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How Difficult is it to start and auction site

miker4_umiker4_u Member Posts: 110 ✭✭
edited August 2009 in Ask the Experts
I Own a couple of web site's and just started a Blog on one of them and I'm curious of How hard it would be to start a web based auction site with a flat $1.00 listing fee and no final fees. With several partners. Just curious
I do have a business site for my Manufacturing corp. And I get alot of Business there, There are so many Perl and Java programs out there I bet it would be a snap, I also write Java and perl But I would like some feedback from the experts.
Kindest regards
Mike
Drop me an email at
miker4_u@yahoo.com
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  • iwannausernameiwannausername Member Posts: 7,131
    edited November -1
    Not very. Crossing ebay w/ patents may be an issue, but you won't hear from their lawyers until you are done and taking some of their business away. Getting traffic going to your site can also be tricky, but thats a marketing thing. Lemme know if you need a coder :)
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Starting a site? If you have the computer skills, and access to servers that will support it- piece of cake.

    Getting the traffic to make it worthwhile? Sellers AND buyers? THAT is entirely a different matter. Have seen at least 4 startup sites start and evaporate in past couple of years. There are 3 true on-line auction sites for guns that I consider worthy of the name- this is one, and the third seems to be struggling.

    A flat rate of a buck will be attractive ONLY if the seller gets the exposure to make the sale, and gets admin support as needed. One issue that I DO hear raised frequently is the deadbeat first time bidder- meaning Junior is playing on the computer, and being annoying. How ya gonna screen buyers and seller, and how will YOU get paid?
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  • miker4_umiker4_u Member Posts: 110 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    Starting a site? If you have the computer skills, and access to servers that will support it- piece of cake.

    Getting the traffic to make it worthwhile? Sellers AND buyers? THAT is entirely a different matter. Have seen at least 4 start up sites start and evaporate in past couple of years. There are 3 true on-line auction sites for guns that I consider worthy of the name- this is one, and the third seems to be struggling.

    A flat rate of a buck will be attractive ONLY if the seller gets the exposure to make the sale, and gets admin support as needed. One issue that I DO hear raised frequently is the deadbeat first time bidder- meaning Junior is playing on the computer, and being annoying. How ya gonna screen buyers and seller, and how will YOU get paid?


    Of course it will be a sign up process like any other Web site. as far a payment that's not a problem to set up credit card card payments or all the other usual. I'm already a coder so thats not an Isuue. Of course like said, how do you stop the kids from playing with ya. There are some security feature and I actually have a great Idea on some web based code for that one. Start up bucks are not a problem. I really appreciate the input guys.
    Thanks a Ton!
    Mike
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  • countryfarmercountryfarmer Member Posts: 4,552
    edited November -1
    If you do get something going that competes with fleabay, be sure to come back and tell us.
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  • miker4_umiker4_u Member Posts: 110 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by countryfarmer
    If you do get something going that competes with fleabay, be sure to come back and tell us.
    Thanks Countryfarmer, Will do for sure!
    [;)]
    Mike
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