Category: services

  • theAuctioneerchannel.com to provide video of live auctions and more

    theAuctioneerchannel.com to provide video of live auctions and more

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    Aaron Traffas
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    We’ve had our eye on recently-launched website theAuctioneerchannel.com for the last several days. A joint venture between Michigan auctioneers Scott Vander Kolk, Jr., and David Helmer, the site aims to promote the live auction industry through videos and blogs. We caught up with Scott Vander Kolk and shot him a few, quick question. What is…

  • Auctions on Twitter were bound to happen

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    Aaron Traffas
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    We frequently write about Twitter and its many benefits. We frequently visit our sister site at AuctioneerTweet to see what auctioneers are saying on Twitter. Today, however, we noticed something new. Actual items are now being sold on Twitter using the auction method of marketing. Walt Kolenda, better known as AuctionWally, has conducted several Twitterauctions,…

  • Publications shouldn’t try to be auctioneers

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    Aaron Traffas
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    There is a disturbing trend in the auction industry. The availability and ease of installation of inexpensive or open source scripts that turn any website into an auction site [read: eBay clone] have convinced some trade publications and newspapers to try to be auctioneers. Newspapers and trade journals who try to be auctioneers by adding…

  • Dropbox synchronizes and shares files between computers

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    Aaron Traffas
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    We realized recently that we’ve made a huge mistake by not adopting and advocating Dropbox long ago. Here’s how the service works. Install the client. You’ll find a “My Dropbox” directory in your documents folder, wherever that may be. Anything you put in this folder is automatically and immediately synchronized on the Dropbox server. If…

  • Acceptance of real-time Internet bids

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    Aaron Traffas
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    Real-time Internet bidding is a process that allows an auctioneer to accept Internet bids during an auction. A bidder downloads client software, usually either Flash- or Java-based, and can hear the auctioneer and place bids until each individual item is declared sold. There are several prominent real-time bidding service providers competing in this space, each…