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I posted last week about a topic on reddit that got close to hitting the frontpage on a very popular site.  It basically shows how outsiders view show cattle. Jeff from Cattle.com is hosting a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) with Matt Lautner Here is the link...

Done.  (thumbsup)

I just wanted to add, I appreciate the comments and discussion.  I am open to any input, as previous points mentioned, not going to be able to please everyone, but I sure want to put out there what the seller/buyer wants.

I do like that idea and from a coding standpoint, it will be very easy to implement.  Also can entice people to be early bidders as placing a bid allows you to see the reserve.

It won't be for everyone, you have to be a little bit of more of a DIYer, but the savings make it very attractive. 

Yeah, basically that is one of the reasons I am offering a very low lot fee.  I also include a side banner advertisement on Steer Planet, which is a $200 value.  We also do the facebook, twitter, newsletter at no cost too. Here is a good scenario, as money goes up on, my discount grows greater...

I am working a bit on the pricing now and I think we *might* end up offering the ability to have a full service auction, where we collect the money and list your lots. But, we will still have the ability to have your own auction, at a very reasonable per lot rate and I believe this will be the...

That is kinda where I am at, I just charge a set price.  Currently it is $25 per lot.

I have it locked where no one, even me, could see a max bid without actually looking in the database tables.  I am not sure about maxanet, I would think the info would not be available, but again I am really not sure.

There is a balance out there, the balance where the buyer feels the auction was presented honestly and seller feels that they got top dollar available.  One huge differentiator is price.  I am substantially cheaper, and were not talking 10% to 15%, more like 80% cheaper.  I running my own...

I think you are both correct.  I do have a tendency to try to make one solution that is going to fit everyone's needs.  When I just need to realize that doing it this way may not work for everyone. Steer Planet itself was started on the same idea.  Lets have a free site where people can come...

Appreciate all the comments.  Let me respond directly with quotes.

IIRC, it was on the 2nd/3rd page of the frontpage without me being logged in.  From time to time, you see highland calves make a push toward the top.  The person who posted didn't seem real knowledgeable about what they posted.

The key appeal to that site is the most newsworthy or entertaining information gets pushed the frontpage and comments inside the topic get pushed up. There is a lot of crap, but you can filter most of it out by only joining certain areas of the site that you are interested it. The good side...

I can vouch, a couple of my nephews attended and had a great time.

You can imagine an ad featuring either bull in the showtimes or showcircuit with the caption under the ad reading "they just keep making me giggle every time i see them!" or "so damn fabulous" On 2nd thought, this quote could make a good ad "my mind is utterly blown. I've seen nothing else...

Here is the photos that people are commenting on.

These come from a news/link aggregate site called reddit.  A very popular site with the younger crowd, probably in the top 25 of websites visited on the internet.  If a you post something that is popular, it gets upvoted and if gets enough upvotes it can make it to the frontpage.  Which is very...

Right now, they manually are bidding them up using a "reserve sheet" provided by seller.  I would conclude quite a few of initial bids are done by the auction company. It gives the illusion of interested buyers. I still think the auction company/seller should have no part in placing bids on an...

Ask tucker mittag, he has a very cool 3/4 shot. http://mittagshowcattle.blogspot.com/