I ran my first auction (yesterday) after being inspired by @John Bejakovic who was inspired by @Travis Sago and some healthy dose of egging-on from @Chris Dyson Here's how things went down (Mountain Times) 1. Decided to run an auction to my 65-member Skool group (decision made: 1 AM) 2. Sent an email about it to my list at 6 AM 3. Made a poll inside the group around 7 AM (saying I'd run the auction at 12 PM if I had 15 votes) 4. Kept sending emails until I had enough new people in the group and enough votes by noon (final vote was 20 yeses) 5. Started auction at noon 6. Starting bid: $1 7. Ended auction at 2 PM 8. Winner got the main thing + some bonuses 9. I bagged $1,029 By the end of the auction, I had 92 members in the group (we started at 65, fyi). And today I'm $1,029 richer. Thank you, everyone. 😎✌️

If I had a Friday night Happy Hour... Where we hang out, have a lil wine, beer or scotch... And talk about what's kicking butt for us in our communities...or whatever? 👉Would you hang out? (I'm dying to share how I make more in one 3 Question Poll than most group owners make in a year.) RSVP 👇purty please. Rooting For Ya, Travis

After seeing my Auction Heroes crank out one six figure auction after another… I’m getting more questions about auctions: 👉 Will an auction work for my community or business? 👉 What would I auction? 👉 Do I have to be on camera and become an auctioneer? 👉 What if the auction ends with a super low bid? 👉 Can I run an auction on my email list? FB profile? Insta? X? YT channel? I’m considering doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Auctions. Where I’d answer all those questions. And brainstorm with folks on what they could auction off for 5 or 6 figures in 24 hours or less. If I put on an Auction AMA… Would you come? Lemme know by posting your auction question 👇. You can steal one of the one’s from above. If I get enough interest I’ll make it happen. If not… I’m gonna rewatch The Shield or Breaking Bad! Rooting for Ya, Travis

When you run auctions with other people's audiences.. do you get acces to their personal account or admin account to make the posts and reply to comments on their behalf? Or simply from yours letting people know you're part of their team?

I ran my first pop-up auction yesterday inside my Skool community, The Alchemy Circle, and wanted to share the results and what I learned. For context, my group is made up of 68 members who are working through chronic symptoms, trauma healing, and nervous system regulation. I offered a full Alchemical Mapping Session. It’s the first step of my work with new clients, and normally $997. (1:1 consultation, usually about 3 hours duration). It helps someone trace their symptoms and patterns back to one coherent root and gives them a clear next step. The auction ran from 10am to 2pm. I made a Loom walkthrough, kept the post simple (see attached), and followed the structure from the module. Outcome: I received one bid for $75. No other comments or likes/reactions. The low number brought up some things for me, especially about the vulnerability of offering deep work inside a quiet space. After sitting with it, here’s what I can see: • My community may not be used to auctions or public bidding. • They tend to be private processors. • Some likely watched quietly without engaging. • I am still calibrating how to introduce this format to them. • The single bid does not reflect the value of my work, just the unfamiliarity of the experiment. I’m treating this first run as a field-setter rather than a moneymaker. I’m following the recommended DM sequence... although the post-auction follow-up is tough since only one person participated. What I’d love feedback on: • For a very quiet, sensitive audience, what adjustments would you make? • Would you set a minimum bid next time? • Would you try a private-bid format instead of public commenting? • Anything you see in my process that I could refine? I’m committed to practicing this until it feels natural for both me and my community.