Thread: Best day/time to list an item ?

I have been selling bicycles and parts .... extra stuff I've accumulated when I had BAD and I still have a couple more complete bikes and many vintage parts to list. A good buddy who is a big time pipe seller swears by listing on Sunday so that the auction starts and ends at 8PM Central time.

He believes that at that time of the evening in the USA the item will get more hits than it would on another day or time. Anyone have any experience or thoughts on that ?

I typically list things between 10pm and 11pm EST on Sunday -> Thursday.

I prefer not to list items on the weekend days, as I think a lot of people aren't at their computers.

With razors, I honestly think it doesn't matter quite as much, because I send more than half of my sales overseas.

I think people have checked this out and Sunday evening and Thursday evening have been shown to be the best times, probably because every one is in.

Personally I list my stuff on ebay to end on a sunday evening, usually some time between 6-8. Obviously it's a tad different for you because of all the time zones, but your buddies plan seems to follow along the same lines as mine.

Yeah, I'm going to be patient and go with Sunday evening. I listed some items in the past couple of weeks and for whatever reason the menu that used to allow scheduling the listing for a later day and time wasn't coming up. I don't know if it was my ineptitude or if they've done away with the feature. Anyway, thanks for the replies gentlemen.

As long as you are posting after 6 clock you should be ok Jimmy. lets know item number please. I may see you are selling cutlers green stone?

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

As long as you are posting after 6 clock you should be ok Jimmy. lets know item number please. I may see you are selling cutlers green stone?

Thanks for the input Sham. I am only selling bicycle stuff though. No hones or razors yet. If I ever do sell shave related items I will give a heads up.