Alan, when you ask about the "millions" I think you're referencing my
image service website, not my movie poster stock (though I do have
200,000 or so posters. many are duplicates of course)
I do indeed have millions of high resolution images on file or can be
supplied by photographing or scanning material in my collection.
I will have some 10,000 posters and 20,000 or so photographs, but
where I really have it is in comics & pulp magazines.
I have some 10,000 pulp images on file, direct scans in high res, but
I am very deep in comics images
for instance, if DC wanted to rerpint the Superman stories from
Action Comics #2-71 and the covers to those issues, I have full sized
high res scans in 300dpi that I produced directly from excerpted
issues that I either used to have or still have (I still have Action #2)
or if they wanted some 1000 complete golden age comic books from the
2nd tier companies like Fiction House or Fox from 1939-56, again I
have direct scans that I produced.
where I am really really deep is original newspaper comics from 1905-1975.
One of my favorite collections, I have complete comics sections for 2
different syndicates (Hearst, Tribune) from 1905-1931 about 70%
complete. I'm a bit spotty until 1934. 1934-1939 I'll have sections
that have been cut apart to form title collections - like Flash
Gordon (my set was used to produce the Kitchen Sink reprints back in
the 90's with Al Williamson's set to find the best copies of each to
reproduce from), or Dick Tracy or Prince Valiant etc. From 1941 to
1975, I have 99% complete Sunday comics sections for every syndicate
that produced comic strips for the major markets and I could even
have smaller town papers where they used strips from even smaller
syndicates that only produced a few strips. From 1940-1975 I have the
daily strips, bound to volumes with the complete pages from 2-3 diff papers
so anyone wanting to reprint any comic strips from 1905-1975 might
call me, or Ohio State University which has a better collection than anyone.
but I have more.. vintage advertisements scans, paperback books,
comic books covers aside from those mentioned earlier - maybe 20,000
of those, gum cards.. all kinds of items
I will sell them to magazines, book publishers. I've supplied images
a few times to IMAX. Ken Burns' documentary film company contacted
me last year.. I actually need to promote that business much better than I do.
To add, one of the biggest suppliers of high res images to industry
is also one of the biggest auction companies in posters - Morrie
Everett's "Everett Collection" is a multi million dollar company. I
need to connect with them realistically. They do a much better job
than I am able
Rich
At 03:27 PM 12/29/2013, Alan Adler wrote:
Hi Richard -
Thanks for adding your thoughts to the thread.
Everyone speaks about the daunting task of bringing eyeballs to one's sight.
And with changing rules on all sides, that makes it that much tougher.
I like your site - it's obvious you love the stuff and your site
backs up what you say.
Though a novice at this point as I study the possibilities, I think
I can see the limitations of what you have had to work with -
Perhaps a simple breakdown into genres or decades would be a booster
to search and eventual sales in the 2 categories that have thousands
of listings.
Got a couple questions -
Your office Depot Oniine click away - or the MOZ ad - or your links
- do those earn any money for you?
Where are the million posters noted?- you only show a small
percentage of that -
Makes me crave what else you've got -
Maybe that is an angle to open up sales for you.
Why not offer big packages of goodies.
Get everybody salivating.
Sounds like you have the inventory in stock.
Are you in the LA area?
Alan
On Dec 29, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Richard Auras wrote:
I have been following this thread but finally able to sit down and
chime in. I have had my website for almost 5 years now. It was
one of the free site packages that I had someone tweak. I stopped
ebay for a year and worked on loading about 8,000 movie stills and
lobby cards. It was my intention to keep adding other categories
such as sports cards, non-sports cards, comics and such once it
started getting traffic. The traffic never came and I went back to
ebay. Getting traffic is tough. I had actually worked the Search
Engine Optimization on the site to the point that I was on page one
in search for Lobby cards but then google made one of its many
search changes and I disappeared from the first 40 pages of
search. I like the basic look of my site but it is nowhere as nice
as many of your sites here and I really hate the search engine on
the free site software. I don't have the money to invest in having
a pro build it since I don't deal in the high dollar items many of
you all do. I have an ebay page on my site and I let all my ebay
buyers know about my site so I have crossover. I would love to
leave ebay in my rear view mirror but I can not see that happening
any time soon. If you have a site and are doing well with it I bow
to you but for me it is just something that I am just breaking even
with. Rick <http://www.ilovefilms.com>www.ilovefilms.com
Oh, I also tried to start a collectors forum but was constantly
hacked by porn web bots that were posting adult related crap so I
shut it down.
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dear Mopos with Websites!
Wow, Richard!
Great sties.
I am so glad you linked me up - looking forward to taking a look at
what you've built!
Congratulations on what must have been a monumental effort.
Thanks for pulling on this thread.
Alan
On Dec 28, 2013, at 6:33 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
Alan
most of my website have nothing to do with selling anything, or I
haven't had time to deal with most of them due to
<http://movieposterbid.com/>MoviePosterBid.com
for instance <http://www.comic-art.com/>www.comic-art.com used to
be my main gateway and was one of the first 25,000 websites created in 1994.
I sold alot through it in the 90s but now it's mostly a learning
site but it is the reason my websites are high in the search engines
<http://www.graffixmultimedia.com/>www.graffixmultimedia.com is my
images sale website
if you scroll to the bottom of the main page on
<http://comic-art.com/>comic-art.com there is a list of 39 domains
I own, most of which have some kind of website or redirect
to answer why long-term seed economics are not often taught today,
it's simple.. They realized they wanted it now and they expect to
have it in hand in 3 minutes flat. Then in 15 minutes they're
going to forget whatever it was and be on to the next Kardashian tweet
At 06:22 PM 12/28/2013, Alan Adler wrote:
Thanks for weighing in Richard -
Your experience is invaluable in this area.
Notes below -
On Dec 28, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
I've been a bit busy so I am late in responding
My site is getting swapped out with new software and I did query
David about having him create a new site for MoviePosterBid
before I went with another programmer.
However I have seen David's work and it is outstanding.
I highly recommend him. I also recommend Webmaster Pete at my new site
Back to Alan Adler's original question
personally I have had a website since 1994 and I always believed
in multi-level marketing. Once websites became ubiquitous I was
always rather surprised that more people did not use them. I
think everyone should have a website even if it's just to direct
them to your ebay sales.
Interesting - I would have thought vice versa - but of course
there will be unique visitors to the site. Are your site
offerings the same or might something be found one place and not the other.
What other kinds of multi-marketing has been successful for you?
It takes time to work up through the search engines even when
you know what you're doing. I had a friend out here he was a
poker dealer. He was a Native American and always had some
relevant advice for people. My favorite was when someone would
remark he wasn't winning any money and was almost out of chips
and he said "Many years it takes, but from a small acorn a mighty oak grows"
the meaning of course being that you plant a seed.
My wife and I planet a living Christmas tree in our yard 25 years
ago - it is 60 feet high. Every time I look at it that lesson
comes home to me. Why don't they teach more about such
natural-style economics in school. The simplicity of compound
interest is a beautiful thing!
You can create simple websites doing minor sales all by yourself
or from one of those companies that advertises on TV. Or you can
make an investment (plant a seed) and spend some real money to
have a real professional do it. Either one is well worth the
money, but you have to start somewhere and there is never any
better time to start doing something than right now, at this moment.
Thanks for the supportive note - it is actually quite exciting to
think about having my own space to play with posters and stuff on the web.
Alan
At 04:21 PM 12/28/2013, Dario Casadei wrote:
Yup! Dave's the man. He's taken my site and business to a whole
new level. Honestly I did not expect the kind of traffic. It's been terrific.
Dave is the complete package with Web design and web hosting
and he is super easy to deal with.
Cheers,
dario.
On 2013-12-28 1:44 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
Hi Alan
I sell through my own website but also on eBay. Bruce is
certainly correct in saying that the most important thing
about having your own website is getting potential customers
to actually look at your site. It takes a lot of work to get
your site to appear at the top of search engines with a high
page rank but direct marketing is also very important. As an
example, I have a very large mailing list and I find that
whenever I send out a Newsletter I get lots of orders from my website.
One thing I really like about having my own site is that there
are no constantly changing rules to put up with eg photo
sizes, item specifics, postage polices, return policies, Vero
issues etc etc etc. This makes listing on my website much
easier and listing on ebay much more cumbersome. Another issue
with ebay, of course, is the fees which keep changing and the
Free listings that are given out in huge numbers to selected
sellers which create an unfair market place for sellers.
My website can certainly support itself on its own but there
is a great deal of work involved. If I stopped selling on ebay
I would be able to survive from website sales but you need to
be constantly updating the site and continually working on and
tweaking SEO techniques.
Despite all of that I have actually increased my presence on
ebay and now have two ebay stores and sometimes use a third
user id to list other stuff occasionally. I still sell a heck
of a lot on ebay but they dont make it as easy as they could or should.
For anyone interested in setting up a website, I would
recommend David Rew (from this list)
<mailto:da...@kissnet.com.au>da...@kissnet.com.au but whoever
you use to set up a website, you must be prepared to do the
work in SEO and direct marketing.
Regards
John
JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA
Websites:
<http://www.moviemem.com/>www.moviemem.com
www.OzeFilm.com
<http://www.ozeauction.com/>www.OzeAuction.com
www.BodyCorporateNews.com
Facebook:
<http://www.facebook.com/moviemem>www.facebook.com/moviemem
Mailing Address:
John Reid
PO Box 92
Elanora
Qld 4221
Australia
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Subject: [MOPO] Dear Mopos with Websites!
Dear Mopos with Websites -
Have been thinking of following Bruce's advice and creating
my own off-Ebay website to sell (not auction) posters and goodies.
How do you mo-pros who sell on your own sites enjoy that
digital venue vs. the old Ebay paradigm?
Is it more difficult technically (man hours) to use your own
site or costly to keep running than you thought it would be?
How do you drive eyeballs - Is it tough getting visitors?
Do you sell on Ebay and your own site - or strictly your own site?
What do you suggest be included or avoided when building a site?
Any big surprises or epiphanies you've had in the process of
building and running your website that you'd be willing to share?
Hope some folks find this a stimulating thread.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Alan Adler
Museum of Mom and Pop Culture
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