Before you list your item on eBay,the first thing to remember when setting your auction ending times is that eBay operate in San Jose, California on eBay Official Time = Pacific Standard Time (PST)zone.
No matter how long you choose to run your auction ,the hour it starts is the same hour it ends--it ends at the exact time of day that it started. That's important to consider, because as with any real auction, the real action happens within the last hours of your listing !
If you list items for USA market, please bear in mind that Singapore time is :- - 15 hours ahead of US Pacific Standard Time (PST) from April 3rd ,2005 to Oct 29th, 2005 (During Day-Light Saving Time).
- 16 hours ahead of US Pacific Standard Time (PST) from Oct 30th, 2005 to April 2nd, 2006.
Most sellers believe that it's best to have auctions end on a weekend, when the largest number of bidders has time to shop and bid online.To choose the length of your auctions, you have the following options:-
- Three-Day:-Three days auctions work best for things that bidders are wild about if items are newest/hot item in the market. It also work well around holiday time when bidders are in a hurry to have items shipped to them.
- Five-Day:-Five day auctions are useful at holiday times when people are in too much of a hurry to buy at a seven-day or ten-day auction. It might also work well over holiday weekends such as Labor Day or Memorial Day.(United Sates Public Holidays ) The only real advantage to a five-day auction is that it gives you a little more time to gather bids than the three-day auction.
- Seven-Day:-Seven-day auctions are the most popular auctions on eBay, as it gives you time to get more bid and hopefully a higher price. Seven days give buyers the opportunity to track a sale during the week and then place their final bids over the weekend, if you schedule it to end on weekend.
- Ten-Day:-Sometimes, one weekend is not enough for a sale, for example antique product. Many sellers advocate the ten-day sales period even though it does incur an extra fee.
Tips:-
- Sunday evening has proven to be the most popular time to end your auctions. Overall, the evening hours between 6.00pm to 8pm ( PST )have fared the best.
- Super Bowl Sunday on the TV, would not be the good one.
- If Sunday falls in the middle of a three-day weekend, you'll have less traffic.
- For long weekends, Monday evening may prove to be better
- Ten-day for dealing in very expensive merchandise, the extra listing fee for extended auction. If Ten-day starts on Thursday will end on Sunday, with two Sundays.
Although there is no magic formula for determining what times and days are the best for online auctions, some users argue that certain days are better than others. For example, the http://www.auctionbytes.com/ offers a useful calendar that you can reference when determining which days are best to start your auctions,with weather icons that identify good days and bad days for those listing on USA market.
Well ! Do More Research Yourself !
# posted by benkhoo @ 5:57 AM
