posted on September 8, 2002 09:50:20 PM new
Very interesting article. I have been listing all of my auctions on Sunday night at 11:30PM PDTI. I honestly had not read this article until now, but I have been selling for 4+ yrs. came to this conclusion about a tear ago.
posted on September 8, 2002 10:21:15 PM new
But 11 p.m. Pacific Time is 2 a.m. Eastern Time. I don't understand how having the auction end at that time, when most folks on the east coast are asleep, would encourage more bidding. Am I missing something here?
I usually end my auctions on Sunday evening between 6:45 and 8 p.m., to catch east coast folks before they go to bed. Why does this not make sense?
posted on September 8, 2002 10:46:04 PM new
I believe the 'Kenzy Study' found 7 to 9 Pacific time to be the best and . If you are trying to avoid sniping on your auctions, then a later closing time (say around 10 to 11 PM Pacific Time) appears to encourage a maximum amount of bidding activity
I think when esnipe started charging fees the level of sniping took a huge dip so avoiding sniping isn't near the concern now that it was in the past. I used to use esnipe a lot but haven't sniped any auction since they started fees.
Since almost all other online auction sites have drastically different bidding patterns and results I'd love to is the figures with all of the non-ebay tossed out in a recompiled study.
The irony is that the study found Thursday to be the stinker day and that is the day that allows 2 weekends for a 10 day duration auction. I have always considered the longer exposure auctions to be much more productive than the shorter auctions, especially when a BIN is used.
posted on September 9, 2002 10:28:17 AM new
I agree with most of what Kenzy wrote in the article. He says he has another article coming up, so it should be another great read.
posted on September 9, 2002 10:37:02 AM new
Well, think about it. When are American homes most occupied? Its not Friday night, everyone is out partying. It's not Saturday, everone is on that road trip to the cottage on the lake. Its not Sunday, everyone is driving home from the cottage. I list on weekdays. Mon-Thurs evenings 7-midnight eastern time. That is when the most homes have someone sitting in front of thier PC's.
