Bruce
Unless one is logged on one /cannot/ see the bidding history of any item
you have currently up for auction, just the current bid.
David
Bruce Hershenson did previously state on 3/09/2013 4:05 AM:
Peter,
If doing this *IS *increasing the amount of bidders for you, then by
all means it makes sense to do so.
I have thought that letting people see the current bid prices
encourages them to bid, but maybe this *ISN'T* true.
How about it *MOPO*? *Should I hide the bid prices on current (and
past) items from everyone who isn't registered?* I am all for anything
that will get us more bidders..
On extended bidding, ALL real world auctions have it, and I personally
have found that only *VERY *knowledgeable bidders like fixed time
ended auctions. But eventually, all people learn about sniping, and
then most auctions sit at a low price, and then the snipes roll in, so
the effect is that you are participating in a "blind bid" auction
where everyone gets exactly one bid, and as I say only *VERY
*knowledgeable bidders like that, because it does give them an advantage.
If extended bidding results in higher prices overall, then doesn't
that make it harder for auctions that don't have it to get consignments?
But there are no right answers to these kinds of questions. My
business has continued to grown as I have made many changes, and of
course I stick with those that work for us, and abandon those that
don't. And what works for one business might well not work for others,
and vice versa.
I would love to see discussions on these and other topics of interest
to movie poster collectors, dealers and auctions!
Bruce
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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 <http://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 <tel:512%20479%206680>� www.movieart.com
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On Sep 2, 2013, at 11:53 AM, peter contarino
<[email protected] <mailto:[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
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*From:*�MoPo List [mailto:mopo-
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<mailto:[email protected]>]�*On Behalf Of�*Bruce Hershenson
*Sent:*�Saturday, August 31, 2013 9:12 AM
*To:*�[email protected]
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*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
imagine*SOME�*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?*
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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 <http://www.emovieposter.com/>
our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html>
*Complete Buyer Protection
<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>
- *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware
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