I just wanted to congratulate you on your new software... absolutely no programming skills are required. It was easy to download and even easier to use. AND the ads generated by Auction-O-Matic are top notch. Keep up the good work.
Brett Pieratt AuctionTactics.com
I am just like any other auction advertiser, maybe just like you! When I first got into using Ads online there were times when I would have to advertise for week upon week to try and sell an item that I would literally make just "peanuts". That drove me nuts. Especially when ...
... one thing became real obvious to me. My competitors stuff seemed to be advertised only once. In other words ... it had sold after the first advertisement. ONCE!.
For at least 6 months this drove me totally baloney until ...
... a friend of mine told me to do some simple yet, in-depth research into the ads that would be seen only once for one item. Here is what I did.
I basically cut and paste the auction Ads that seemed to sell their stuff weekly for my competitors and compared them to my own. It was that simple. When I had around 20-30 Ads I studied and analyzed them like crazy.
To be honest I couldn't quite work out the the difference and why theirs were selling items weekly yet mine weren't. So I asked some friends again. One thing they all said...
Nick ... the other Ads look like they have been done by a Pro. Yours like YOU have done them!" That's my buddies way of telling me I was trying to do something I couldn't do. Ok, minor problem but how do I overcome it? Not easy but I did it ...
Solving the problem: Making cheap auction Ads look Professional so as to explode my sales
"When I first viewed the completed listing, I was amazed at the quality that came from such an easy to use program. In less than 5 minutes I was able to create a listing that would normally take me an hour or more to create.
Awesome! I highly recommend
Auction-O-Matic!"
Neil Bartlett AuctionHotlist.com
I did a little more research. Let me tell you a proven fact I found out! Its the professional looking Ads that get all the response first. The amateurish come a long second place. That is a tested fact!
Buyers are a little wary of something that looks as though it's a "home-thrown" Ad. So, they will only buy if they cant get what they are after from the better looking companies first.
Couple of options I thought. Hire an agency or copywriter to create an ad for you. Spend hour after hour trying to get it right your self... Or ... build a program that would automatically have all the essential "sell-like-crazy" stuff built in. Next problem was...
... I know zilch about creating software programs which meant ...
I would have to get my head down and learn. Now why would a Mr Happy-Go-Lucky guy like me that like to relax in the evenings with a beer and watch good TV do that?
After weeks of thought I came to the conclusion creating the right program would probably knock off at least a day and a half off my working week yet at the same time save me cash in advertising. This in turn would earn me more profits.
In other words... more time for me ... more money for working less! Sounded good to me.
Six months later of teaching myself everything I could learn about HTML and Javascript programming and a few other techie tricks, voila ... the birth of my very first software program. I called it Auction-O-Matic!
And as you have seen from the pictures at the top of this page it really does create awesome looking professional adverts at the click of a button. Remember though this was for me but it got me thinking ...
... I know a ton of online auctioneers that would die for this beast...