posted on February 17, 2005 10:48:48 AM
Where did all the bidders go?
I have 38 items currently listed, all priced far less than what I can usually expect to sell them for (all items that sell well). I've only received about 5 total bids in the last 5 days. 11 items have watchers, which doesn't always mean bids.
I think might have to start ending auctions early to avoid giving stuff away for pennies.
posted on February 17, 2005 11:17:19 AM
How long til the auctions end? I tend to get the most activity in the last day. I just analyzed last week's auctions, and the items with bids on them more than doubled in the last 24 hours (and I sold about 300 items too) - Number of bids more than doubled, and the total sales more than doubled too.
38 items in my opinion seems like a pretty small number of items to determine that the bidders have all gone away. There are just too many variables with so few items.
If your bid prices are below what you are comfortable with, you might consider raising your minimum bid. I know that if I were interested in something, researched that the seller had ended their auctions early, I would probably NEVER bid on their item again! I would pay for from one of their competitors than deal with someone who does that.
posted on February 17, 2005 11:23:58 AM
Yeah, 38 items isn't too much to judge from. Some end soon, and some are ending in a few days. There's still plenty of time for some auctions.
I'd expect to get bids on the last days, but right now I have far fewer bids than I'd generally expect.
I wouldn't end any items that already have bids. Just a few items that don't have bids yet.
posted on February 17, 2005 12:14:30 PM
I havn't reiceved bids and they all went off with no bids. They are looking but not bidding. I can't keep paying for Ebay fees if they don't buy.
posted on February 17, 2005 12:35:59 PM
Yeah, I'd like to know too where they all went to.
I have about 10 auctions up and only 1 item is getting a bidding war.
posted on February 17, 2005 11:48:12 PM
You know it's slow when your hit counts on Andale are in green and over christmas those same numbers were red!!!!
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It's easier to watch a camel get stuffed
through the eye of a needle, than watch
a man use heaven to get all his friends rich
posted on February 18, 2005 12:07:18 AM
Yep, Jasperton, that's the problem, the reds have folded up their wallet and we are only left with the blues....
posted on February 18, 2005 12:15:39 AM
Actually was wondering the same thing....
In my line, I have a consistant sell thru rate of close to 78%, and my E-Bay store has a good minimum average each day.
This week sell thru rate has dropped to about 10%, and the store has dropped as well.
Unless someone really got on the band wagon with bidders about a boycott, it is a very bad week. Most of my bidders are not sellers, so that makes this a bit more interesting.
It's Official...I mentioned, FEE,E bay. 
