Tips For Your Live Auction

By Gregory Snyder


Today, technology has become an essential part of the daily life of a person. Surely, right now you cannot imagine living without it. With the help of the technology, you are able to achieve sorts of things such as being able to keep in touch virtually no matter which part of the world are you. Even AZ live auction is embracing the change.

A wonderful way to raise some money for a good cause is through auctioning. Many event organizers are making use of technology to up their game. The following tips provided down below will help in making sure that the revenue generated can will be maximize and your guests and donors would be delighted.

Get to know the audience. Without an audience your event will not be possible. Also, they will be the basis of your auction that is why you need to get to know them. Some factors that you should check is what would they like and how much would their highest bidding be. Not knowing this could make the value of your items lesser.

Right now, you probably are wondering on how to do that. Simple, ask them directly about it. You can have a talk with them and gather information during the whole talk. Another way is by conducting a poll or perhaps a survey. Have your audience answer them and evaluate it after everyone answers.

Two, prepare your event really well for a great presentation. Once you already know what they wanted and can afford, it is time for you to brainstorm on what you will be auctioning. You may start by creating a wish list and present it to your team to know their say about it. Also, brainstorm together with your group.

Do not repeat what you have done before. The mistakes organizers do is that they repeat the same stuff the following year. That is not what it should supposed to be. Audience could get bored easily specially when they do what is about to unfold already. Think hard on what you could do to improve it.

Know how to put your packages in order. Sequencing is the key to make sure that your audience will engage and be bidding high. Carefully think it through what would be the first item on the list, the second, up to the last. It is best to start with the simplest one and end with the grand item.

Ready your bidders in advance. You must advertise the bidding in advance so that your bidders can prepare. If you will not do this, there is huge opportunity that you are going to miss. You need to give them time to read your auction so that they would know what to do or maybe talk to others to group together.

Lighting of the place. Since you will be conducting this online, you have to make sure the bidders can clearly see the items. The gadget you are going to use must have a clear camera as well. If the set up is good, you will not have any problems. All things will fall into places.




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