Make Changes to Running Auctions
Keep your auctions looking and performing their best with post-listing revisions.
We all misspell words from time to time, but where auction titles and descriptions are concerned, innocent typos can adversely affect sales. eBay allows you to modify your auctions once they’ve been started, but certain revisions may not be allowed, depending on when you submit them and whether the item has received any bids.
For example, eBay understandably doesn’t let you change the description once someone has bid on your auction,[12] but you can add to the description. Any supplemental text and photos are placed at the end of the description, accompanied by a date and timestamp, making it clear to your bidders exactly what you added and when. Additionally, since eBay doesn’t allow bidders to retract their bids within the last 12 hours of an auction (see [Hack #27]), further revisions normally available to sellers are prohibited during that time. Table 4-4 shows possible revisions to a running auction; a checkmark indicates when each revision is allowed.
Table 4-4. When aspects of an auction can be changed
|
Revision |
Before 1st bid |
After 1st bid |
Last 12 Hours |
Completed Items |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bold |
✓ |
✓ (nonrefundable if removed) |
✓ (nonrefundable if removed) | |
|
Buy-It-Now |
✓ |
vehicles with a reserve price only |
only using second-chance offer | |
|
Calculated shipping |
✓ |
change in invoice only | ||
|
Cancel bids |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
Categories |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
Counter |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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