Best day and time to end ebay auction?

[Sequimite]

I bought a used Lil' Temp for EDC use this morning for $120 shipped. Obviously this is worth less than a NIB one, but I also focussed on it because it closed Sunday morning and I assumed that would automatically cut down on competition from other buyers.

What is the best day and time to sell? I have usually been closing my own sales on Sunday evening at 10PM Eastern, 7PM (edit - had times backwards) local Pacific time, avoiding holiday weekends. I have no real evidence that this is an optimal time and have been thinking of changing to Monday evening. How about during football season when auction closings on Sunday or Monday evening compete against nationally televised games?

[Leatherneck]

I always end my auctions on weekends around 6-7 PM. It may not necessarily be better than a weekday, but has to be better than someone in the States ending their auction at 0330!

[CombatGrappler]

You mean that Lil Temp that sat at $72 for 2 days then jumped up in price in the last minute of the auction? I put in $85 just because miracles happen everyday :D Nice catch, glad to see it went to a Spyderbro.

I've always thought that Sunday evening would be a good time to end an auction. Lots of people are off for the weekend and have time to browse eBay, then they get that "holy crap, this auction ends tonight!" feeling and bid on it.

[Sequimite]

That's the one. It seems I'm always running into situations where I'm bidding against a fellow forum member.

[LorenzoL]

I would say the best time is between 9-11 PM EST, because that allows people on the West Coast to be back home to bid. I am not sure about week-ends, though. People go visit family, take the kids out or watch sports. I have a feeling that there is more "action" on weekdays.
This is constantly changing, though, now you can bid from your wireless device while away from home.

[David Lowry]

I think on Thursday night before 10pm is good.

Reason being, that if most people get paid on Friday then they can bid and think, "cool I'll pay tomorrow".

Friday people may not be home after work and Saturday and Sunday people may have stuff going on.

Just my reasoning. :)

[JspyEDC]

There is no way to definitively say when "that time" is. However, you have to remember eBay has a WORLDWIDE reach, and if you are shipping worldwide it really doesn't matter what time you end an auction.

Now DAYS of the WEEK to end auctions and the particular WEEK of a given MONTH to end an auction.... that's the real difference maker in eBay auctions.

[aj1985]

Start around 6-9 on Thursday and end on Sunday. 10 day no reserve listing are the only ones I did and they worked pretty well for me.

aj

[bohica1998]

I like the ones that end on a weekend.

I work second-shift and lost out on a knife I really wanted because it ended while I was at work. (At least it was to another forum member! lol!):D:mad::D

[The Deacon]

With the caveat that I have yet to ever list anything on eBay, that my sole activity there has been as a buyer...

I would say that it depends on who you want to attract and if, as a seller, you think sniping is beneficial to you or not.. Some sellers feel snipers are robbing them and end their auctions at strange hours just to reduce the possibility. Others believe they increase the final selling price.

For maximum sniping exposure I'd say 2 pm eBay (California) time on Saturday or Sunday. Puts the end of the auction at a reasonable hour for most "working people" from Hawaii to Western Europe who might want to put in a last minute bid.

If you're just interested in CONUS buyers, then 7 pm Cali time on week nights and pretty much any time from 10 am to 7 pm on weekends should be good.

[LorenzoL]

The "problem" with sniping is that there are a couple of automated bidding software that wait until the last second to place the bid. This automated sniping is gaining ground and virtually eliminates the need for the buyer to even watch the end of the auction...