I like auctions where the clock runs out. That way I can put my max bid in and forget about it. Having said that I have bought a lot of posters at emovieposter.com and I can live with their model. Some people feel that the extended auction model benefits the seller. If it does, and there is certainly no comparative data on this, I don't think it benefits them that much - usually. I like the clock model because I can put in a snipe bid and I don't have to watch it -- not that I watch that many auctions play out to the very end anyway
Kirby Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com https://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texas mobile 512 589 5112 On Sep 2, 2013, at 11:53 AM, peter contarino <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce-I am guessing this is directed at me and movie poster exchange. The > reason for the change recently is because I run analytics constantly and what > I have found is we have thousands of unique visitors per month but only 1/3 > of these are registering, even though they spend an average of 12 minutes on > the site each visit. I want to improve registrations and get more people > engaged. Since implementing this, our registrations have increased > significantly. Regarding your suggestion that it might turn people off, there > is that possibility but that doesn’t seem to be the case. So the point is not > to ”prove” anything, it is to raise the customer database, which increases > sales, which benefits everyone. If it turns some people off, they are not > contributing anyway, so it really is a non-issue to my thinking. You have a > massive customer database and kudos to you. My business is relatively new and > still a work in progress. > > And to that end, I have wondered about the benefits of having extended > auctions. I realize it maximizes profits for the seller, but all of my buyers > I have asked don’t care for it. I would be curious to know what people on > this forum think about this. We built that option in when we designed the > site and could do so and it certainly works well for you at emovieposter. I > personally don’t like sitting at the computer waiting on auction end. I > typically get zero responses because I post so little but if anyone wants to > share their thoughts I would be very interested. > > -Peter > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 9:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Why do so many auction houses make you "sign in" to see their > results? > > I don't understand why so many auction houses make you "sign in" to see their > results. I don't get the point in it. I imagineSOME people register just for > that reason, so it may get them a few extra "registered bidders", but what > does that prove? And aren't there many others who click away from the site > rather than register, so how can that be good. > > I could understand this if those sites were charging a fee to join, because > then they would not want to give their information away "for free". But since > there is no fee for registering, that can't be the reason. > > And this is NOT just "closed auctions". I also have seen it where you can't > see CURRENT bid prices, and that seems even stranger to me, because maybe > people would be encouraged to bid if they saw a low current high bid. > > So what am I missing? > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take > lunch) > our site > our auctions > > > Complete Buyer Protection - No time limit on our guarantees & NO buyer beware > Hershenson Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent > problems > Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth Customer Reviews of > our company - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, which shows you in our customers' own > words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from > all others! > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
