Everything tagged Auctions
Bidding, formats and timing, including the parts eBay documents and the parts it doesn't.
5 posts- JUL 6
Can you take back an eBay bid? Only for two reasons.
eBay lets you take a bid back for two reasons, inside one hour, and only if the listing ends within 12 hours. On Trading Cards you can't retract at all.
10 min read · Auctions, How eBay works, Buyer protection
- JUN 26
eBay auction vs Buy It Now: what changes at the first bid
Buy It Now usually disappears when somebody bids, but on a reserve listing it survives until the reserve is met. eBay won't say which categories differ.
10 min read · Auctions, How eBay works
- JUN 22
eBay allows sniping. A snipe won't get you a cheaper price.
eBay allows bid sniping in writing, software included. Proxy bidding means a snipe changes who gets to react and not what you'll pay. Live 2026 tool costs.
10 min read · Auctions, Tools, Deal hunting
- JUN 18
Is there really a best time to buy on eBay? We went looking for proof.
No study backs the Sunday evening rule, and two statistics behind it are fabricated. Automatic bidding is why the ending hour can't lower what you pay.
10 min read · Auctions, Deal hunting, Price research
- JUN 4
How eBay Best Offer works, and when to make a lowball offer
A seller gets 24 hours to answer an eBay Best Offer, and a counteroffer lasts 96 hours. What to offer, and why you can't see the accept and decline limits.
10 min read · How eBay works, Deal hunting, Auctions