New Selling Strategy?

Well, Sara says the 2 very best times are on Tuesday and Sunday between I think, 5:30 and 8:30 pm pst. Don't know how that jibes up or does it?

Puppy,

I think the strategy of intentionally targeting in between quarter hours is not bad. I've always tried to target Sunday, but have not targeted specific times...YET!

Thanks for the times tip, Mrs.M!

Do you sellers out there use the scheduling feature available in ebay setup, where you can designate a specific time for the auction to begin (thereby setting the time the auction ends)? I haven't used it yet, since I didn't want to pay the extra ebay fee.

Jabbergah

Hi Jab

Pretty quiet on the forum tonight. Is that the norm for thrusday?

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Do you sellers out there use the scheduling feature

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I imagine some do and some don't. Brick and Morter places probably do more often than not.

Scheduling allows you to enter your auction during the week while you’re at work, and still let your auction end on Sunday while you’re at home playing with the kids.

Hello to everyone! I been out spending my money tonight!

Puppy,

I guess the forum is quiet because Mrs.M & everybody else is out shopping, doing their part to improve the economy!

Jabbergah

Well, I wasn't Christmas shopping, jabber. I saw a nice topper for my truck that a person had. I drove about 60 miles to buy it, but it was a great investment!

OK, we all know about the Sunday night, quarter of the hour eBay traffic congestion. I didn't fully understand why all the sellers insisted on scheduling their auctions to end on the quarter hours during these high traffic times, UNTIL....

I was going to schedule an auction of my own, for the first time. I wanted it to end Sunday night at 7:08 pm (taking puppy's suggestion). So when I got to the scheduling section on ebay, it isn't a "fill-in-the-blank" value, it is a click from a drop-down menu. And the drop-down list is only quarter hour times!

Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! NOW I understand!!!! All these sellers are using the scheduling feature in eBay so their auctions ended during the high traffic times (Sunday night), but are FORCED to select a quarter-hour end time.

Now, are there any listing programs out there (separate from eBay) that allows you to enter & setup an auction that you can schedule to be submitted to eBay on a specific date at a specific non-quarter-hour, such as 7:08 pm or 7:22 pm? Of course, I would want it to be FREE or cheap!

I still think Puppy's suggestion of targeting in between times might be a good strategy.

Jabbergah

Of course, now that the idea is out, you will have to schedule in between the in between times.

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Now, are there any listing programs out there (separate from eBay) that allows you to enter & setup an auction that you can schedule to be submitted to eBay on a specific date at a specific non-quarter-hour, such as 7:08 pm or 7:22 pm? Of course, I would want it to be FREE or cheap!

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Have you heard of Ebay Sellers Assistant Pro? Its got a 30 day trial download. Maybe that has something you are after.

I had a quick look around, but couldn't find anything on Ebay Item Scheduling.