Does Ebay have an automatic watch feature?

[Peter]

I just put a few auctions on ebay and checked my account 10 minutes later and found 2 of the auctions are being watched already.

Has ebay implemented an automatic watch feature or are these people who have genuinely found the auctions and added them to their watch list?

 

[CHILLY]

I don't think there is an automatic watch feature from Ebay, It's probably like you said, people saw the listing and saved it in their watch items. Sometimes thing just line up like that, In the past i had put buy-it-now items up and 10 minutes later their sold and also I would be searching for a thing and someone would have just listed it and i would then save it just like what has happened with you.......I would say it is real and not automated......

 

[Chris]

Has ebay implemented an automatic watch feature or are these people who have genuinely found the auctions and added them to their watch list?

I believe CHILLY hit it on the bullseye as I don't believe they have something automatic. By default new listings show first, unless it's changed in the drop down menu so it's very likely someone could of put it on their watch list 10 minutes after you listed it. It would of been among the first ones they saw.

 

[mhdoc]

You can set up alerts to notify you when items meeting your search criteria are listed. Lots of people troll the new listings with Buy it nows looking for underpriced things.

 

[Peter]

ok cool that is probably what it is then.

Bit disappointed with a couple of auctions that finished a short while ago, Had quite a few people watching the auctions but nobody bid on them.

 

[Chris]

Bit disappointed with a couple of auctions that finished a short while ago, Had quite a few people watching the auctions but nobody bid on them.

The members watching a listing may not necessarily be interested in purchasing it. They could be a nosy watcher wanting to know how much it ends up selling for or it may even be a competitor watching to see how close it sells to what they're similar products are selling for. Then again it could be someone watching to purchase it.

Best of luck with your auctions, Peter!

 

[BoutiqueMusic]

I have over 65 items in searches on e-bay. I get an e-mail within 5 minutes of an auction being listed with my search terms. If I happen to be at my desk when the mail shows up, 1 out of 4 times it gets watched. Usually for value. I use it to compare to the "blue book value". What someone puts on paper and what someone shells out are usually two different numbers.

E-bay is huge for the used musical instrument market. If a particular item comes available, 9 times out of 10 it is on e-bay.

 

[dgridley]

I always search the first page of ending soon to catch something somebody might have missed then immediately hit the newly listed items.

Nah, it's not automated..

 

[Smiler]

Some people watch the auction to see how much they can sell similar products on eBay.

 

[Peter]

I am no longer disappointed with ebay. Just sold 3 7" singles for a total of £108 (about $216). A bit more than I was expecting to get for them. 2 of the items had 10 people watching each and the other had 8.

The item that finished last time without a bid is on again and has 5 people watching it now and 4 hours left to run so hopefully 1 will bid.