All the best for the future JR
I know you spent a lot of time and effort with your auction site. I hope it all works out for you.
Regards
Andy
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:17:36 +0000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] FLASH: auction site auctions itself !
> To: [email protected]
>
> Yes, best of luck with whatever plans you have in the future and with
> finding a new owner for
> MoviePosterBid.
>
> Shelly
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Rubenstein, Ira"
> Reply-To: "Rubenstein, Ira"
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] FLASH: auction site auctions itself !
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:35:42 -0800
>
> JR --
>
> I am giving you a standing ovation. I hope you can hear it. :)
>
> I believe in the long run genre specific auction sites will do well.
> Just as genre specific cable channels do on TV. Food, History,
> Entertainment all have cable channels. And just as the old TV networks
> have a little bit of everything, EBAy will continue to do that. But I
> can see a day when individual specific auction sites appear and do well
> as they reach that exact audience. Just as the History Channel does.
>
> The key will be how the auction sites and their content get listed in
> the search engines. The aggregators of content both digital and
> physical will be these search engines.
>
> Right now EBAY owns all Google searches for auctions and posters.
> That's where I would start if you had a marketing budget.
>
> BUT - That's another story. What is most impressive is you had a
> vision, you know what you wanted to build, you built it and ran it. A
> lot of people talk the talk, there are very few who actually walk the
> walk. As the saying goes.
>
> Congratulations on everything. Best of luck on your new adventures,
> whatever they may be.
>
> Best,
>
> Ira
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JR
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:20 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [MOPO] FLASH: auction site auctions itself !
>
>
> Yes, the rumors are true... after two years of operating
> www.MoviePosterBid.com, I am bowing out -- recently some new commitments
> have come up in my life which will mean that I won't be able to continue
> running the movie poster auction site myself. But several people have
> expressed an interest in purchasing the site, so after a bit of thought
> I decided the only fair and appropriate thing to do is to auction off
> the ownership of the site -- and, of course, hold the auction on MPB
> itself.
>
> I thought about holding the auction on eBay, but just couldn't bring
> myself to do it.
>
> The past two years have been fun, educational and, yeah, also
> frustrating on a few occasions. But I've enjoyed it, and the MPB site
> has developed into something that a new owner could well take to another
> level with the investment of some time, energy and money. I would love
> to see all the work and money I've put into the auction site continue in
> some fashion -- so I'm starting the bidding at a mere $250 with NO
> RESERVE:
>
> http://www.movieposterbid.com/itemdetl.asp?id=10161
>
> -- JR
>
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