Thanks for any help as I am a fairly new eBay seller (52 feedbacks).

[mahler24]

I would say the best time for me is around 8pm on a sat!

[aspen]

You can google this, but I have learned 7 pm Pacific Standard Time, on a Sunday. Good time to to watch too as it is interesting if there is a bidding war.

[emes]

I usually go for between 9:30 and 10:30 pacific time on Sunday nights. The only reason my wife picks Sunday nights for end time is so that she can get the majority of the shipping done on Monday and Tuesday. Anything international requires a bit more work sometimes and it's good to have the potential to access the post office within the shipping time you've promised. I think as long as you avoid really odd end times like 4 am you'll be ok, but remember, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere! It's actually amusing to watch...many of the things my wife sells are listed as Buy It Now. Friday and Saturday nights when women get home from clubbing at 3am or later they often buy a ton of the cosmetics and makeup that she sells....it's as if they see some other woman wearing the item and they have to have it, so they go find it on eBay...

[Ed Mack]

Sunday evening.

[stephen_rockefeller]

So do you think the day is important as well? I have always though that if your auction is at least going during the weekend you should be OK, is that right?

[emes]

I always do 7 day auctions, so it will hit a weekend...to me the day it ends is more important in terms of when I'm shipping things. If I have 50 auctions I'd rather have them all end at around the same time on the same day so that I can do all of the shipping at once rather than spread out. I know someone who ends their auctions during the week and around lunchtime, the theory being that instead of working people will cruise the Internet and big on things at eBay. I think it probably depends on exactly what the product is as to the prime selling time.

[cvail8]

I don't really worry about the day so much as the end time... I try to shoot for ending around 9 pm eastern. That way, no matter what, people should be home from work and still awake.

[hxckid88]

When ebay offers it try a 10 day auction. Have item start on a Thursday night, this way your item gets x2 the weekend traffic and will end on a Sunday night as others have lready advised.

[stephen_rockefeller]

10 day auctions aren't always available?

[hxckid88]

sorry, I was not clear. 10 day auctions are always available however ebay and there inconistant i can't make sence of fees vary. Sometimes it's free, other times it's 10, 20, or 50 cents to extend your auction till 10 days.

[Huskers1236]

I personally don't like longer auctions because I get most of my traffic during the last couple days anyway. I think a lot of ebayers search "ending soonest" because they don't want to wait for something 7 days out. I always end in the evening at 6:00 Pacific at the earliest. This way it's not too late on the East Coast but late enough in California to get people at home if it's during the week.

[Rich B]

I find the best results doing a 7 day auction ending Sunday between 9pm-12am east coast time.

[Ed Mack]

I find the best results doing a 7 day auction ending Sunday between 9pm-12am east coast time.

This. Auctions ending around this time draw many bidding wars.

[jaisonline]

End auctions on Sunday or Monday 9pm to 10:30pm. Only prob with this window is the NFL season.

[comicblast]

I typically end on Saturday or Sunday in the late afternoon/evening. It is my guess that eBay gets more traffic on the weekends than it does on the weekdays.

[davelin]

Are you better off doing a 5-day auction to get it to end on the weekend then?

[tigereyes5811]

I personally like Sun evenings and Tue/Wed evenings. I tend to do good during that time and I feel that's when most of the people are on their computers shopping.

[Alcarin]

I keep thinking its Saturday/Sunday around 20:00-22:00

[tigereyes5811]

For some reason for me, Sat doesn't do well. I feel people have to many things they do that they don't really shop.