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Thread Admin: AuctionArmsCeo (5-0-0) (Last 10 Posts) Posted: 05/31/2007 at 13:15:13
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Thread Title: "From an email sent to all active sellers yesterday:"
AuctionArmsCeo

Hi, Sellers. Manny here at AuctionArms.com, Inc.>/p>

First off, I'd like to thank all you loyal sellers for using Auction Arms. We appreciate your business at the BEST place on the Internet for Firearms Auctions.

Next, I'd like to take this opportunity to announce a little change you may notice over the next few days. As you all know, Auction Arms was founded on the notion that a seller could auction an item and not have to pay any listing fees or commission fees for the service until an actual sale was made. We believe that this is important to you and we intend to maintain that ability for you, our great customers. We have held to this basic notion, and have not increased any of our special optional listing fees or commission rates for over five years. As businessmen however, I'm sure you can all understand and appreciate the very real challenges and problems of increasing costs. Unfortunately, Auction Arms is not immune from the impact of these increasing costs.

Determined to hold our fees at current levels, we have decided to meet the problem of increased costs through more actively selling our advertising inventory. We are currently in negotiations and expect to reach an agreement with a advertising broker to market and sell our advertising space. You may in the very near future notice that new banner advertisements are showing up on our pages, and in your auction listings.

We also recognize that some sellers may strongly prefer not to have advertising banners show up in their auctions. To this end, you will also soon notice an additional special feature when you are listing an item. This special feature option will give you the ability to opt out of having an advertising banner show up in your auction. You will be able to select this feature in each new and relisted auction. The initial fee for this special feature will be a nominal fee of $0.25 per auction listing.

Again, I appreciate your business and loyalty, and I trust this small change will not be disruptive.

Thanks for using AuctionArms.com. We appreciate your business at the BEST place on the Internet for Firearms Auctions!

Manny DelaCruz
CEO/AuctionArms.com, Inc.
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Former Seller: Petesguns(404-0-0) Post#1 - Posted: 05/31/2007 at 17:41:02
Petesguns See my post under this same titled thread in Sellers Forum. Methinks AA should rethink this a bit, or they are gonna p*** off a few sellers, myself included. Of course not if they run ads for Sam's Supermarket, but I don't think that is what they have in mind. Anyone else of a like mind as me, or am I tilting at windmills?

Former Seller: tuscahoma(195-0-0) Post#2 - Posted: 05/31/2007 at 18:48:42
(no avatar) The way I see it my auction is my advertisement.I do not like the idea of sharing my auction with someone else that is trying to sell guns.You say the charge is $.25 to opt out.I would pay $.25 to have my Company logo on my Auctions.

Former Seller: Kan Do Arms(70-0-0) Post#3 - Posted: 05/31/2007 at 19:10:16
(no avatar) MANNY, WHEN WILL I GET MY E-MAIL?

Former Seller: BPCR(465-0-0) Post#4 - Posted: 06/01/2007 at 05:41:05
(no avatar) What kind of advertizing????

Former Seller: Joes Custom Guns(265-1-1) Post#5 - Posted: 06/01/2007 at 07:02:13
(no avatar) Kan Do..He said ative sellers,That means that you need to get off your can and move about. (:<

Former Seller: Kan Do Arms(70-0-0) Post#6 - Posted: 06/01/2007 at 08:43:42
(no avatar) ACTIVE I BELEIVE IS PAID UP MEMBER THE LAST TIME I LOOKED. I'M PAID UP, FEDUP, AND NOW I WILL SHUTUP.

Seller: AA-bob(2-0-0) Post#7 - Posted: 06/01/2007 at 14:15:09
AA-bob I believe we sent email out to any sellers that had posted an auction within the past 6 months.

Former Seller: Petesguns(405-0-0) Post#8 - Posted: 06/01/2007 at 15:49:52
Petesguns Never got my email, Bob, but that is irrelevant, the fact that I found out through the forums shows how effective the forums can be. I can ABSOLUTELY understand trying to find a way to bolster the bottom line; these are decisions and dilemmas all of us in business face every day. I, as well, have found that MANY of my customers know about the "other" site. Far too large a portion have never heard of AA. While selling advertising space will help the bottom line, I do not think you will see an increase in market share. Mind you, I do not know the solution, but perhaps an in depth examination into the growth of the "other" site may reveal some possible avenues to explore. I firmly believe that an increase in market share, and number of auctions posted will provide the revenue increase you are seeking. I can only start to suggest possible ways; advertising at local level gun shows, utilizing ALL of the gun magazines with flashy ads, offering limited time discounts to new sellers that could even be keyed to a sign up campaign run through magazine and TV ads, providing handouts to FFL dealers through a mail campaign, (costly, but possibly effective), etc., etc. The banner ads idea COULD be a good one if you offered an opportunity to place a banner on our OWN auctions at a minimal price. I really like it here, and all ideas that can help this SITE grow, will help not only YOUR market share, but OURS as well.

Former Seller: tuscahoma(195-0-0) Post#9 - Posted: 06/04/2007 at 16:09:17
(no avatar) The last 2 auctions that I have listed have somebody elses add on them.Where was the option for me to pay to not have them?Thanks

Former Seller: Petesguns(406-0-0) Post#10 - Posted: 06/04/2007 at 17:23:27
Petesguns SUPPOSEDLY, that option is to appear with the special feature listings.

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