Whirlwind of Cubes

[Clayy9]

Well, if that's true, then I will go ahead and keep the Webs site. It's currently up and running, so someone needs to offer something!

 

[cuberkid10]

I've joined. Username: Katie Hull

For Creditability, can I put for my creditibility treades that I did before the site.

 

[Clayy9]

There's an actual product now! (Of course, it's my own, but still...)

For Creditability, can I put for my creditibility treades that I did before the site.

No, I'm only adding what has been done on this site.

 

[aaronb]

It looks like all products are put up on the site by you, and user aren't able to put their own products up, and have to go through you to do so.....Wouldn't this be a nuisance to have to monitor every product and transaction on the site, if the site got relatively big in the cubing community? Like on ebay and Craigslist, you put your own products/ads up.

 

[Clayy9]

Yes, I've thought about that, but I don't have any solutions right now. If you have any ideas, let me know.

 

[James Cavanauh]

Yes, I've thought about that, but I don't have any solutions right now. If you have any ideas, let me know.

when the forum opens( if it will ) sticky a thread and people can list what they want and from there, you can directly put them on to the site. also, when you do have enough products and traffic, i would recommend a store type products page. with a picture and the details and at the bottom a list of people you can contact if there are more than one. (the big flaw with this is if the products are drastically different... scratch that. give each person there own product) and also you might wanna sort them by brand name.

 

[Clayy9]

when the forum opens( if it will ) sticky a thread and people can list what they want and from there, you can directly put them on to the site. also, when you do have enough products and traffic, i would recommend a store type products page. with a picture and the details and at the bottom a list of people you can contact if there are more than one. (the big flaw with this is if the products are drastically different... scratch that. give each person there own product) and also you might wanna sort them by brand name.

With your forum idea, I would still have to place them on the site myself (which isn't a big deal to me, but if there are a lot of products to add, it could take a while). I also can't implement a store page because it costs money (hence, the donation page).

 

[James Cavanauh]

how much money?

 

[Clayy9]

10 product in store limit: $3.75/month
30 product in store limit: $7.75/month
Unlimited: $16.66/month

http://www.webs.com/pricing.htm

 

[aaronb]

I thought about it for a few minutes, and here's two suggestions I came up with:

1) You could put all the items up yourself, with a picture, price, and title, and link it to the members profile, where the seller can list more info, pricing options, etc. on the products they're selling. (This would save time, since you wouldn't have to list all the info)

2) I know Webs.com has applications you can put on your site, and maybe there is one where members can add the listings theirselves, and link it to their profiles, themselves.
(You really wouldn't have to do anything at all, except keep up on the site itself)

And in the end, if the site does get kind of big, and you stick with the first option, you could have other people help post the listings.

EDIT: I saw your last post. If people could raise $17 per month, you could switch to the store option, but I have no clue how much you'd be able to raise mothly.

 

[Clayy9]

I do like your first suggestion, except that in order to see the information, a buyer can't just look at the page. I want it to be as simple as possible.

I am looking through their apps, but I haven't seen anything so far that can help.

 

[asportking]

Well, for now, I think the format it is works fine. But what are you going to do when it gets real big? I mean, you only have a few members right now, but when you get a few hundred members, and you got like 50 emails a day from people asking you to put stuff up for them, it might get a little tough.

 

[Clayy9]

Well, for now, I think the format it is works fine. But what are you going to do when it gets real big? I mean, you only have a few members right now, but when you get a few hundred members, and you got like 50 emails a day from people asking you to put stuff up for them, it might get a little tough.

Yes, I've thought about that, but I don't have any solutions right now. If you have any ideas, let me know.

I will continue looking for a solution; hopefully I will have one by that time.

 

[Vinny]

I will continue looking for a solution; hopefully I will have one by that time.

Maybe there is a way to let the people put the cube up themselves so you don't have to go through 50 emails a day for you to do it, but I'm not sure if that's possible.

 

[James Cavanauh]

have you any donations as of now?

 

[Clayy9]

I'm doing my best to try and find something that will let me do that. If there isn't anything, I may, in the future, need someone to help me transfer puzzle information from the email account to the website.

have you any donations as of now?

Nope; the counter on the site is accurate (I believe).

 

[iEnjoyCubing]

Looks neat. I'll keep this in mind. Webs is fine for now; however, if the site gets busier you should get your own host.

 

[asportking]

For the donations, maybe you could charge like 50 cents or something per person for every transaction they do? Although that might not work if they don't have paypal...

 

[Clayy9]

Finally, you can submit puzzles via the actual website! I've changed a few things, so check it out!

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For the donations, maybe you could charge like 50 cents or something per person for every transaction they do? Although that might not work if they don't have paypal...

I'm not going to charge anyone for anything. It's not like I could enforce it, anyway.

 

[collinbxyz]

Nice! Gonna check it out.