Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Auctioneer with no website
The first website was live in November 1992. I think it might have been 1998 or so when we found software and created our first...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 292 min read
You believe it? Then you don’t?
I remember countless auctioneers telling me two things about the auction business when I first took an interest in it: Property is only...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 1, 20232 min read
Your platform is [just] your competition
I freely admit that when auction platforms started to appear, I (and many others) decried their plans … to possibly allow non-auctioneers...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 27, 20224 min read
Auctioneers … and “I still don’t believe it”
I was sitting with an auctioneer in an attorney’s office in 2011 going over his case and how I could possibly help him. I have certainly...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 6, 20222 min read
What is “scheduled maintenance?”
We ask a somewhat rhetorical question this morning … what is “scheduled maintenance?” Of course, it’s two things: “Scheduled” and...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 13, 20223 min read
How to win an online auction
It’s supposed to be easy … and most of the time it is. However, things happen: The Internet goes down, the online platform goes down,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Nov 29, 20213 min read
Where’s the [auction] link?
Auctioneers regularly share their auctions on social media platforms. This benefits their clients by exposing the auction to more people....
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Oct 4, 20213 min read
Auctioneers: This could happen to anyone
You type in the “address” bar the website you want, and it’s not there. You see that your online auction is no longer up. You cannot...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 26, 20202 min read
” … not responsible for the online platform’s performance.”
Correct, you as the auctioneer don’t want to be responsible for any of that — primarily because much (if not all) of that is out of your...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 9, 20202 min read
The Sale Ring (and other) podcasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJNTUdcube4. The four basic types of formats today are webinars (webcasts, web conferences,) podcasts,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 24, 20202 min read
Online bidding and wire fraud
It’s unfortunate that a small percentage commit bid-rigging, shill bidding, fraudulent inducement, and similar schemes. Such behavior...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 18, 20202 min read
Online auction software too difficult to use?
It’s 2020. Software whether local or online should be (and can be) intuitive. Big buttons, clear visible text, common terminology,...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 3, 20203 min read
10 things to know when bidding on your first online auction
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/10-things-to-know-when-attending-your-first-live-auction/. Relatedly, for everyone...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 17, 20202 min read
Can an auctioneer sell something he knows nothing about?
Auctioneers who contract with sellers to serve as their auctioneer to market, promote and secure the highest possible bid need to know...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 6, 20203 min read
Online auction where he can’t bid, they can’t bid and/or maybe nobody can bid …
So, auctioneers are no-doubt being advised to put in their terms that if the online bidding platform is not accessible, the auction can...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 30, 20203 min read
What online auctions could have become
Sunday, November 10 I boarded a plane to Philadelphia to serve as lead auctioneer for an event there on Monday. I arrived at John Glenn...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 22, 20202 min read
Bad weather draws crowds?
Except — that is — if the weather or conditions are too bad for even those with an extraordinary resolution to attend. All roadways...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 4, 20193 min read
Auctioneers and misinformation …
What that doesn’t mean is that all of that data is factual; nor does it mean that with more users the data generally becomes more...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 18, 20193 min read
The threat to live (all) auctions
If there is a real threat to consider here, it’s the threat to all auctions, not only one type. As we’ve written before … in 2003 the...
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Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Dec 10, 20182 min read
Are we making it harder or easier to buy at auction?
However, auctioneers seem late to the party. While many auctioneers offer online bidding to make it easier to play, otherwise buying at...
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