Your bid on an auction is a legally binding contract. If, when time runs out, your bid is the highest, you have purchased the item and must pay the seller for it. Use 1-Click Bid to place small bids. In the last 15 minutes of an auction you've bid on in the past, you can instantly bid one increment higher than the current bid by clicking the "1-Click Bid" button. Other bidders may be using the automatic bidding system.
Because many shoppers use eBay's automatic bidding system, eBay auctions may not behave in ways that make sense to you. Through the system, eBay will bid automatically on behalf of the high bidder against underbidders. This allows bidders to bid very high while at the same time ensuring that they never pay more than the absolute minimum needed to beat the next highest bidder.
Here's how it works:. The following scenario helps to illustrate how the eBay bidding system works:. Day 1. Day 2. Day 3. Jack's maximum is still higher, so eBay immediately bids on his behalf again and adjusts the minimum accordingly. Day 4. Jill is now the high bidder and eBay is bidding automatically on her behalf.
Day 5. The auction ends after exactly five days. That's how much she sends Sam via PayPal , and she happily receives her clock radio several days later. In the example above, two bidders Jill on two occasions and Ted on one occasion experienced the frustration of being instantly outbid by the high bidder because eBay was automatically bidding on their behalf. Another key way to maximize your bids is to set your minimum bid amount low. Starting the auction off with a low threshold makes your auction seem more approachable to buyers and gives them an incentive to get in on the action.
There are other things you can do to boost your profile. If you commit to donating part of your proceeds to charity, oftentimes, your items will generate more bids and garner a higher sales price because buyers are more apt to make a purchase that will help a charity. Your listing will get greater prominence in searches, as eBay adds a unique charity logo in the search view and includes a full description of the charity donation in the listing.
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Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Go to Solution. A lot of users will use software that places their bid in as close to end as possible. This removes problems in the bidding game. View solution in original post. If I choose to bid on your auction; you'll see my bid somewhere about 2 to 4 seconds before your auction ends. I and many, many, other seasoned auction buyers use 3rd party sniping services. These services allow prospective bidders to place a bid on their behalf at a designated point in time, which is determined by the user at the time that they set up the sniping bid.
Keep in mind that bids are also automatic, so you place the maximum you are willing to pay and eBay does the rest. A buyer can only find that out by outbidding in which case the buyer be one increment higher than the last bidder's max. To answer your question, bids start right away, but many do not bid early as they feel it drives up the cost of buying the item.
If that happens, you'll see a message asking you to contact the seller when you try to place a bid. Let them know you'd like to bid, and they may change their requirements to allow you to take part. It's important to us that auctions are always fair and honest.
Sometimes a member who knows the seller — perhaps a family member or friend — bids on an item to drive up the price. This is known as shill bidding and isn't allowed on eBay. When you see an item for sale on eBay, the listing will include the payment methods you can use to buy it. If you have any problems paying for your items, we can help troubleshoot the issue. Skip to main content. Enter the key words you want to ask for help.
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