This looks good. I think you've got a good idea for a site - sort of a cross betwen freecycle and ebay. I think the pricing might be a little high for a lot ofpeople, especially individuals and non-profits. Consider how much they might get in return for their item. A $15 listing rate wouldn't be worthwhile for most. Although I don't know what you mean by a "window".
In terms of the design, I think some of the colours chosen are a little too bright and unsophisticated looking. The yellow and the greeen could be toned down a little bit. I also think that the text in the logo should be changed to something a ltitle more unique. You do have a good logo concept though.
I window is the onlt term i could come up with that even close to explains. For $15 you get an ad space, if you sell something from that space, you get to put something else there. If you decide that you want to sell something else, youcan take out that item and put something else there. It is your display "window" for you to have full controll of for a month at a time. Helpful?
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Gosh, I think the site is actually nice. I like the yellow and green. Have you changed it in the last few days, or am I seeing the same thing Megan saw? I agree that your logo is nice. The layout is easy to use. The account creation page is a little cluttered, but I mostly liked it, as my account creation page scrolls for days (and I don't like that). I couldn't break your sub-menus (the DHTML flyouts that scroll). But mostly the only way I tried to break them was to use Mozilla, to see if you had failed to code for that DOM. Looks like you got it covered.
I guess if anything, the big problem for your site now is that you need data. For example, I selected San Jose and started browsing. But every search I tried, no results. That's OK temporarily, but my advice would be to put the Webmastering aside and pour energy into Marketing. Get people into the system.
A few things:
You need width and height tags on the images (listings images)
The 'sort by' icons are tiny, so small would be easily missed
The 'report abuse' should be done via a form, not all modern browsers support the subject/body options now, also you'll be getting a lot of spam to that address from harvestor bots
The 'click to enlarge' on listings isn't working (in mozilla)
The 'window' is confusing, am guessing a 'window' is a 'item' or a 'listing'?
Slight horziontal scroll at 800x600
Colours don't do much for it but the layout and 'kung fu' is good
good luck
StraitNoChaser posted this at 18:27 — 12th March 2005.
Thank you all for your input. I have started marketing a little, I have place clissified ads in a lot of regions and I am having some signs made. Unfortunatly I have NO experience in marketing, so I am wingin' it a bit. Also I have a limited amount of marketing funds.
Any suggestions on where or how to get the most BANG for my buck?
We are based in the Spokane Washington area and have about 150 items in our region. We have a 3 man sales force working our area on commission only buy zip code's, trying to get Pawn shops, auto dealers, antique stores, estate salers...etc, to pay for business accounts. Or to get non-profits use the site. I am at a loss what else to do.. any idea's?
It's good, nice layout and overall a nice site. I don't think it matters how you sell something, what's more important is whether that something can sell itself. If it sells itself all a salesman has to do is point the client in the right direction and the idea will take-off.
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What makes this service different from e-bay, what stands out and makes me want to use this service over other, similar, more popular ones?
Also: Why is the service done on a regional basis? What value does this add to the service?
And one more thing: Your drop-downs dont work in Opera, the code is somewhat difficult to read - probably due to all that hidden ASP garbage and large amount of drop-down options.
The original idea for this site, was online yardsale. Making it easier for people to trade stuff or sell stuff locally, all year long and without having to actually do all the messy yard sale stuff. The site still promote's this but we have added the ability for business to get in on it also. We are different because we do the advertising for you, We take out weekly classified ads in local papers for the most popular items on the site. In that I believe we are different. The goal is to get local people into your store or yardsale, while also giving you the ability to reach outside your region to people who are willing to buy outside thier region and pay for shipping and all that. When you put something up for auction on ebay you loose control of your sale, often loosing your treasure to a low bidder. We are trying to give the control of the sale back to you.
Does that make any sense?
I will look into the issues with opera. we had to use that scrolling menu because the lists were blowing off the page.
Well... the layout is good, your color scheme is okay. The ultra-bright green is really bothering me almost as much as the bright yellow. What I would do is go with a dark green, and lighten up the tint of the yellow (more pastel).
cod a little this... code a little that.... its all just ones and zeros man....
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Megan posted this at 14:29 — 10th March 2005.
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This looks good. I think you've got a good idea for a site - sort of a cross betwen freecycle and ebay. I think the pricing might be a little high for a lot ofpeople, especially individuals and non-profits. Consider how much they might get in return for their item. A $15 listing rate wouldn't be worthwhile for most. Although I don't know what you mean by a "window".
In terms of the design, I think some of the colours chosen are a little too bright and unsophisticated looking. The yellow and the greeen could be toned down a little bit. I also think that the text in the logo should be changed to something a ltitle more unique. You do have a good logo concept though.
Megan
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StraitNoChaser posted this at 15:03 — 10th March 2005.
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I window is the onlt term i could come up with that even close to explains. For $15 you get an ad space, if you sell something from that space, you get to put something else there. If you decide that you want to sell something else, youcan take out that item and put something else there. It is your display "window" for you to have full controll of for a month at a time. Helpful?
YourSale
StraitNoChaser posted this at 15:05 — 10th March 2005.
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The colors were chosen to make it sort of family friendly. To make it seem like a home designed yard sale sign, Thankyou.
aboyd posted this at 08:23 — 12th March 2005.
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Gosh, I think the site is actually nice. I like the yellow and green. Have you changed it in the last few days, or am I seeing the same thing Megan saw? I agree that your logo is nice. The layout is easy to use. The account creation page is a little cluttered, but I mostly liked it, as my account creation page scrolls for days (and I don't like that). I couldn't break your sub-menus (the DHTML flyouts that scroll). But mostly the only way I tried to break them was to use Mozilla, to see if you had failed to code for that DOM. Looks like you got it covered.
I guess if anything, the big problem for your site now is that you need data. For example, I selected San Jose and started browsing. But every search I tried, no results. That's OK temporarily, but my advice would be to put the Webmastering aside and pour energy into Marketing. Get people into the system.
Busy posted this at 11:25 — 12th March 2005.
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A few things:
You need width and height tags on the images (listings images)
The 'sort by' icons are tiny, so small would be easily missed
The 'report abuse' should be done via a form, not all modern browsers support the subject/body options now, also you'll be getting a lot of spam to that address from harvestor bots
The 'click to enlarge' on listings isn't working (in mozilla)
The 'window' is confusing, am guessing a 'window' is a 'item' or a 'listing'?
Slight horziontal scroll at 800x600
Colours don't do much for it but the layout and 'kung fu' is good
good luck
StraitNoChaser posted this at 18:27 — 12th March 2005.
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Thank you all for your input. I have started marketing a little, I have place clissified ads in a lot of regions and I am having some signs made. Unfortunatly I have NO experience in marketing, so I am wingin' it a bit. Also I have a limited amount of marketing funds.
Any suggestions on where or how to get the most BANG for my buck?
We are based in the Spokane Washington area and have about 150 items in our region. We have a 3 man sales force working our area on commission only buy zip code's, trying to get Pawn shops, auto dealers, antique stores, estate salers...etc, to pay for business accounts. Or to get non-profits use the site. I am at a loss what else to do.. any idea's?
YourSale
JeevesBond posted this at 19:23 — 12th March 2005.
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It's good, nice layout and overall a nice site. I don't think it matters how you sell something, what's more important is whether that something can sell itself. If it sells itself all a salesman has to do is point the client in the right direction and the idea will take-off.
[EDIT]
What makes this service different from e-bay, what stands out and makes me want to use this service over other, similar, more popular ones?
Also: Why is the service done on a regional basis? What value does this add to the service?
And one more thing: Your drop-downs dont work in Opera, the code is somewhat difficult to read - probably due to all that hidden ASP garbage and large amount of drop-down options.
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StraitNoChaser posted this at 03:12 — 13th March 2005.
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The original idea for this site, was online yardsale. Making it easier for people to trade stuff or sell stuff locally, all year long and without having to actually do all the messy yard sale stuff. The site still promote's this but we have added the ability for business to get in on it also. We are different because we do the advertising for you, We take out weekly classified ads in local papers for the most popular items on the site. In that I believe we are different. The goal is to get local people into your store or yardsale, while also giving you the ability to reach outside your region to people who are willing to buy outside thier region and pay for shipping and all that. When you put something up for auction on ebay you loose control of your sale, often loosing your treasure to a low bidder. We are trying to give the control of the sale back to you.
Does that make any sense?
I will look into the issues with opera. we had to use that scrolling menu because the lists were blowing off the page.
Thanks again for your input, you guys are great!
YourSale
EGS posted this at 04:15 — 13th March 2005.
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i'm confused...it has nothing to do with kung fu!!!
aboyd posted this at 08:44 — 13th March 2005.
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kung fu == webmastery
RickW posted this at 06:17 — 16th March 2005.
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Well... the layout is good, your color scheme is okay. The ultra-bright green is really bothering me almost as much as the bright yellow. What I would do is go with a dark green, and lighten up the tint of the yellow (more pastel).
And I thought kung fu meant hax0r ski11z...
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StraitNoChaser posted this at 06:59 — 16th March 2005.
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cod a little this... code a little that.... its all just ones and zeros man....
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