Have you considered giving the inventory to a responsible auction house that has a base in Europe such as Christie's, Sotheby's or Bonhams? You can ask for suggestions about breaking the inventory into lots. If you're offerring an auction house a huge lot such as this, you can also negotiate photo fees and "in" fees and try to get them to waive these since they can eat up your profits. They won't negotitate commissions though. You might then be able to split off the domain name and the on-line business and sell that separately on Ebay or elsewhere. Contact dealers as well and request offers before you make a final decision about how to sell this off. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu] On Behalf Of MotionPictureArt.com Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:56 AM To: mop...@sol03.american.edu Subject: [MOPO] Selling website and inventory Hi Folks, We need some good advice on the following problem. My wife and I are thinking about having more kids and I want to pursue a new career. Since we need time and money to realize this we are thinking about selling our online business including it's inventory, but don't know how to do this. We have a pretty large inventory of which only a small part is on our website. It consists not only of thousands of posters and lobby cards, but also thousands of press kits, promo items, vinyl banners, 8x10 photos, standees, books/comics, toys and much more. We are based in the Netherlands (Europe) and there are not many dealers over here so we are looking for a foreign buyer. Shipping will have to be by land or sea as air will probably be too expensive. The problem is, how do we go about this? Sell on Ebay? Post adds on forums? Contact dealers all over the world? Thanks in advance, Ron and Alexandra Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
