Is it possible to end an auction early on ebay

When there are 12 hours or less remaining and the item has a winning bid, including a reserve met bid, sellers cannot make any changes to the listing, including:. Note: Canceling bids or making changes to a listing with bids when there are 12 hours or less remaining, can damage the buyer experience and can undermine trust in the marketplace.

You can still cancel bids, which will effectively terminate the listing, but you have to have a darned good reason for doing this. A: No. This is someone offering to buy an item off of eBay, which is strictly prohibited—see pages. If your auction is a reserve auction and the item does not sell because the reserve has not been met, consider relisting the item as a Buy It Now!

That's really the only way to accept the buyer's offer without violating eBay policies. A: Probably not. In order to close the listing early, you have to cancel each bidder's bid, which means having to explain to them why you're doing that.

As long as you don't make a regular practice of this, however, you shouldn't get into too much hot water on eBay. As long as you are relisting the item on eBay as a Buy It Now!

Q: "I canceled an auction that had twenty-two people watching it. Will they be notified or will they just be left hanging? The auction will still be in their watch list as ended. They can check the listing and see that you ended this listing early because of an error in the listing, and that it has been relisted.

Some sellers revise the description before ending the listing, to let people I listed them as auction listings with a Buy It Now! I'm afraid now that my items are going to sell at a huge loss.

Can I cancel these listings even though there are bids on them? Many sellers end auction-style listings early in order to correct errors in their listing. Make sure all of the information in your listing is correct before you create your auction-style listing. Manage your inventory carefully. If you have only one or a small number of an item to sell, don't list the item for sale elsewhere. That way, you won't have to end an auction-style listing early because you no longer have the inventory.

Revise your listing to add more detail instead of ending it early. If you want to add pictures or additional details to your auction-style listings, you can often do this without canceling your listing. Consider blocking certain types of buyers.

To avoid ending auction-style listings early because you've received bids from buyers who don't meet your requirements, specify these requirements in your listings so buyers who don't meet these requirements will not be able to bid on your item. If you don't meet the requirements for ending your auction-style listing early, your best option is to communicate with the bidders. Before the listing ends: Contact the bidders, explain the situation, and encourage them to retract their bids.

In some cases, you can cancel their bids. If the listing ends and there is a winning bidder: Contact the bidder and explain the situation. If you and the bidder agree not to complete the sale, you can cancel the transaction from My eBay. We still charge listing fees such as an insertion fee and any optional fees if you end your listing early, even if you don't sell to the high bidder. If you want to change or improve your listing, consider revising your listing instead. Sellers aren't allowed to cancel bids and end listings early in order to avoid selling an item that did not meet a desired sale price.

This is considered to be a violation of our reserve price policy. Have a question? We can help. Contact us. Skip to main content. Browse help. Finding items. Buying basics. Selling basics. Paying for items. All about Feedback. For auctions without reserve there were no bidders. This also applies to canceled bids. What does this mean for eBay sellers? This means a seller can cancel bids on an auction, in the last twelve hours, but cannot end the auction if their were bidders who would have won the item if their bids hadn't been canceled.

With the majority of bidders bidding in the ending seconds of auction, a seller who cancels bids trying to protect an item, will not be able to cancel the bids in the last few seconds.

That sounds confusing so let me say it a different way. Now a seller who tries to protect an item by canceling bids and ending the listing early, will be able to cancel the bids, but not end the auction. This means snipe bidders will be able to bid in the last seconds and win the auction.

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