Friday, May 15, 2009

When is the best time to list new items?

Let's start with what are you selling?
It may entirely depend on what you are selling and when the buyers would be online. I sell to moms and many of them of are online during the week and weekends. If you are selling to a college age group late night auctions may do well for you. So consider your customers.

Sometimes you need to look back.
After you list for a couple of weeks if may be good to look back and see when you had the most sales. I have done this and found that Sunday nights bring me the most sales. However, it is not always possible to schedule listings. Sometimes it helps to have a few auctions ending each day. That way if someone starts watching one item when they look again they may like another item.
A few general pointers
  • try to avoid late night and early morning auctions
  • list a few items and look back at which days did the best
  • target your selling audience

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