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Your Brand, Your Data | Why is it Important?
Your brand is your business identity, it is how your customers recognise and refer to you. It represents your position in the market and gives you a platform and a voice which, coupled with your data, allows you to stand out from your competitors. In the increasingly...
Timed Auctions | When and How to Use Them
It goes without saying that the current pandemic has caused major disruption to businesses across the globe and has forced even more of a digital transformation to ensue. Auction houses already offering online solutions through timed and live auctions have kept their...
Charleston’s | Embracing The New Digital Normal
Businesses across almost all industries have faced significant challenges to their ability to continue to operate amid ever changing COVID-19 restrictions. For some this means a temporary change in the interim, but for many others this unprecedented disruption has...
Antony Cribb | A Bidpath Case Study
ABOUT | Antony Cribb Antony Cribb auctions, an arms and armour specialist auction house based in Berkshire, was founded in 2014 by Tony Cribb. Holding large specialist auctions three times a year, Tony and his wife Sarah work tirelessly to source, catalogue and...
SellMyLivestock | A Bidpath Partnership
THE CHALLENGE The 2020 pandemic has disrupted global supply chains in a way no one could have foreseen, and whilst all industries have been forced to react the farming industry has needed to adapt to a ‘new normal’ far more quickly than some others. THE OPPORTUNITY In...
BMA | A Bidpath Collaboration
In 2018 Bidpath were approached by UK based British Medical Auctions who were looking for an innovative solution to a common problem for auctioneers; how to move away from a reliance on a third-party marketplace. Founded in December 2015, BMA is the UK’s...
Vanity vs Sanity: Metrics to Measure When Growing Your Auctions
Metrics such as Catalogue Views, Registered Bidder count, Online Bidding and Marketing Spend are great for making your online bidding results look awesome. Unfortunately, they don’t have any real value. Why? Because they can be easily manipulated or inflated and don’t...
Back to Business: 4 steps to empower your brand in lockdown
Whether your auction house is in full lockdown or you are semi-operational, check out Bidpath's key steps to keeping your business moving throughout the pandemic and beyond. Step 1- Communication Keeping in touch with vendors and bidders is really important at this...
How Heathrow’s cast-off became the talk of the Royal Academy Summer Show
It was lot 34 and among hundreds of pieces at the Terminal One Heathrow auction on April 21 last year. It may not have stood out at the time among the terminal desks, signage, baggage carousels and other equipment being sold off, but this passenger entrance arch...
How Much Are Your Customers Worth To Your Business?
How Much Are Your Customers Worth To Your Business?Every business owner is familiar with these three common concepts:● Retaining customers is cheaper than acquiring new ones● Eighty percent of your revenue comes from twenty percent of your customers● The best new...
Online Bidding Platforms: The Difference Between Direct and Marketplace
Sales at public auction for fine and decorative art and antiques achieved $29.1 billion in 2018 and this years’ Art Market Report 2019[1] contained some interesting findings about the online market for second-tier auction houses, globally. According to the...
Bidpath and Wavebid
Wavebid Grows Their International Presence with Bidpath Partnership Wavebid, a SaaS company that offers inventory, clerking, marketing, and management services for the auction industry, announced a strategic sales partnership with Bidpath, a leading global...
Prop Store Auction – Steven Spielberg’s Jaws clapperboard and masks from The Goonies and Star Wars
Iconic film memorabilia including Steven Spielberg’s Jaws clapperboard and masks from The Goonies and Star Wars are expected to make more than £1.5m at auction Read Full Article:...
Soccer fans get chance to score in Pele memorabilia auction
A green Umbro brand New York Cosmos football jersey number '10' worn by Pele during the 1976 North American Soccer League (NASL) season is shown in this handout image released on March 8, 2016. Julien's Auctions is a Bidpath customer using SAM Auction software to...
Beatles drum kit sells for $2.2M at auction
Julien's Auctions is a Bidpath customer using SAM Auction software to power Julien's Live. A drum kit that Ringo Starr used to record some of the Beatles’ early hits has sold for $2.2m at an auction to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. Julien’s Auctions says Irsay...
RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction Sets Record
RM Sotheby’s set the record for the highest ever total for a collector car auction, announcing an official total of $172.9 million in sales. In a press release issued by the auction house today, they announced that they bested last year’s performance by 20 percent. At...