# New Data: When Online Auctions Actually End

> GhostNode published its first data report on October 11, 2026: when 495,094 auction lots on eBay, ShopGoodwill, HiBid, mac.bid and four more marketplaces actually closed between September 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026. The short version: each marketplace keeps its own clock; ShopGoodwill ended 79.3% of its lots between 6 pm and 9 pm Pacific, while eBay's closes spread across the day.

URL: https://ghostnode.co/news/auction-closing-times-report  
Section: News  
Published: 2026-10-11 · Updated: 2026-10-11 · Data as of: 2026-10-10  
Publisher: GhostNode (https://ghostnode.co)

GhostNode tracks auction lots on 8 marketplaces for its users, and every lot carries its closing time. Counted together, those closing times answer a question bidders ask constantly: **when do auctions actually end?**

The [full report](https://ghostnode.co/reports/when-online-auctions-end) counts 495,094 lots that closed between September 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026, one count per lot, with hour-by-hour and day-by-day tables for each marketplace.

## Three things it found

1. **Some marketplaces close in a tight block.** 79.3% of ShopGoodwill lots closed in 3 evening hours (6 pm–9 pm Pacific); mac.bid and K-BID are similarly concentrated, and 67.2% of HiBid lots closed between 6 pm and midnight Eastern.
2. **Others spread across the day.** eBay sellers choose their own end times, so its closes are widely spread, though Sunday was its busiest day; AllSurplus and BestBid spread out too, and Proxibid closed mostly in the morning.
3. **Weekends depend on the marketplace.** ShopGoodwill closed only 19.5% of its lots on Saturday and Sunday, and mac.bid 12.8%, while Sunday was eBay's busiest day.

## Using the numbers

The report is free to cite: link to it and name GhostNode as the source. Its method section explains exactly what was counted and what the sample is, and the page is updated whenever the underlying data is refreshed.

## Related

- https://ghostnode.co/reports/when-online-auctions-end
- https://ghostnode.co/guides/what-is-auction-sniping
- https://ghostnode.co/glossary/timed-auction

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