LiveAuctioneers.com launches streaming audio, video for eBay community
August 20, 2007
NEW YORK – LiveAuctioneers.com, the premier destination for online participation in top-quality auctions worldwide, will launch the auction industry's most sophisticated streaming audio and video for live online auctions on August 29. Because LiveAuctioneers.com facilitates online bidding for auction houses using eBay Live Auctions, eBay's 230 million worldwide users will have, for the first time, the opportunity to see and hear live auctions from their desktops. According to LiveAuctioneers.com CEO Julian Ellison, the high-quality stream will create an online auction experience unlike any other, where bidders will see the auctioneer interact with the audience, hear the bang of the gavel and truly feel as if they are on the auction floor.
"This technology will bring the live-auction experience to an entirely new audience who may never before have stepped onto an auction floor," said LiveAuctioneers.com CEO, Julian Ellison. "In seeing and hearing the auction as it takes place, bidders will feel even more comfortable and secure when transacting online. During our testing phase, we've seen significant increases in bidder participation when auction houses use our streaming audio and video technology."
The auction houses that are among the first to take advantage of the technology offered by LiveAuctioneers.com are eager to see the positive impact it will have. "As part of our commitment to providing the best in service for our clients, we are very excited to be one of LiveAuctioneers.com's first clients to introduce live audio/video feeds." said Miriam Tucker, CEO and Partner of David Rago Auctions. "Providing sight and sound to online bidders builds connections between buyers and sellers, bringing to all the full auction experience."
"I never hesitate to take advantage of new, cutting-edge technology LiveAuctioneers offers us," said Garth's owner and CEO Jeff Jeffers. "The launch of audio and video capability is no exception. This service will 'humanize' the online auction experience, allowing our bidders who have never attended a Garth's sale in person to see and hear the excitement of our auctions."
To view or participate in one of LiveAuctioneers.com's auctions with streaming audio and video, visit www.LiveAuctioneers.com. The following auctions will be using this exciting technology:
- August 29, Dallas Auction Gallery
- August 31, Garth's
- September 1, Garth's
- September 6, Sanford Alderfer Auction & Appraisal
- September 7, Skinner and Sanford Alderfer Auction & Appraisal
- September 8, Clars Auction Gallery and Sanford Alderfer Auction & Appraisal
- September 9, Clars Auction Gallery
- September 15, Cowan's and David Rago Auctions
- September 29, David Rago Auctions
- September 30, David Rago Auctions
