posted on August 3, 2000 07:14:19 AM new
ToolLady ~~ I would tend to agree, If I have a low priced item, say $4.00, I'm not willing to give up 25% in fees to sell when I can gleen a higher profit else where.
posted on August 5, 2000 01:00:07 PM new
I appreciate your feedback on the fee schedule and have changed it to be five percent or one dollar which ever is less for regular listings,five percent or five dollars which ever is less for Featured listings, and five percent or three dollars which ever is less for Featured in category. Please tell me what you think.
posted on August 5, 2000 04:12:39 PM new
xbidpres ~~ You have an interesting concept for charging, however your still too high, I am in total agreement with ToolLady. Your going to have to come up with a way to entice folks with your fees. this will be last free word on the subject as well.
posted on August 17, 2000 12:33:56 PM new
Congratulations on a nice looking site with great possibilities. You asked for opinions so here goes.
A new website needs to partner with some sellers who could get the ball rolling. You would have to give away free space for a while to get them to spend time uploading their items, but it is essential to make your launch more credible.
A handful of items is not going to attract or keep buyers OR sellers.
Frankly, when I first saw what a great name you had, my heart jumped with anticipation. You see with a name like Xbid you should be doing adult items, a market ripe and ready for the picking, instead of bikes and cars, a ho-hum copycat sort of site. The adult sellers (myself included - about half my items) ) on eBay are desperate for a good alternative, but nothing seems to have surfaced yet. Certainly nothing with a greatname like yours.
What sellers like me want toknow most of all is how you plan to promote the site, to drive traffic to it, so that our auctions will be seen. And during the initial startup phase, it really helps if there is an easy way to keep the same auctions running as traffic builds. It is a lot of work to write, edit, code and list an item and I for one hate to have to repeat the work a few weeks later.
I wish you the best of luck and will keep an eye on how things develop.
posted on August 28, 2000 07:01:02 AM new
I think you are right about the "X" in xbid. I think some people may assume it is an adult auction, also I am sure it will be picked up by search engines when users enter searches like "x-rated" picutres. Make sure you're meta tags on the home page have enought key words and a clear description to make sure the search engines get it right.
Also, I'd look to sign up with an affiliate network to start driving traffic. It is a cheap and affortable way to get going. For a small site Commission Junction at www.cj.com is the way to go. They are already working with Half.com.
