I am proud to be a co founder of The National Online Auction Academy. Longtime friend and mentor, Rich Kruse and I were chatting about how there are auctioneers that consider online auctions to be trying to take the place of live auctions, and that anyone can be an online auctioneer. In fact, many auctioneers refuse to even acknowledge online auctioneers as auctioneers.
I look at it this way. I sell.... In 1980 I began selling my labor, lawnmower and some gas, to neighborhood folks that didn't or couldn't mow their own lawns. Later, I sold Rainbow vacuum cleaners, er air purification systems, then kitchen cabinet fronts, cheap furniture, then cars. I sold cars for 25 years, even auctioned some on EBay, and became a power seller. Before I became a licensed auctioneer, I had a facebook auction site where I would go to auctions, buy box lots, break them down and sell them, often starting at a quarter. The point is, I sell, and always will. I have sold many different ways, and am always looking for the best way. I suppose that, to some, the auction method is the only way. Well, as much as I love my industry, I know that it is not the only way, even though I truly believe, that in certain scenarios, it is the best way to sell something.
Online auctions are a tool, and while yes, I suppose, that anyone can do one, I would propose that anyone could do a live auction as well. The key to either of those, is how well they are conducted. I have had the blessing to conduct a 7 figure auction, live. I have also been blessed to have conducted a 7 figure online only auction. Both took knowledge, both in education and experience. Both were, in my opinion, works of art, and a joy to watch unfold after the work was done.
It's kind of unbelievable to me, that after 6 short years, that I am in a place where I can make an impact on other professionals lives, helping them put a valuable, money making tool, in their arsenal.
I look at it this way. I sell.... In 1980 I began selling my labor, lawnmower and some gas, to neighborhood folks that didn't or couldn't mow their own lawns. Later, I sold Rainbow vacuum cleaners, er air purification systems, then kitchen cabinet fronts, cheap furniture, then cars. I sold cars for 25 years, even auctioned some on EBay, and became a power seller. Before I became a licensed auctioneer, I had a facebook auction site where I would go to auctions, buy box lots, break them down and sell them, often starting at a quarter. The point is, I sell, and always will. I have sold many different ways, and am always looking for the best way. I suppose that, to some, the auction method is the only way. Well, as much as I love my industry, I know that it is not the only way, even though I truly believe, that in certain scenarios, it is the best way to sell something.
Online auctions are a tool, and while yes, I suppose, that anyone can do one, I would propose that anyone could do a live auction as well. The key to either of those, is how well they are conducted. I have had the blessing to conduct a 7 figure auction, live. I have also been blessed to have conducted a 7 figure online only auction. Both took knowledge, both in education and experience. Both were, in my opinion, works of art, and a joy to watch unfold after the work was done.
It's kind of unbelievable to me, that after 6 short years, that I am in a place where I can make an impact on other professionals lives, helping them put a valuable, money making tool, in their arsenal.
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