Author Archives: Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES
About Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES
Aaron Traffas, CAI, AMM, CES, is an auctioneer from Sharon, Kansas. For the last 22 years he's worked for Purple Wave. Aaron served as president of the Kansas Auctioneers Association in 2017 and on the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute Board of Trustees from 2009 through 2013. He is a past instructor at CAI and co-wrote the original ATS and AMM designation courses from NAA. An active contract bid caller, he has advanced to the finals in multiple state auctioneer contests. During the summer, Aaron operates a farm in south central Kansas. Aaron is an active singer and songwriter and the Aaron Traffas Band's latest music can be found at aarontraffasband.com as well as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.State bid-call contests should use electronic tabulation, foreign judges
Auctioneer competitions should use electronic tabulation for speed and foreign judges for objectivity. Continue reading
Auction Podcast Episode 2 – A Primer for Advertising Internet Only Auctions
You’re listening to the AuctioneerTech Auction Podcast for the week of 8 September 2008. AuctioneerTech – Technology, auctions and auctioneers – auction tech for the auction industry Hello and welcome to the second episode of the AuctioneerTech Auction Podcast, a … Continue reading
Auction Podcast Episode 1 – AuctioneerTech
You’re listening to the AuctioneerTech Auction Podcast for the week of 8 September 2008. AuctioneerTech – Technology, auctions and auctioneers – auction tech for the auction industry Hello and welcome to the first episode of what I hope will be … Continue reading
Proxibid on Chrome
My friend and fellow auctioneer Don Hamit pointed out to me at the KAA auctioneer contest yesterday that the recently-released Chrome doesn’t work with the recently-funded real-time Internet bidding platform Proxibid. I was able to get the Proxibid Bidder App … Continue reading
Twitter keeps friends and followers up to date
Twitter is a popular social network that can be called micro-blogging. Think of it as a way to post updates about what you’re doing. These updates can be sent by text message to update your status on twitter.com. Through the … Continue reading