{"id":1446,"date":"2013-09-03T04:11:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T04:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sneakerheaddata.wordpress.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2015-12-17T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T20:24:37","slug":"analysis-buying-sneakers-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockx.com\/news\/analysis-buying-sneakers-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: Buying Sneakers on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Problem<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0<\/strong>Didn’t get that quickstrike release? Still getting dusted by bots on Twitter RSVP?\u00a0 Too old to camp out?\u00a0 Yep.\u00a0 Same here at Campless. Assuming you\u2019re just like us, left to chasing auctions, hoping for a decent resell price while weeding out fake AJs, this might be for you. \u00a0We\u2019re kicking off our new series of sneaker data analysis articles by sharing a strategy on how to approach the sometimes cutthroat environment of online sneaker auctions.\u00a0 It\u2019s a very simple recommendation actually, but you can rest assured that any tip you get from us will be backed by data.<\/p>\n

Hypothesis<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0The best deals disappear quickly<\/p>\n

Data<\/strong><\/span> set<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a0 121,361 eBay sales for deadstock, men’s Air Jordan Retro\u00a0III – XIV (173 different models) from April 2012 through May 2013<\/p>\n

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Analysis<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0The average sales price increases the longer it takes the eBay listing to end. \u00a0This may seem intuitive, but note, this is not<\/span> stating the obvious fact that an auction price increases the longer it runs<\/span>; this is about how quickly it takes to sell<\/span>.\u00a0 The key insight is really the inverse: \u00a0the lowest average price can be found in eBay listings which end quickly – whether Buy-it-Now or actual auction.<\/p>\n