Understood, and thanks for sharing again with all!I've personally seen a lot of auction items that I would be interested in, but I don't even bother bidding because they end in the middle of the night for me here in Europe. The recent auctions for some BTP chips come to mind - the seller would have most certainly ended up with more money in their pockets had I been awake when the auctions ended. But that's just one PCFer's opinion.
Personally, I've always appreciated TCR sales that take place on a Sunday afternoon (evening time in Europe).
I realize you already know this, but for the benefit of other friends in Europe, I am unfortunately only shipping to U.S. addresses (for reasons previously discussed). So hopefully, if you're in Europe or another non-U.S. location, you can find a skilled and willing reshipper.
That's a *lot* of great information! Thanks for taking the time to share all that.I think if you are immediately after nfl kickoff u should be fine. Everyone is in a rush to get their morning routine done, fantasy lineup set, then the game kicks off and the first hour of a game isn’t important. Probably on their phones still anyway and it includes the Europe crowd.
Our car dealership website traffic was the highest at 9 AM, noon, 4 PM and 10 PM. Noon = lunch break. 9am = people checking the site as they get to work. 4pm = the day is long and people are checked out at work. This was a huge spike tbh.
3-4pm final answer and Tuesday-Thursday. Best time to end an auction. Also gets Europe in on the action.
Tommy, mind sharing PCF top 3 hour slots for website traffic? @Tommy
Adding a bit to that...
In past years, I received feedback from multiple people to NOT have multiple auctions ending at the same time. Those people wanted to be able to easily bid on multiple auctions. That's why I have my five auctions end over a two hour period, with each end time being 1/2 hour apart (the minimum increment allowed on PCF).
So, with five auction ends spanning a two hour period, using your logic, the best end times would be from 1:30-3:30 pm, correct?
I DO take issue with one thing you said:
That may be true for you and some others, but not me. I enjoy the games, and that's where my focus is from kickoff to 00:00 on the clock!the first hour of a game isn’t important
Seriously, if I switch my end times to Sunday 1:30-3:30 pm Eastern, I won't follow the auction ends; I'll wait until the games are over.
That could pose some problems when people get into bidding wars at the end that push the boundaries of the 5 minute rule, and I'm not watching the bidding real time to know that bidder A placed a bid at 1:29:45 pm, and bidder B placed a higher bid at 1:34:55 pm. In that case, bidder B's bid is not valid, even though it displays as "1:34 pm", which gives the appearance of being within the five minute rule when compared to bidder A's bid, which displays as "1:29 pm".
Nothing is perfect, I guess!