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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1269977, member: 25357&quot;]I would agree with you on some of your points.&nbsp; Here&#039;s my take:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Yes, listing items so that the auction ends in the evenings is advantageous for the seller because this is when most people are on line surfing the web.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Disagree.&nbsp; I start all my auctions at 99 cents.&nbsp; This attracts more attention, and more bidding.&nbsp; Many ebay surfers will automatically screen out items that have a starting bid over $5, $10, $20 etc, or they&#039;ll screen out listings with no bids.&nbsp; By setting an artificially high opening bid, you are preventing yourself from getting the cheapskates to bid, ie those that will only bid with a start of .99 $.&nbsp; This setting of the initial bid at a low amount is the key to enticing potential buyers to bid on your item early, generating more interest, and garnering you more profits in the long run.&nbsp; I&#039;ve found this technique to work particularly well for bullion coins, because I know they will normally sell for close to melt anyways.&nbsp;&nbsp; You want to start a bidding war on your items, more bidders will help you achieve this.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Ship for free.&nbsp; Agree to a certain extent.&nbsp; Again, you&#039;ll attract more business if you offer free shipping.&nbsp; I usually charge enough shipping so that it absorbs some of the cost.&nbsp; Typically I&#039;ll charge under $2.00.&nbsp; Most buyers don&#039;t seem too upset about that, most of the coins I&#039;ve sold on eBay are in the $20-40 dollar range so they&#039;re only paying a small percentage of the total price in shipping. My DSRs haven&#039;t suffered as a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; There is a fair amount of research out there that shows that the best time to end a listing, if your intent is to generate competition and as a result higher sales prices, is Sunday evenings between 7-11 pm EST.&nbsp; Again, most people are on line, relaxing while surfing the web getting ready to start their week, they may even have Sunday night football on in the background.&nbsp; People tend to be willing to shop/buy online during this time frame. Completely agree with the seven day listing, the longer the listing, the better.&nbsp; The best evenings other than Sunday are Tuesday, Wed, Thursday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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