HUGE THANK YOU to @Nick Roberts and @Marcus Karl for this candid interview. They did NOT sugar coat or gloss over the Bad or the Ugly of this auction. Spoiler alert: Everyone still had fun and $174,000 in sales with $50,000 cash collected. There are HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of creators and influencers with 5,000 or less followers on their FB profiles, Insta, YT channels, Email lists, X, Pinterest that could... Use the same EXACT method that Nick and Marcus did. And it doesn't have to be perfect. Why? Because the auction format is SO FORGIVING! Let's make this a LEARNING thread and ASK any questions you may have! Rooting For Ya, Travis PS I double-dawg dare ya to watch this and NOT lose sleep tonight! The WORLD is OURS! At the end... I gave them a tip to bring in another $100k. In ONE WORD. Then I showed them how to cash flow this for $1 million. PPS If you got anything out of this interview and breakdown, please drop some appreciation for Markus and Nick. They really gave this their all and went into detail!

We’re running a Pop-Up Auction for a partner, and they want the whole thing to be completely hands-off. I'm going to create the Skool group where the auction will take place. Since I’ll technically be the creator, the group will show as “By My Name,” but the audience doesn’t know me at all. My initial plan was: In the emails driving people to the Skool group, I’d just say something like: “My assistant David set up a new Skool group where the auction will take place. Is there another way to handle this? Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? Any advice is appreciated! @Travis Sago

If this don't beat all!

@Marcus Karl and I are wrapping up our first auction this weekend. I was positive it would do well. But damn... I didn't think it would go this well. Believe it or not, this is my first time making money on a campaign! QLL deal in May: Flop Poll tap deal in June: Mega flop Auction in December: *Great Success!* (Borat voice) All I needed was a damn win. Now we're working on two more auction campaigns!

Partnered with Pamela (40k IG + TikTok, only monetized via 1:1 coaching) from Argentina 🇦🇷 I built two assets I own + control for her niche: 1. Book (Identidad Cuántica – image attached) 2. Skool Community → Vending Machine in motion Also designed her new website + logo. ( www.pamelapuertas.com) We’re in pre-launch now, getting hand raisers.Official pre-sale drops Wednesday 3rd. My current plan: 1. Drive all traffic + sales to Skool where they get the book + bonuses. 2. Book buyers get 30 days free inside the community. 3. From there, move them into a low-friction paid membership → deeper insights, tools, trainings, etc. 4. Then expand into courses, workshops, identity-transformation assets, etc. Skool setup I’m using: → One community. Two tiers: Free tier = her whole audience VIP tier = book buyers (30-day unlock → then membership) As Skool changed the structure. Now you can make a single community with freemium tiers instead of multiple groups. Which path is the strongest + simplest for this type of funnel. Specifically: - Should I have one freemium community with staged access levels?→ (Give her whole audience free access, and inside Classroom only book buyers unlock “VIP Access”?) - Or should I create a free group for book buyers only + then a separate paid community? - What’s working best right now for Book → Membership assets? - Any examples, frameworks, or “here’s what I’d do” that would help maximize conversions + keep this stupid-simple? Would love any insights, war stories, or corrections. 🙏 Thanks Ronins — appreciate the wisdom. Fabricio