Hi all, I'm newbie!
I really want to win an auction that will end at 19:45:00 CEST.
What is the best lead time in this case?
Does anybody know what CEST means?
Thank you
Stefano
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This was posted by Sniper Sara B. (AS support) on 4/23/03 at 10:25 AM:
The problem is eBays 10 cent feature for sellers listing items that lets the schedule their start time. It causes tens of thousands of listings to all end at exactly on the hour and half hour etc. eBay becomes clogged during those times. For all intents eBay is unavailable at those times. They are flooded by buyers resfreshing their screens to either snipe or see if they won, and by sellers to see how much their items sold for and so they can email the winners etc.
Additionally, this appears to have an impact on auctions that end exactly on the quarter hour. That hasn't been confirmed by AS, but some snipes haven't been placed for these auctions.
The recommendation is 20 to 30 seconds.
CEST (Central European Summer Time)
The problem is eBays 10 cent feature for sellers listing items that lets the schedule their start time. It causes tens of thousands of listings to all end at exactly on the hour and half hour etc. eBay becomes clogged during those times. For all intents eBay is unavailable at those times. They are flooded by buyers resfreshing their screens to either snipe or see if they won, and by sellers to see how much their items sold for and so they can email the winners etc.
Additionally, this appears to have an impact on auctions that end exactly on the quarter hour. That hasn't been confirmed by AS, but some snipes haven't been placed for these auctions.
The recommendation is 20 to 30 seconds.
CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Thank you very much Rick, this is a very usefull information!!
Stefano
Stefano
yep, that auction was obviously scheduled. along with a gazillion other listings from ebay sellers all at exactly 6:45pm or whatever it is.
So I'd recommend a good 20-30 second lead time on that at least.
Dont worry about that seeming like too big of a lead time. Manual snipers wont even get the chance to bid most likley because their bid wont make it in time to eBay because of the extra load of users coming in because so many items are ending at once.
So I'd recommend a good 20-30 second lead time on that at least.
Dont worry about that seeming like too big of a lead time. Manual snipers wont even get the chance to bid most likley because their bid wont make it in time to eBay because of the extra load of users coming in because so many items are ending at once.