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Quote from: muyuu on February 07, 2012, 09:04:52 AM

It always surprised me how successful ebay is. It's a crap site, and it was also crap in the 90s.

However, a good auction/sales site would be nice. I guess bitmit can also be massively improved upon...

Maybe something like Etsy would be a better model than Ebay. Less likely to see agressive tactics should success start to occur too.

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Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on January 27, 2012, 09:43:50 PM

this is true. I was thinkin same model ebay uses. Have the auction site, but have payment through a paypal like clearing house that uses bitcoin. And keep fees managable for sales, none of this crazy percentage crap those guys are charging. I was thinking ~1-3% Fees Btc on selling. Maximum.

Just thinking randomly but with bitcoin, it might be an idea to have sellers put funds in escrow to be refunded after the sale is complete and you take a percentage of that. Of course, that means that sellers must have funds in the first place...

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It always surprised me how successful ebay is. It's a crap site, and it was also crap in the 90s.

However, a good auction/sales site would be nice. I guess bitmit can also be massively improved upon...

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Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on February 06, 2012, 03:06:15 PM

but it could be better! everything has room for improvement, yes?

Well of course. Nothing is perfect.

That is why it's users should help any way they can.

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but it could be better! everything has room for improvement, yes?

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and the Support on Bitmit is amazing

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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on January 27, 2012, 07:20:42 PM

Quote from: stcupp on January 27, 2012, 06:56:12 PM

im surprised no one has mentioned http://bitmit.net its a ebay of bitcoin

I'm sorry, but if that's the "eBay of Bitcoin", then Bitcoin is completely worthless.

Are you aware of how successful eBay is?

eBay had to start somewhere as well, just like Bitmit.

If there's any Bitcoin auction site that he should consider supporting, it should be Bitmit.

I mean why not? It is already being used extensively every day.

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Both of you have valid points. It would be a merging of Ebay and amazon, without the ethics issues, and ridiculous fees.

I have been researching web designs and interfaces currently, to get an idea of what feels right. Have you guys checked out this website? (does not seem to play nice with linux, or it was an isolated event) www.tamberlow.com
I like how its pages scroll, and how you can have a little freedom with it.

Ultimately, I DO NOT want to cause a copyright infringement suit to be put upon me or any developers in the future of this project, so it should have features other sites have,but it should be wholly our own too.

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Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.

What Bitcoin may provide with its cash like liquidity is some growth of online consignment shops. Many people don't have the know-how or time to sell items online. Someone can sell things for them from a physical warehouse. Having a permanent location can go long ways to establishing the reputation of a seller. Pawn Shops could also benefit from Bitcoin. There will not be chargebacks so a reseller will have less to worry about.

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Some words of encouragement for you gentlemen:

The two thing that will draw lot of folks to a BTC auction site... a low, low, fee and the fact you are NOT PAYPAL!

Ebay/Paypal nickels and dimes you to death with their fees. I have had a 100% feedback rating on eBay for years, and yet
lately, they have had me waiting for days/weeks at time to release my sale funds, long after payment is received, and sold
product is shipped and received.

I've seen a few BTC "selling classified" web sites withering on the vine of late. To be expected, sometimes the volume doesn't
follow the hype.

My recommendations for a successful ebay-like auction site

- Super low fee, a universal flat rate if possible
- Very light registration (login name/password only)
- No arbitration/freezing sales like eBay does
- Highlight Buyer/Seller Feedback to avoid scamming
- Maintain the spirit/intention of BTC...fast, nearly fee-free, anonymous, decentralized

Whatever you call it (Bit-Pond?) best of luck

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Get Bitmit to show simultaneous results from ebay... even if it's just in a new frame.

That way I can use Bitmit when I search ebay but also check whether it's on Bitmit too.

(If ebay was to try to block this it would be anticompetitive would it not?)

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Quote from: chsados on January 30, 2012, 05:00:57 AM

im interested in helping, though i cant code for shit - i'd be willing to do whatever i could. i have been thinking about this same idea the past few months (as well as a few others) and it always boils down to "put up or shut up." the hard part is finding other motivated individuals and pooling together.

on a completely other note, as skeezy as it sounds... i think a bitcoin adult cam website is ripe for the picking, if you agree lets talk!

I'm possibly game as an investor on that one

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im interested in helping, though i cant code for shit - i'd be willing to do whatever i could. i have been thinking about this same idea the past few months (as well as a few others) and it always boils down to "put up or shut up." the hard part is finding other motivated individuals and pooling together.

on a completely other note, as skeezy as it sounds... i think a bitcoin adult cam website is ripe for the picking, if you agree lets talk!

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I'm using windows Xp on my notebook, with firefox 9.0.1, and it is neat as hell. Wish It was something I came up with. It might have some flash and java elements Fedora is not playing nice with?

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Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on January 29, 2012, 04:18:23 PM

http://www.tamberlow.com/

wouldn't this be neat? Getting ideas here.

It might be if it was legible, but as it is there is no website at all, just some plugin that Fedora deliberately removed as out of date after its manufacturer provided latest version for Fedora...

-MarkM-

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http://www.tamberlow.com/

wouldn't this be neat? Getting ideas here.

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I'm back matt...he he he. Cant kill me off that easily!

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Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on January 28, 2012, 01:19:42 AM

We might be on to something here gentlemen. I require sleep, but we shall see what tomorrow brings after I get home from work.

Kindest Regards, and good night from Nebraska USA

Aaaand it's gone.

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We might be on to something here gentlemen. I require sleep, but we shall see what tomorrow brings after I get home from work.

Kindest Regards, and good night from Nebraska USA

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Seems to me, it would have a bigger bang if "ebay of bitcoin" was organized as the very first open source project where every contributor would get paid in BTC.

And I'm not talking about a bounty-type pay either. I'm talking about an actual pay for performance and skill set combinations, and without any references to the going exchange rates.

Simply allow interested professionals state what they are willing to accept for an hour of their time, and then have a project lead make hiring decisions based on the relevant info (including pay).

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