How to make sure your item sells below value.

Have your auction end at 0:38 on Saturday morning.
Also helps to not have the greatest of images in the auction.


How to get addition to a set at a bargain Auction Sniper......:devil:

Do not take this as any disrespect to the seller I have bought from them before and they are great to deal with.
What I am trying to bring to the groups attention is that small things can lead to the success or failure of a auction.
First of which is when it ends.

 

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And don't forget to misspell a critical word. You should describe the coin in the photo as a "Commerative" instead of "Commemorative" so buyers looking for commemoratives won't find your coin.

 

Living in the Chicago area, if I list my stuff later in the evening, my stuff sells better. The West Coast buyers are buying stuff then.

 

I avoid times when there are major events/shows on T.V. During the Amazing Race? Forget about it.

 

I only run a few auctions now and then and aim at the central time zone early Sunday evenings. BTW i'm one of those west coasters.

 

Or post L@@k, tone monster, blazer, BU gem super must buy!

 

Is there a study on what day and time is best for an auction to end?

 

In my experience, the best deals are to be found in auctions ending on New Years' Eve, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor day and Thanksgiving Day.

Edit to add Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day to the list.

 

good to know as a buyer, how about as a seller

 

Ditto to what rickmp said. Also, post it in the wrong category and without keywords. eg. old linc cnt cllction gd prc free shppng!!! -listed as office equipment starting bid .01 sold for .02. Resold by me for $50 the day I received it. - Those were the good old days!

 

I don't really know the best day to end an auction, but have heard it
is Sunday (not on a holiday, though) at 8 PM eastern.
I've had luck with that plan.

For best results.
List it properly.
Spell everything in your listing correctly.
Don't under or over hype your product.
You can embellish, but don't go overboard.

 

I've heard that in order to maximize profits it's best to go with a nautical theme.

 

Ending on Saturday or Sunday works best but I've also pontificated on that research. wow big word. :yes: Ending Saturday morning but not Sunday morning, meaning end Sunday afternoon. Even Sunday late afternoon works best. People still go to church you know, well some of them do. I don't know about the mis-spelled word tho', how does that work or why?

 

I don't think it makes much difference most do category searches I think.

I found that one with a saved search "Classic Commemorative Auctions Only PCGS AU58" as the search. It is saved and I get a email for all listed of that type and grade and holder.

 

I forgot to set a snipe earlier this week for one that was titled "1942 P WALKING LIBERTY SILVER HALF DOLLAR". Thing is, it was for six of them, in what looked like solid AU or better. They went for $45 shipped.

 

Who knows why things sell at some times and not at others....I won an auction the other day with the minimum bid by being the only bidder, putting in a bid about 5 hours before it ended. The listing was done well enough, pics, etc. I guess nobody else had any interest at that particular time. Or they knew something I didn't know





[Wait a minute, maybe it was non-bidding shills! I shall report this!]

 

Given the number of people who use sniping software on E-Bay these days, does the auction end time really matter that much anymore? FWIW, I still have all my auctions end on Sunday @ 10PM EST.

 

Yep, Sunday evening always seems to get the most bidders and the highest prices. :thumb:

 

Nothing chaps my ass more than when a good seller ends a series of their auction lots consecutively within 10 seconds of each other.

 

A lot of sellers make all their listings up in TurboLister, and then publish them all at once. I make them all in advance and then sit and one-by-one list them, about 2-3 minutes apart. Sellers who have them all end at once are losing money because there are a lot of people (myself included) who always click the "see other items from this seller" (or whatever) link on a good auction.