Auction Suggestions

Sammy · 04-14-2003, 10:38 AM

With all the talk about auctions

why not give me some feedback as to what you would like as far as days, times, how about a mid week auction as well? Let me hear from you!!!!

**puxa2** · 04-14-2003, 10:39 AM

An additional midweek auction would be great.

Hey why not do one everyday?

**unclewilco** · 04-14-2003, 10:43 AM

the proxy bidding is great for us europeans(and others), who are tucked away (most of the time, in our own beds) while you lot have live auction action...

**Mr Webname** · 04-14-2003, 10:43 AM

At the moment the auction time means a 1am start for European Members - please consider an option for an auction at an earlier time so that we can participate without having to be awake through the night.
This does not have to be on the same day as the current auction but just to give us an option to participate without coffee and matchsticks!

**puxa2** · 04-14-2003, 10:50 AM

If you hold mult. auctions during the week maybe you should rotate times.

**Ed30** · 04-14-2003, 11:01 AM

Stick to one auction a week - I think people like the build up to the big event on a Sunday night. More than one a week and you're in danger of diluting the event.

**puxa2** · 04-14-2003, 11:05 AM

I'd go with two auctions, one on Sun and one midweek. Hold them at different times so this way most people can attend one or the other.

**Banned: CoolHost.com** · 04-14-2003, 11:18 AM

Sunday nights, 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. CST)!!
That's it ... my God, let's just get on a workable, regular schedule at this point and not get ahead of ourselves. Fair enough?

Thanks for listening.

**Mr Webname** · 04-14-2003, 11:28 AM

Originally posted by CoolHost.com
Sunday nights, 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. CST)!!
That's it ... my God, let's just get on a workable, regular schedule at this point and not get ahead of ourselves. Fair enough?
Thanks for listening.

Let's try to have a little thought for those who enjoy the auction but don't wish to share it at 1am.

**JMJ** · 04-14-2003, 11:29 AM

I vote two auctions!

**Banned: CoolHost.com** · 04-14-2003, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by Mr Webname
Let's try to have a little thought for those who enjoy the auction but don't wish to share it at 1am.

You are among my fav's, Mr! No doubt. You talk about "enjoying the auction(s)" ... but let's just HAVE one or two (under new ownership) before getting carried away, then we can do as you suggest. K?

See 'ya.

**Sharpy** · 04-14-2003, 12:42 PM

I feel for our buddys accross the pond. I just don't think the attendance at an auction set for 7:00pm in Europe would draw a very large overall crowd.

Having said that there are over 100 members "logged" on to the forum and over 200 guests ( lol who are these guys?) right now.

A European auction might work.

I suspect many of the members on right now, make ample use of the "boss key"

**TravelFastpitch** · 04-14-2003, 02:41 PM

I recommend the following auction schedule.

Wednesday evenings 8:00 pm eastern and Sundays 3:00 pm eastern.

This is a good move politically speaking and will help with any upcoming forum changes. It appears the memberships will increase ten fold or this is what is expected to happen.

It is better to be one step ahead of the curve than behind. Move it to two days.

**Spider** · 04-14-2003, 02:58 PM

I like Sunday 8pm ET, and Wednesday at 5pm ET.

**JMJ** · 04-14-2003, 10:39 PM

How about a poll on auction times?

**Banned: NameCaster** · 04-14-2003, 10:52 PM

It doesn't really matter to me which day of the week you run the auction. Although I think the concensus would be weekends.
I think a once of week auction is a good idea. Gives it time to build up and attendance will usually be good.

I do however think that an auction thread running seven days a week would be a good idea and attract a lot of users.
At the moment people hold auctions in the "sales thread" all the time but since it wasn't designed for that it a bit cumbersome.

There are several canned scripts you can obtain to accomplish this. PHPboard has an addon so I wouldn't be surprised if there is something similar for vBulletin.

Just my 2-cents!
Cheers!

**Banned: timechange.com** · 04-14-2003, 11:37 PM

Two auctions with a 10 domain limit would be nice

**Zoobar** · 04-15-2003, 12:37 AM

I think 2:00pm EST Sundays works best all around and would provide more buyer participation.

Besides that, just make sure it runs every week and for now keep the program that was developed. Its easy to use and keeps the auction moving at a good pace.

**Honan** · 04-15-2003, 08:34 AM

Originally posted by nhlrat
With all the talk about auctions why not give me some feedback as to what you would like as far as days, times, how about a mid week auction as well? Let me hear from you!!!!

Suggestion:
Get rid of the link
http://dnforum.com/auctionlist.php?date=2003-04-13
because it is bs

**wyvern** · 04-15-2003, 02:21 PM

There is no way to appease everyone. Moving the auction to 5pm or even 12pm on Sunday will make things better for the Europeans, but the Aussies and Asian contingent will have the same problem there is now. And (some of) we Americans will say it's no good because it interferes with (church, dinner, ball games, insert your own reason). So just pick one and stick wth it.

If you want my vote, I think a 5pm ET Sunday would appear most reasonable to the largest number of people.