BadDad5 10 Report post Posted March 2, 2013 I've been a member here for awhile now and have always heard the frustration about it and I've even delt with it firsthand. So, I jumped in with both feet. I bought my domain names and had some software developed, waiting on new pc to arrive. Still finishing legal mumbo-jumbo and hosting and other little stuff like that.. This was also born out of frustration of trying to restore various cars over the years, I got tired of craigslist and chasing all the dead end posts or hearing from scamer's that were out of the country right now. As far as ebay is concerned, aren't you tired of paying fees on top of fees -to list and to sell, to post pics and whatever else? Well I was so I decided to do something about it. Do I want to compete with them? Nope..I'm a car guy. And I just want to make our hobby, be it a hemi or pinto, a bit easier on the pocketbook. What about the forums classifieds you say? Not tryin to beat that either..it's a great source for stuff. I just have this idea to make a better auction style site for all of us in the classic car hobby be it ford-chevy etc..and I think as I spead some word to various forums as well as some marketing, I can make this well recieved and grow. The site will contain some of the things that first brought you to ebay when it was simple. Based on a working mans wallet, everything will have a one time flat fee based on an item, plus some other neat things like a barter/trade feature. For example; to list a car on the site, it would cost $15 only. Got just a single part? Just 5 bucks..No charge for pics or anything else. And definitely nothing on the backend from your profit. And of course 69stang members recieve a discount. :yes: There will also be alot more payment gateways than just paypal too! The site is totally safe and encripted and I will absolutely not share, or sell private info which seems to be the norm...Like I said before, if you guys can think of other helpful ideas, be sure to send 'em my way, or just let me know good or bad if I'm on the right track... Also, it only deals with cars & parts form the 30's to the 90's. Just classic cars, trucks, muscle cars etc..No more searching on that "other" site for say a piece of hood trim and coming up with two pages of floral seat covers and big wings with led lights.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixt9stang 36 Report post Posted March 2, 2013 will definetly be interesting to see. i hope you know what you are getting your self into and are hosting the site on a dedicated server. it takes a lot of bandwidth and storage for a site like that. the last thing you want is the site to be down constantly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadDad5 10 Report post Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) I agree, but to start I have secure hosted SQL (not godaddy either)and can adjust to dedicated as traffic increases. Just wanna see how it goes couple months first. Edited March 2, 2013 by BadDad5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramair351 10 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 sounds good, i applaud your ambition. Racingjunk. com could be that site, but its just not there, not as good as it could be. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69gmachine 15 Report post Posted March 4, 2013 I hope you are wildly successful! I will be one of your first customers. Keep us posted on the progress. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pakrat 1,043 Report post Posted March 4, 2013 Agreed, I particularly like the barter option. If you can pull it off you would get the support of most of us on this site I think and if it's one thing satisfied car guys can do it's spread the good word. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted March 5, 2013 I just looked here to see what altenative was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadDad5 10 Report post Posted March 6, 2013 RPM...WOOPS...sometimes I get'a typin too fast! LOL!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pakrat 1,043 Report post Posted March 6, 2013 I think RPM has been sniffing glue again, title looks fine to me. :rolleyes: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69droptopgt 10 Report post Posted March 6, 2013 I probably would include all cars until the 90's. Nice to see some model A and ect. ANd there would not be many of these anyways. Be able to sort by engine make/size even if it is a car being sold. Maybe a flat fee to sellers that sell multiple things 20-50 listings a flat fee. This would increase the things on your site. I would also probably say 21 days longest auction can go but free re-listing. This makes the seller look at whether they are asking too much for their listing. I have seen things on ebay for over 6 months b/c someone asking $8 for a 2011 5 dollar bill lol. GOod luck with you site. I'll keep on thinking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted March 6, 2013 I think RPM has been sniffing glue again, title looks fine to me. :rolleyes: Hey, I quit sniffing glue last month. He corrected the spelling just in time for you to view it :) Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pakrat 1,043 Report post Posted March 6, 2013 Hey, I quit sniffing glue last month. He corrected the spelling just in time for you to view it :) Bob Impossible, users unfortunately can not edit the title of a thread after they submit it, only it's inner content. I suppose he changed your title too?!?!!?!? :ohmy: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted March 6, 2013 I'm smelling a conspiracy :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadDad5 10 Report post Posted March 7, 2013 I probably would include all cars until the 90's. Nice to see some model A and ect. ANd there would not be many of these anyways. Be able to sort by engine make/size even if it is a car being sold. Maybe a flat fee to sellers that sell multiple things 20-50 listings a flat fee. This would increase the things on your site. I would also probably say 21 days longest auction can go but free re-listing. This makes the seller look at whether they are asking too much for their listing. I have seen things on ebay for over 6 months b/c someone asking $8 for a 2011 5 dollar bill lol. GOod luck with you site. I'll keep on thinking. well, the car catagories are: 40's-50's Classics 60's Horsepower 70's Muscle Late 70's Classics 80's EFI 90's Powerblock Hot Rods Classic Trucks Volkswagon ..thats just the cars, you click a link, the sub catagory comes up with make, select it and it takes you to all the models of the brand. Parts will be a bit different. Just to make everyone feel alittle safer, I am an LLC, and there will be all of the same terms on my auction site as ebay for protection for the buyer, and the seller, as well as myself. There will be a end user license agreement just like ebay -and boilerplate seller contract just like ebay. Of course there will be feedback and rebuttal. Again this is a ebay "clone" if you will, but is however a site built with the integrity of most people being honest hot rodders out there. And yes there will be a bad apple here and there...but you also take that risk everywhere else. I have set up accounts with the reg gateways of Visa/MC, Paypal and Goog checkout. These are the 3rd parties to help manage the transactions, and you will have the protection of their services should you use them in your payment options. I have decided not to put in the barter option. That is (as I'm finding out) a really grey area and won't be able to protect the site, seller or buyer. I may put in a trade section. Fees you ask? well lets see..free to post 8 pictures and most of us sell just one part here or there. To list on my site..just $5 -you decide if you would like to pay before or after the auction. Got more parts? Say a console, two things of chrome trim, and a steering wheel.. prob $8 total. Wanna run a store? got that covered too.. Listing a car under 5k? $15 total -over 5k is just $20 Dealers and parts houses as well as various forums get discounts too. I want to make a resourceful site for all of us in the hobby. I know I may be swimming upstream, but I gotta try.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixt9stang 36 Report post Posted March 7, 2013 Sounds like you have a pretty good plan in place. Can't wait to see it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69gmachine 15 Report post Posted March 7, 2013 well, the car catagories are: 40's-50's Classics 60's Horsepower 70's Muscle Late 70's Classics 80's EFI 90's Powerblock Hot Rods Classic Trucks Volkswagon well just a comment, but why create your own categories when the hobby already has well established categories such as: pre-war hot rods, post war hot rods (thru 53 with flat heads) 50s classics (Y block fords and tri 5 chevys), muscle cars (which originally were intermediates with big block engines '64 to '73), pony cars (you could divide up into generations like 65-73, 74-85 (unleaded, smog but still carbureted), 86 up efi. Just a thought to make the categories more cohesive since technology and style didn't have well defined breaks at the end of a nicely defined decade. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadDad5 10 Report post Posted March 8, 2013 69machine...I didn't really know how to break it down and wanted to keep it simple, and although ebay only goes 5-7 deep in rootable catagories - Your example gives me some more thought. Would everyone think that way is more defined and easier to use?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69gmachine 15 Report post Posted March 8, 2013 I don't know that everyone would think that was the best way to break it down, but I think most gear heads would at least understand the reasoning behind it. You could look at the magazine titles and see how they cater to specific audiences and make your groupings based on that. In the end it's your site, and you can decide however you think is best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
