What types of products are well-suited for an auction market? At what points in the product life cycle can auction markets prove beneficial for marketers?

 

The types of products that are well-suited for an auction market include rare and unique products where prices are difficult to discover and where there may have been no market for the goods. These include perishable items such as airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, or tickets to plays, concerts, and sporting events. Traditionally, auctions have been used by businesses to generate a higher profit on items at the end of their life cycle than they would receive from product liquidation sales. However, they are now more frequently being used at the beginning of a product’s life cycle to generate premium prices from highly motivated early adopters, for example: early releases of music, books, DVDs, video games, and digital appliances.

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