posted on April 1, 2001 03:56:50 AM
I don't think there IS a best time to end auctions. However, there are some BAD times for ending them. I wouldn't end them in the wee hours of the morning, when people are asleep. MANY people bid at work (Don't tell the boss!), so ending them before 5 p.m. on weekdays sometimes works. Sunday afternoons and early evenings have worked for me. Hope this helps.
posted on April 1, 2001 05:36:23 AM
I've had pretty good luck running them Monday night to MOnday night. Have played around with the ending times and haven't noticed much difference.
posted on April 1, 2001 05:54:55 AM
This works for me:
I launch my auctions around 11:00 pm EST on Thursday night and run them for 10 days. This gives my items exposure for 2 complete weekends.
If you run dutch auctions your bids will go through the roof with this method (at least mine usually do). Of course I run dutch auctions almost exclusively so this approach may not work for you.
