eBay Recommending to sell as Buy it Now?

[TheDukeissoHot1]

For the first time ever, eBay is recommending I sell items (e.g. single items or small bundles of used kids clothing) as Buy it Now. Previously they would always recommend to sell this sort of thing at auction. I have never known this to happen before today.

What's going on?

Has there been a change in how people are preferring to buy?

I've always used BIN except for the odd thing where I had absolutely no idea what it was worth.

When purchasing I tend to avoid auctions unless I happen to catch it on the last day and it's a bargain price. Otherwise you wait 5 days for something only for the price to go silly in the last 3 mins and then you have to start looking again.

I always sell as buy it now. That way I'm not waiting for an auction end worrying it won't go for what I want for it. I can just put it to one side until it sells.

As a buyer I would really welcome this, I definitely prefer Buy It Now. Bidding has a place on some things but on basics like clothing it's a real pain. If I need something I don't want to faff about for a week watching it, and then potentially be outbid.

Also there seems to be a big increase lately of items mysteriously finishing early if they've got no bids. I've wasted my time watching a lot of items like this recently that I would've bought. I can only guess it's because the item isn't getting the interest the seller hoped or someone has contacted them with an offer. In both instances a Buy It Now price would solve the problem and stop it wasting everyone's time.

TBH I think there are only two good options - BIN, or a 3-day auction. If there isn't sufficient interest for a 3-day auction to work, then it's a BIN item.