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[VitalDropship]

Definately worth a shot brendan & Good Luck with it & hope everything works out for you.

Regards

Vital Dropship

[Jazzy123]

No one can say it's impossible until you give it a go. Keep me informed

[tvcmall]

Auctions on TWF is really a new idea , will see if it work .

[Andy777]

Originally Posted by uhafmail

I don't think it would cost hundreds of thousands to set up a succesfull auction site for freelancers. Most freelancers are from India and Pakistan who are happy to go anywhere to get the business. To even think about competing with eBay you need millions.

One thing is to build the site. Another - get traffic to it

Good luck with it but as I said - it's a waste of time and money!

[Ryan01728]

I think it is a good idea....i will follow as Ebay screwed me over. a 14 day ban with no explanation and no communication from them either!

[ecologenics]

I think all of us would like a real alternative to eBay but no body has done it right yet. The auction site does not have to reinvent the wheel. Paypal with all its problems is the key to Ebay success. You have to have the capital to advertise like Bing.com has done. Another auction site with out serious promotion will be "worth less"

[Ryan01728]

With a site of our size could surely pull together?

[hemanclofty]

Hi

Imo i think you would find it hard to compete with other auction sites such as Ebay.
To give it a go you would need a LOT of money and even then i think you would be blown out of the water, dont forget ebay have a massive advertising budget and as poor as they are on customer service and everything they are part of a lot of peoples lives now, its hard to force change and would be hard to initially get people to sell/buy on any site let alone use it long term.
Maybe a few years ago you could have had a chance ( with a large budget!) but for noe i think ebay has it all sewn up, Until they pop.
I do know of some smaller success stories but as mentioned above these sites are specific on what they sell rather than the generic approach and some people i know make a few quid from them, but bare in mind these were set up years ago and have slowly built a customer base in their respective markets.
I think on a small scale you could have a great looking site, local advertising (for what its worth) with a fantastic launch but imo it would be short lived.
Nothing ventured nothing gained so good luck if you take a punt.

[Ryan01728]

what if we all advertised around our local area...shops, papers......we must have a vast selection of members all over the world....the no fees would attract hundreds if thousands.