Time to start our own auction brand!?
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lilreddevil
KD35
I reckon we should just stick to Memorabilia.. Would be better to have a specific Auction site but not only cards
I'd like to branch out to books too?
lilreddevil
KD35
Well I just think you would also need something that will bring in a lot of traffic. A few people collect books too so why not expand on that? Just throwing ideas out there lol
I think there is potential expansion to a lot of 'similar' products. Most would fall under the 'Hobby' banner. Leaves it open to things like Model kits, rc stuff, sports/movie memorabilia etc
Obviously the idea is to be 'niche' at the moment, but you would probably find a LOT of us collectors also indulge in some other hobbies!
Obviously the idea is to be 'niche' at the moment, but you would probably find a LOT of us collectors also indulge in some other hobbies!
lilreddevil
KD35
Like collecting uni books?!
lilreddevil
KD35
Can we have a better way to list cards on our website then eBay!
I just hate trying to find specific things i.e
Gold Patch Panini Totally Certified Basketball Cards - If I don't type in the right thing in the search bar then I might never find what i'm looking for but if I don't narrow it down ill be searching forever.
This is for (Certified Gold)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...d+patch&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
This is for (Certified Gold Patch)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...ed+gold&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
This is for (Certified Gold Patch Basketball)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...d+patch&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
I just hate trying to find specific things i.e
Gold Patch Panini Totally Certified Basketball Cards - If I don't type in the right thing in the search bar then I might never find what i'm looking for but if I don't narrow it down ill be searching forever.
This is for (Certified Gold)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...d+patch&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
This is for (Certified Gold Patch)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...ed+gold&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
This is for (Certified Gold Patch Basketball)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...d+patch&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
lilreddevil
KD35
Wouldn't trading cards be classified as collectibles? If we can market it towards collectibles, what's stopping people from looking to us to sell books as well? I mean, if sellers think that selling books on our site will be a good idea after trying to sell comic books would you stop them?
I thought comic books were collectibles too???
With the description problems, I wonder howuch work it would be to provide drop down bars for year, brand, release, card set, subset etc. that way they always fall under the right section. Obviously this is not practical for everything, but could be done for cards. You could probably cut n paste most from UD, panini, Beckett sits etc
With the description problems, I wonder howuch work it would be to provide drop down bars for year, brand, release, card set, subset etc. that way they always fall under the right section. Obviously this is not practical for everything, but could be done for cards. You could probably cut n paste most from UD, panini, Beckett sits etc
lilreddevil
KD35
Yepp I was thinking that too. I've been using this for all of my checklists: http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewAll.cfm/sp/Basketball
I think it would be great to allow people to list their cards using drop-down menus for Year, Brand, Set and type of card ie. Variation, Insert, Auto, Jersey
Yeah that sounds good
but would also depend on if the seller knows what it is they are selling haha, As in if they thought they were selling 09/10 Panini cards and they had a Glossy which isn't always the easiest to pick if you don't know what your looking for and it might not be bad for some people but I know if I wanted it to be none Glossy and it ended up a Glossy I would be disappointed even though it would be easy to find another just using this as an example... I could then also sell the glossy for more then a base anyway haha ;DIn that instance, it would still be a problem if they type the description themselves. If they didn't realise it was a glossy, they wouldn't have typed glossy in the description
At least with the drop downs me us it will indicate that there are different options.
The other benefit if if you are going to browse. If you look at COMC they always have the same description so you alway find tw cards in the right spot!
At least with the drop downs me us it will indicate that there are different options.
The other benefit if if you are going to browse. If you look at COMC they always have the same description so you alway find tw cards in the right spot!
lilreddevil
KD35
Just had another Idea. If we are able to gather all the prices of cards with are sold on our site (and possibly eBay), we could make our own price guide. I think collectors would appreciate something that reflects actual prices of cards much better than Beckett does! Of course this will be a spin-off of the business after it becomes successful
What do you guys reckon?
What do you guys reckon?
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