jeyzeus809 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Random Question. Would you guys be interested in a website kind of like eBay, except exclusively for vinyl? Main reason I want to do this, is that i feel eBay is seriously over charging for their services, and severely under delivering. They almost ALWAYS side with the buyer and don't take important things into account [buyer history, seller history, actual facts, and proof of purchases, generally have shit customer service, etc..], and seriously double dip with the fees (paypal gets a cut, and eBay gets a cut as well, despite being the same company). Anyway, one of my friends is a pretty talented programmer, and I had an idea of why not making an auction website, solely for vinyl . That way, when searching, we dont find like a thrice CD or a dumb brand new car decal, when looking for a record. I also have a whole bunch of ideas to make it a better buying experience in general. For example, when searching for a brand new record, sometimes you'll see a listing for a thrice record, cause the seller made this the auction name "ALEXISONFIRE CRISIS PIC DISK THRICE BRAND NEW DALLAS GREEN CITY AND COLOUR". And as annoying as those things can be, in a sense they can also useful, because I remember once I was looking for a a record, and saw a different one [with one of those titles] at a pretty good price, so i purchased it. So in order to solve this i had the idea of including a related band function, where you can pick up to 5 bands, that your artist sounds similar to. That way when searching, you don't have an overly obnoxious title, but someone looking for a minus the bear record, might also find a different record from a band they like. Price wise, I'd say something fair would be to charge 99¢ for the listing, which you only pay if it sells. For people that want to sell more than 10 records a month, I was thinking of maybe charging for a yearly, or monthly subscription. Thoughts, or any kind of feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'd say don't waste your time. Limited pressing already tried this and it failed. You won't get a fraction of the traffic that ebay does so sellers will still use ebay to get top dollar. Even fees included the seller would likely always get more on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 And for buy it now style listings, discogs is already a great alternative to ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 You need to get in cahoots with those anon cats...have them fuck with ebay so that it redirects to your page or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcamps Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 discogs all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyleevanswastaken Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 No dude, don't listen to these guys, tons of people would love to sell their records for less money on a site your friend made with geocities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezfools Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 someone tried this, it was call limitedpressing and it kinda worked, but really, it didn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixedfrequencies Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 OP's dreams = crushed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Young person has idealistic idea, older people crush it because it breaks their paradigm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonxstorm91 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'm saying that we need to get vinyl off the Internet and back into the stores if more stores had vinyl it would surely slow down flippers because the owners could/probably would stop the flippers from buying multiple copies for eBay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'm saying that we need to get vinyl off the Internet and back into the stores if more stores had vinyl it would surely slow down flippers because the owners could/probably would stop the flippers from buying multiple copies for eBay Says someone looking for records on the internet. Who could have guessed that moonbeams would be in this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 someone tried this, it was call limitedpressing and it kinda worked, but really, it didn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonxstorm91 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Says someone looking for records on the internet. Who could have guessed that moonbeams would be in this thread? Who is moonbeams? And of course I'm looking for records on the internet it's not like I enjoy it (or have the choice) if I had the choice to get all my records from a record store I would but some releases end up online only and then get sold out in minutes by flippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Says someone looking for records on the internet. Who could have guessed that moonbeams would be in this thread? Who is moonbeams? And of course I'm looking for records on the internet it's not like I enjoy it (or have the choice) if I had the choice to get all my records from a record store I would but some releases end up online only and then get sold out in minutes by flippers You can only control you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Says someone looking for records on the internet. Who could have guessed that moonbeams would be in this thread? Who is moonbeams? And of course I'm looking for records on the internet it's not like I enjoy it (or have the choice) if I had the choice to get all my records from a record store I would but some releases end up online only and then get sold out in minutes by flippers Moonbeams is PinapplePizza. Paul loves me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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