posted on January 28, 2001 03:07:57 PM
Any suggestions?
Actually I believe the target market is age 35+, is 7pm PST (10pm EST) too late for the east cost people?
I am planning to listed my items 2 times a week, on sunday night and thursday night, both for 10 days, so my auctions will ends on weds night and sunday night. Any suggestion or opinion for this idea?
Please give me some suggestions, thank you very much. =)
posted on January 28, 2001 04:39:25 PM
I don't know that there is a best time. I used to launch on Thursday nights to finish Sunday about the hours you mentioned. Generally most of the bidding seems to be in the first two days of auction, and last 24-48 hours depending on how crowded the category is. For instance if it's glassware or china I look occasionally for specific plates. If someone puts 'plate' in the search they'll get thousands of listings and will probably fall asleep long before they get through the first couple of days worth. So what I TRY to do is list more frequently, it takes more time to track, etc. But generally you have a better chance of getting your other items looked at if every day you have items that fall into the 'new'listings, or 'about to finish' listings. Just my opinion, you'll really have to experiment with your own inventory. Don't forget that the 10 day auctions now have the additional fee starting Jan 31.
posted on January 29, 2001 09:54:53 AM
Lately I've been listing 7 day auctions on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, simply for lack of time to get them done all in one day. They all seem to be doing OK, so I think I'll keep it up. As Jay says, having 'new' listings and 'about to end' items on more days probably gets you a bit more traffic.
Pat
