When Should You Post to Craigslist?

If you are like me, you want to maximize your exposure when it comes to selling items on Craigslist, eBay or any other online clearing house.  Whether you are advertising homes (like me) or want to get rid of that stationary bicycle machine that never seems to get any use, there are certain hours of the day that work better than others.

You have about a 4-6 hour window of opportunity to capture the attention of potential buyers.  Looking at the graph to the left you can see that the most and highest activity is generated beginning at 4:00pm to 5:00pm (when people are close to getting off work) and then again between 8:00pm and 11:00pm (while at home relaxing with a glass of vino).

But what day is best to post?  The graph below shows that, believe it or not, Tuesday along with Friday are the best days to post at the times we discussed above.

I can't give you a scientific reason why Tuesday is on par with Friday.  Maybe because most people are too busy actually working on Monday to spend a lot of time researching Craigslist.  Maybe it's because of the "Hollywood Effect".  New DVD's are released on Tuesdays.  Blockbuster and Hollywood Video bring out the new movies on Tuesday.  RedBox releases new movies on Tuesday.  As for Friday, well everyone knows that that's when theaters put on new first-run movies.  Like I said, this is not scientific.  Heck, it's not even my idea, but it's plausible, right?