Ebay sellers, what is a good watch list number?

[rainbowstars]

Hi all!  I'm currently running my first Ebay auction.  I still have 4+ days left of 7.  I have 1 bidder.  I'm wondering what is a good number to have for watchers and also for views.  I know that I used to wait until the last few minutes to start bidding, until recently I realized that it is less stressful to just put my max bid and let it go.  I know a lot of people wait it out, so I'm not too worried about the amount of bids.  Just wondering what is typical for views and watchers.  Anyone?

[melodys_angel]

You know, im not really sure..though someone else should beable to help you out^^

[babystarz]

All of my auctions with more than 2 watchers have gone quite well It seems that more watchers does translate to more bids. I've also had surprising success with adding a BIN option to some of my more HTF ponies. For example, I had an MIB FS Applejack up for auction starting at $50, and added a BIN option for $75. She was sold within 24 hours!

I have also found that low starting bids really attract watchers, and bids in the last few hours of the auction.

[rainbowstars]

Thanks Babystarz!  Today is the 3rd day and I have 13 watchers, mostly I think due to advertising here on MLP Arena:)  I did put a BIN, but didn't realize that the BIN goes away after the first bid, of course, I should have thought of that.   Since I started out fairly low, I got a bid right away and couldn't even edit my auction like I wanted to.  I had forgotten to put "custom" in my title.  Oh, well, you learn as you go!  I just hope more people will be bidding.

[mlpfan]

it is impossible to say, something could sell with zero watchers or something could have 100 watchers and not sell, i have seen both happen

[BrightSide]

Minimum of 2 watchers is the best. If both of them start a bidding war, your profits can start rocketing in a short space of time! But any interest is good really.

[kaoskat]

I'm not really sure either....