| If you've never done any shopping or selling on eBay, | | | | be (it varies depending on the opening price you plan to |
| this will be a totally foreign concept for you. However, | | | | ask for). These can be great, especially if you have a |
| even those with only a rudimentary selling knowledge | | | | large amount of items to sell. While the logic above |
| know that it makes a difference when you list your | | | | regarding weekend sales is still helpful, if your items |
| auction. There are several factors of course, so I'm | | | | have low sale prices to begin with, this may make the |
| going to share with you a few secrets to getting the | | | | difference between actually earning a living and losing |
| best results for your eBay business with auctions set | | | | money on your sale.o Timing is also important. It's not |
| on the right day for each one:o Weekends are usually | | | | enough to list eBay auctions on the right day. You also |
| a great choice. The fact is that most people don't | | | | need to think about timing. If your auction will be ending |
| have time to shop for stuff online during the week | | | | at 4AM EST, that's probably not the best choice of |
| since they're working. Even if they do happen to hunt | | | | times to have it end. You want your listing to end |
| through eBay from work, they are not going to spend | | | | when the most people are likely to be on so you |
| a great deal of time on it since they are constantly | | | | should aim for prime time in the United States (to |
| worried about their bosses looking over their shoulders. | | | | foreign readers, no offense intended, but Americans |
| Therefore, Saturdays and Sundays are the best days | | | | are still the biggest buyers on eBay).o How to do it. |
| for listing a week long auction because your auction | | | | Okay, you say. All this is great advice, but how do I do |
| will be ending when people are searching. That | | | | it? Do I need to spend all day on the weekend filling |
| matters because by default eBay will show people the | | | | out my listings? Isn't that also going to be a busy time |
| auctions ending soonest and those are the ones | | | | for me because my customers will be buying then? |
| people are most likely to bid on.o eBay listing sales. | | | | The answer is, no you need not fill out your auctions |
| These happen occasionally and you should keep a | | | | on Saturday or Sunday and yes; you probably will be |
| close eye out for them. eBay fees can get quite | | | | busiest then. eBay offers a feature for an extra few |
| expensive for listing something - especially if what you | | | | cents which will allow you to set up your auction |
| list doesn't end up getting sold. However, periodically | | | | whenever you want, but it will then go live on |
| eBay will send their best sellers a note telling them | | | | whatever date and time you set. This way you can |
| about an upcoming listing sale so that for example | | | | have all your auctions ending at say 8PM EST on |
| everything listed this Tuesday is only going to cost 10 | | | | Saturday evening even though you started the auction |
| cents to list instead of whatever the usual fee might | | | | on Tuesday afternoon. |