good point
At 01:09 PM 9/2/2013, David wrote:
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
<<mailto:[email protected]>[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 <http://emovieposter.com>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
<tel:512%20479%206680>512 479 6680�
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On Sep 2, 2013, at 11:53 AM, peter contarino
<<mailto:[email protected]>[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:�<mailto:[email protected]>[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?
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Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems
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3, which shows you in our customers' own words
exactly what makes our company and our auctions
so very different from all others!
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