Here are the series of % auction success rates for QXL's agency based countries, taken in Q1 and throughout Q3 ( sorry no data for Q2 ):-
Quarter 1
6% UK
8% Germany
8% Switzerland
4% Sweden
12% Denmark
4% Norway
Quarter 3
October 10th
23% UK
38% Germany
31% Switzerland
38% Sweden
19% Poland
22% Denmark
10% Netherlands
12% Norway
December 13th
28% UK
30% Germany
34% Switzerland
30% Sweden
14% Poland
24% Denmark
15% Netherlands
22% Norway
December 18th
32% UK
46% Germany
48% Switzerland
54% Sweden
19% Poland
42% Denmark
28% Netherlands
41% Norway
Average for Q3
27.6% UK
38% Germany
37.6% Switzerland
40.6% Sweden
17.3% Poland
29.3% Denmark
17.6% Netherlands
25% Norway
Please note these were estimated by pains takingly going through every auction category of that country.
While doing this excercise I also took a measure of the length of auction period. To my surprise this has lengthened considerably from the last time I took this measure back in Q1. It now reads 5.3 days in Q3 compared with 3.6 days in Q1.