WebSideStory's reported that Saturday is the most popular day for Web surfing, while Wednesday is the low point in the week for Internet traffic. (Visit http://www.StatMarket.com for details.) This may affect your decision about what day of the week to end an auction - the more traffic when ending, the better. (I'm surprised there isn't more of a difference between the days of the week.)
Breakdown of surfer traffic by day of the week (Jan. 30 - Feb. 5):
Day % of Traffic
Sun. 14.03%
Mon. 13.71%
Tues 13.58%
Wed. 13.44%
Thurs. 14.37%
Fri. 15.36%
Sat. 15.51%
StatMarket.com publishes data gathered from more than 30 million unique daily visitors to more than 100,000 Web sites worldwide using WebSideStory's HitBox Web audience analysis technology.
Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.
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