How to create your own demand and kickstart bidding.

🚨 Brutal Truth First

If your auction has:

0 bids
0 watchers

👉 Nobody else will touch it

People follow people.

No activity = no trust = no bidding.

🔥 Your Goal

You are NOT trying to reach 1,000 people.

👉 You are trying to get 10 real bidders

That’s enough to:

Start competition
Create momentum
Trigger organic bidding
🧠 The Strategy (Simple but powerful)

You already know people.

👉 Former customers
👉 Instagram followers
👉 Facebook contacts
👉 WhatsApp buyers

Your job is to bring the FIRST bidders in

After that, the platform takes over.

🛠️ STEP-BY-STEP
✅ STEP 1: Pick the RIGHT Items

Don’t start with:

Overpriced pieces
High reserve items
Niche/unattractive specimens

Start with:

Visually attractive pieces
Good value
Easy to understand

👉 You need engagement first, not max profit.

✅ STEP 2: Send Personal Messages (MOST IMPORTANT)

This is where 80% of your bidders will come from.

Send this:

Message

Hey! I just launched a new auction on MineralBids.

Thought you might like a few pieces 👇
[link]

No pressure — just check it out 👍

👉 Send to:

10–30 past buyers
People who already trust you

This alone can give you your first bidders.

✅ STEP 3: Get the FIRST BID FAST

Time matters.

👉 You want a bid as early as possible

Why?

Because:

A listing with bids = “active”
A listing with 0 bids = “ignored”

If needed:
👉 Push a friendly buyer to place the first bid

✅ STEP 4: Create Watchers 👁️

Even people who don’t bid immediately are valuable.

Watchers:

Come back later
Compete near the end
Increase pressure

👉 Tell people:

“Even if you’re not sure, add it to watchlist”

✅ STEP 5: Post Publicly (but don’t rely on it)

Do:

Facebook groups
Instagram
Your page

But understand:

👉 Public posts = weak
👉 Direct messages = strong

✅ STEP 6: The ENDGAME (This is where money is made)

Most auctions are decided in the last hours.

Do this:

⏰ 24 hours before:
Message

Reminder: my auctions are ending tomorrow 👇
[link]

Some great deals still open.

⏰ 2–3 hours before:
Message

Last hours — auctions ending soon 👇
[link]

Now is the time 😉

👉 This step alone can double your results.

⚠️ Common Mistakes (Don’t do these)

❌ Listing and doing nothing
❌ Waiting for “platform traffic”
❌ Starting too high with no engagement
❌ Not reminding people before ending

📈 What Success Looks Like

Your first good auction should have:

5–10 bidders
Multiple bids per item
Activity early AND late

👉 That’s when auctions start working properly.

🧠 Final Insight

Once you bring:
👉 your first 10 bidders

They will:

Return
Bid again
Explore other vendors

👉 That’s how you build momentum.

🟢 Bottom Line

You don’t need traffic.

👉 You need your first 10 bidders

Bring them in — and everything changes.