eBay was originally an auction website, and it still uses this method today, which is a major feature that distinguishes eBay from other e-commerce platforms.

At present, there are three main sales methods on eBay: auction, fixed price and comprehensive sales.

Posting items by "auction" is a common sales method for eBay sellers. Sellers start auctioning items by setting the starting bid and online time of the items, and then sell them at the maximum bid amount offered by the seller when they go offline. The seller with the highest bid is the winner of the item.

In the search sorting rules, auction items that are about to end will get a higher ranking in the "Ending Soonest" sorting results, and get more free exposure opportunities.