Hi all,
I am contamplating (as part of the forum "upgrade" which is looming ever closer on the horizon) re-adding the "classifieds" section. This would give the following advantages :
1. Each Sales Ad would be valid for a number of days, after which it would need to be renewed or it would lapse. You can view all your ads in one place, and i believe renewing is just a one click afair.
Wanted Ads and also Trades could have different validity dates... so for example Wanted could have a maximum of 12 months, Trades could have a validity of 4 months.
2. Because of #1 above, it would mean that users would only get to see by default those items that were actually "current/Active" (although if i remember correctly users could still view stuff that had lapsed by filtering)
3. It would mean that we could pull figures based around items and what they sold for. Maybe If i could convince a the developer he could add a field which was only visible to Admins where the seller could advise the Actual price it was sold for in confidence, so we could get more accurate figures plus changes over time?
4. User can ask questions rather than partake in a discussion thread - questions would go directly to the seller and responses publicly shown.... Means that possibly we could do away with comments altogether?
5. This automatically includes a feedback system... i.e. Positive/Neutral/Negative which means people could see feedback on items purchased from that seller in the past.
6. People who sell Mods etc could add their items too - and in fact i believe there is the ability to allow multiples of items (example - Qty10 available)
Disadvantages :
1. These dont fall under the existing "thread" listings - They are part of the site, however a separate tab at the top
2. People who want to post multiple items in the same thread would have to post them each separately (Maybe we could have something separate for people having a "clearout" elsewhere on the forum... which may aleviate this issue.
I'm sure there are more to the above. With regards to look - obviously would need to be styled, but something like this :
Yes, Granted, it will take a little more time to post something rather than stick a post up... maybe 2 mins as opposed to 30 seconds. It's worthwhile remembering here any benefits that it might give vs current status - As someone once said to me... Crap in Crap out... you can only get out what you put into something.
Will be interesting to see the results of the poll attached! I _Think_ people have the ability to add any other option to the poll thats not currently listed..please dont abuse it!!
Going to leave this poll open until Wednesday 7th @ 23:59 - mainly because i would like to give chance for those that "have a life on weekends" and dont get to come here then!
I am contamplating (as part of the forum "upgrade" which is looming ever closer on the horizon) re-adding the "classifieds" section. This would give the following advantages :
1. Each Sales Ad would be valid for a number of days, after which it would need to be renewed or it would lapse. You can view all your ads in one place, and i believe renewing is just a one click afair.
Wanted Ads and also Trades could have different validity dates... so for example Wanted could have a maximum of 12 months, Trades could have a validity of 4 months.
2. Because of #1 above, it would mean that users would only get to see by default those items that were actually "current/Active" (although if i remember correctly users could still view stuff that had lapsed by filtering)
3. It would mean that we could pull figures based around items and what they sold for. Maybe If i could convince a the developer he could add a field which was only visible to Admins where the seller could advise the Actual price it was sold for in confidence, so we could get more accurate figures plus changes over time?
4. User can ask questions rather than partake in a discussion thread - questions would go directly to the seller and responses publicly shown.... Means that possibly we could do away with comments altogether?
5. This automatically includes a feedback system... i.e. Positive/Neutral/Negative which means people could see feedback on items purchased from that seller in the past.
6. People who sell Mods etc could add their items too - and in fact i believe there is the ability to allow multiples of items (example - Qty10 available)
Disadvantages :
1. These dont fall under the existing "thread" listings - They are part of the site, however a separate tab at the top
2. People who want to post multiple items in the same thread would have to post them each separately (Maybe we could have something separate for people having a "clearout" elsewhere on the forum... which may aleviate this issue.
I'm sure there are more to the above. With regards to look - obviously would need to be styled, but something like this :
Yes, Granted, it will take a little more time to post something rather than stick a post up... maybe 2 mins as opposed to 30 seconds. It's worthwhile remembering here any benefits that it might give vs current status - As someone once said to me... Crap in Crap out... you can only get out what you put into something.
Will be interesting to see the results of the poll attached! I _Think_ people have the ability to add any other option to the poll thats not currently listed..please dont abuse it!!
Going to leave this poll open until Wednesday 7th @ 23:59 - mainly because i would like to give chance for those that "have a life on weekends" and dont get to come here then!
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