September 2022 - Monthly Recap

See below for some interesting updates, statistics, rankings, and auction information from Sept. 2022

General Monthly Info:

Total Auctions Closed: 527

Largest Auction by Sales: $187,863 Twin Cities Auctions  - #314 Twin Cities Auctions - NO RESERVE VEHICLES IN ANOKA, MN - MORE VEHICLES ADDED DAILY - SUNDAY 9:00PM

https://www.k-bid.com/auction/45325

 Largest Auction by Lots:  795 Loon Estates -Massive Forest Lake Estate - Persian Rugs, Art, Household, and Much More https://www.k-bid.com/auction/45228

Most Watched Items of the month:  

1.214 Watchers 2003 - Allegro M-32BA Class A Motorhome - 18,285 Miles - ONE OWNER - -:   View here
2. 177 Watchers - Pair of Stately Metal Lion Statues -:  View here
3.174 Watchers -1999 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4x4 - 88,962 Miles-:View here
4.174 Watchers1928 Mercedes Replica - Gazelle / Pinto - 415 Indicated Miles - View Here
5.172 Watchers 1975 Ford Gran Torino View Here

Website Statistics:

*unique bidder accounts placing a bid in a given month.  

	Bidder Registrations
	2022
Jan	2,347
Feb	2,332
Mar	3,194
Apr	3,010
May	3,047
Jun	2,919
Jul	3,162
Aug	3,200
Sep	2,935
Oct
Nov
Dec

*all bidder signups, qualified (phone number verified, credit card) and non-qualified.   

	Website Sessions
	2021	2022	Change
Jan	1,043,960	1,014,746	-3%
Feb	939,528	956,142	2%
Mar	1,062,515	1,095,367	3%
Apr	1,088,584	1,145,435	5%
May	1,000,205	1,075,358	8%
Jun	974,208	1,071,033	15%
Jul	959,755	1,013,001	6%
Aug	1,008,396	1,102,699	9%
Sep	943,129	1,049,079	11%
Oct	996,803
Nov	930,528
Dec	935,601

*A session is defined as a group of interactions one user takes within a given time frame on your website. Google Analytics defaults that time frame to 30 minutes.

Top 10 Affiliates by Sales for the Month(s):

Congratulations to these affiliates on their stellar month of auction sales!  

June/July/Aug 2022 

	Sept.
1	MNAutoAuctions.com
2	Twin Cities Auctions
3	Estate Sales Minnesota
4	We Sell Your Stuff Inc.
5	KX Real Deals
6	NCS Auction Company LLC
7	NAB Auctions
8	I-35 Auctions
9	Surplus Liquidation Auctions
10	Asset Liquidation Auctions

Affiliate Anniversaries:

Affiliate	Start Date
Custom Sales	9/1/2010
GRC Online Auctions	9/1/2010
U BuynSell Local Inc.	9/1/2015
North Country Auctions	9/1/2016
Pawnworks - Burnsville	9/1/2016
Agassiz Auctions	9/1/2021
Cashtown Auction Services	9/12/2016
SoDak Auctions	9/15/2012
Haukos Sales LLC	9/18/2019
Park Lane Auctions & Estate Sales	9/18/2019
Savage Surplus	9/18/2019
FM Liquidators	9/19/2018
Packrat Salvage LLC	9/19/2019
JMS Auctions	10/1/2009

News / Tips / New info:

Development Updates: 

Scheduled Maintenance: 

There will be scheduled maintenance on Saturday, Oct. 15th, 2022 from 1-2AM CST. The ability to work within the manage image section during that timeframe could be impacted.  There will be no impact on any live auction images.  This update should allow faster upload and edit times on the manage image section and we are hoping it also addresses some of the recent issues people have been reporting.  

Recent Changes:

Auction Titles:  After 8 years...… you can finally update an auction title on active auctions!   We've opened up your ability to edit auction titles after the auction has gone live.  

List Invoice Page:  You will notice some additions on the invoice list.  Underneath the bidder name, we have included the city and state for quick reference. 

For those using Paytrace, you will also notice the name, city and state underneath the payment status.  The purpose of this is for further fraud detection and to give you instant information on who's card was used for the purchase.  You will notice that if the name, city and/or state do not match exactly, it will populate in red.  This DOES NOT assume fraud, however it will draw your attention to verify against the bidder registration information.  This feature was requested from a few affiliates.  For those using Paytrace, you may notice some longer load times for the invoice list due to this.  We will be working on a solution to make that process quicker.  

Equipment Prices Remain hot!

We've seen some awesome equipment auctions this fall and prices remain strong!    

	1994 Case IH 9230- sold on 9/19/22 by I-35 Auctions for $55,000.  Average auction price for this make, model and hours was in the low $30,000's!
	2005 CAT TH360B Telehandler Sold 10/4/22 by I-35 Auctions of $43,100.  Average auction price was in the low to mid $20k's for this model.
	Bobcat T300 Skid-Loader with 4900 hours and without a bucket sold for $26,203 by Loretto Equipment on 10/2/22.

New Content Pages:  

Check out some of our new content pages on K-BID!  We needed a facelift on a few pages and introduced a clean design on 4 of our main pages:

Bidder 101 Page - used to educate new buyers. 

Contact Page - how buyers and sellers can ask questions.

Seller Page - how to sell on K-BID 

Affiliate Page - new inquiries regarding our affiliate program.

Let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions! 

Have an idea for a future tip of the month that may be helpful for other affiliates?  Let us know by [e-mail].