![]() And I have a two-day handling, which I remind my buyers about when I send them their invoices, that I will send their purchase within two business days after confirmation of their payment, and usually sooner than that. I don't have the same ending time on all auctions. Yes, I guess I am still a bit of a hopeless optimist about my buyers paying on time. "EDIT: Wait I just realized, your reply doesnt' quite make sense, because even if you set the auction to close at the best time for you, it doesn't determine when the winner will PAY, which is the real time the clock starts ticking to ship." The collection was so good, I bought some of the coins from the brick and mortar store for my personal collection instead of auctioning them. ![]() That was years ago, I haven't been lucky enough to get a collection that good in a long time. Previously I ended auctions between 4 and 8pm (eastern time) on Sunday because I was selling premium items, but needed to end them early enough to have time to invoice. On World Coin Auction weeks (a few times a year), I put a second courier pickup on Thursday because my world coin bidders are much slower to pay. My world coin auctions generally end between 2pm and 6pm on Sunday (one auction ending every two minutes because I have many live snipe bidders who want a chance to get ready for the next auction), and it only spans that much because there are lots of auctions. But I'll be glad for any good ol' personal testimony and/or logic Token auctions end around 2pm on Sunday (because there are very few last minute bidders, so it doesn't really matter that much, 2pm Eastern time - my time zone - is good for me to have the rest of the day to collect payments and pack orders.) Most token sales are Canadian. So that would be the most appreciated answer, if anyone knows of it (and a web link even more appreciated!). It has repeatedly occurred to me that there is probably data showing exactly what day and time the highest average total dollars in winning bids occurs. In fact I bet a lot of browsing occurs then, and it might be when a lot of listings go on 'watch' but maybe not the best time to set the auction's closing, considering how many bidders don't seem to understand how proxy bidding works, never mind use a sniper bot, so they might want to try to snipe but not if the boss could be prowling around when the closing time approaches, ha. ![]() ![]() And for that matter, I wouldn't be shocked to learn that peak activity occurs at some time during work hours, when lots of people are stuck at their job site but having some 'down' time. But I have no clue whether people are more likely to browse listings on weeknights or weekends. West Coast, to maximize the people who have had supper but not yet gone to bed. My general approach has been to schedule so that auctions close just after 7 pm. So, I think my question is clear enough in the subject line, but to get a bit nittier and grittier: I realize that various factors could come into play, like which time zone you live in, whether or not you do international sales (which I do), maybe even item category, like coffee mugs might best close in the morning, sunglasses on the weekend, heck I don't know, ha! ![]()
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