On 6/4/05, Frantisek, discombobulated, unleashed: > I want to sell some rarer photography books (Josef Sudek) on > EeekBay (to buy new lenses of course <g>), with the US as probable > audience. Being completely new to eb as a seller, I wanted to get > few tips please. > > Although the $ is very low currently (not well for us in EU selling > overseas, good for us in EU buying overseas), what's a good time to > have the auction finish? Do people in US use internet mostly in > work, or at home in the evenings, or on the weekends? I am > completely at a loss here wrt this. For example here people access > the net a lot from work.
If you're targeting the USA, a good time to have an auction finish up (IMO) would be either Saturday or Sunday late afternoon, or mid evening - and don't forget the multiple time differences in the continental USA. Anyone watching an online auction in work time will likely be wary of a boss strolling past - not ideal. I think your potential WRT bidders will be better exploited on an evening / weekend. I think your main trouble will be lack of feedback and the fact that you are based in eastern Europe. However, if bidding doesn't go too high (we talking about 50 bucks or so here?) then that might be okay. If you were selling a lens, it might be very different... If I sell for the domestic UK market, I always have the auction finish about 9pm on a Sunday evening. My thinking is this: people are less likely to be travelling or visiting (and hence away from their computers), as they are more likely to be at home, ready to go to bed before work on a Monday morning. Maximum audience potential. Just my 02, HTH. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
