| Timing | | | | far less profitable than others. It could be because |
| Auctions on eBay can run between 7 to 10 days. | | | | people are not online to make a bid at the time the |
| While that is an excellent way to generate sales for | | | | auction is closing either because Friday and Saturday |
| retail items, it doesn't work as well for web sites. You | | | | are date nights and people are too tired on Tuesday. |
| want to create a flurry of excitement and not give the | | | | Whatever the reason, just choose to end your auction |
| customers too much time to make up their minds on | | | | on some other day and that will help you attract more |
| whether they want to bid or not. So, instead of having | | | | attention and higher bids. |
| a 7 day auction, choose a much shorter term like 3 | | | | Lastly, don't end an auction near a meal time. People |
| days. If that works well, you can even try a single day | | | | just aren't online, they are sitting down to eat. Since the |
| auction and see if you get good results. The | | | | most profitable period of selling at an auction is when it |
| immediacy of making a decision can make people bid | | | | is just about to close and buyers are panicking that the |
| more and higher if they think the opportunity is going to | | | | opportunity will be lost, you don't want them instead |
| go away sooner, rather than later. | | | | getting up from their computers to get a bite to eat. |
| The other things to take into consideration when timing | | | | Try to end the auction either late in the morning or late |
| your auction is not to have it end on a Tuesday, a | | | | at night, around 7:30 pm western time. This will give |
| Friday, or a Saturday. There's nothing that says you | | | | buyers on the east cost until 10:30 pm to bid on your |
| can't do this, but experience teaches these days are | | | | auction. |