# Best Time to List an Item on Ebay?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-list-an-item-on-ebay/703170>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 31, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-list-an-item-on-ebay/703170 "2014-10-31T22:40:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-list-an-item-on-ebay/703170/1 "2014-10-31T22:40:01Z")

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Have some old video games that i want to sell. I read that for selling anything on ebay, its best to list an item like between 7pm-9pm eastern time as ppl who bid on things would most likely make last minute purchases around that time right? I also read that tuesday/wednesday are the best as well?  
I have read that if you list something say 3am in the morning say eastern usa time, thats horrible because very few ppl will bid on it that late. That is true or false?  
Also most of the time its 7 day listing right? Thus if you list it at 7pm on say tuesday. Then the auction end on 7pm the following tuesday?

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**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-list-an-item-on-ebay/703170/2 "2014-10-31T22:46:59Z")

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Can mod delte this? Posting this in the general question thread.