Belt Auction

When does the majority of ebay bidding bidding happen?

When does the majority of bidding actually take place? is it in the last few hours of the listing? haha wow! that was alot of answers in no time, thanks guys!

Public Comments

1. usually yes, in the last hours of the listing
2. The last 2 minutes.
3. yes. If you chose to make it a preferred listing you will get more visibility and increase your chances of higher bids. If you're selling something of value I highly suggest making it a preferred listing.
4. Yes, even the last few minutes. The theory behind that is if you bid several days prior to the end of bidding you're just running up the bid. In the last few minutes, people can only bid so much and the time will be up. Also, only a certain number of people will be watching the auction in the last few minutes so you can get a really good price on something if you wait.
5. Most of the time people wait until the last day to bid. Don't know why that is. I'm glad they added the new "Watcher" feature. I've had people start "watching" my item just a few hours after I've listed it, but they wait until the auction is about to end before they bid. One time my auction ended & there were no bids. Then a lady contacted me & said she had forgotten to bid & asked if I could relist it. I did, but I raised the price. She still bought it, though. Me personally, if I see something I like & the price is good, I will bid on it immediately. I don't wait until the last minute.
6. statistically speaking, it happens at starts to climax at exactly 46.11 seconds till ending.
7. I usually do mine in the last 20 seconds. Put in my max bid and let it go.