fantastic consistent results keeping employees is a major accomplishment
kudos ad On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 9:46 PM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *My company's (eMoviePoster.com's) final 2024 total sales were > $5,689,164.00. This means we have averaged $6 million per year for EIGHT > years and we keep setting LOTS of individual records!But even more > impressive is that in 2019 we held 140,000 auctions, while in 2020 we > "only" had 100,000 auctions, and in 2021 we "only" had 75,000 auctions, and > in 2022 through this year we "only" had 54,000 auctions per year.In 2022 we > had six major auctions, but (because I was tired of working so hard year > round!) in 2023 and 2024 we only had four major auctions each year.So why > do our sales hold pretty steady when we keep lowering the number of overall > auctions and major auctions each year?This is because our selling price per > auction keep rising drastically as the number of annual auctions we have > run has fallen by two-thirds over 5 years (it has almost tripled)!Why have > we continued to have strong sales growth virtually every year with > one-third the auctions, and one-third fewer major auctions?There are eight > reasons for this:1 We far and away charge the lowest rates at every price > level of any major auction and we prove it > here: https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign_major#absoluteproof > <https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign_major#absoluteproof>2 > We get higher prices overall than any other auction at every price level, > when you compare "apples to apples and oranges to oranges" (even if you > accept the many "false results" other auctions often report).3 We do a > better job of auctioning than any major auction (how buyers AND consignors > are treated, before, during, and after every transaction).4 We have very > loyal bidders (70,000+ to date) and consignors (3,365 to date), many of > whom we have dealt with for five or ten or more years, quite a few for > nearly our entire 35 year history!5 eBay continues to implode. It has no > quality control over their sellers, so the good auctioneers get lumped in > with the many bad ones, and their business continue to decline. Most former > regular eBay bidders are now mostly only bidding with us, and most former > eBay sellers are now mostly only selling through us!6 Other major auctions > regularly alienate their consignors AND their bidders, due to many shady > auction practices, including massive deceptive "25%, $29 minimum buyers > premiums" (that deceive sellers) and over-grading what they auction, and/or > enhancing images and "missing" restoration or defects that their items > have.7 We have the best employees of any major movie poster auction, 19 in > all. Over the years we have continually refined what we do, and a high > percentage of our best employees have been here between ten and twenty > years each!8 We DON'T have fancy offices, showrooms, or exhibit space, or > printed catalogs! We put all the savings from not having those things into > having NO buyers premiums, charging actual shipping cost and having 16 > weeks of Pay and Hold, and many other ways that let our bidders and our > consignors get a better deal than at any other auction!What will the future > hold? We don't know, so you will just have to come back here a year from > now and find out! But we HAVE committed to keeping this company going > exactly as it is for ONE more years (at least), and I am loving the new > eMoviePoster.com (with far fewer auctions, and far fewer low priced items) > so I may continue for years!So if YOU have excellent posters or related > items to sell, we don't know why you would not immediately consign them to > eMoviePoster.com, the #1 poster auction in the world, for 35 years and $119 > million in real sales!* > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free.www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-8321005116083012820_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > 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.
