setting up a program for an internet company.

[narfdanarf]

If anyone does website and programming, I would like to contact them and solicit their services in regard to making me something similar to eBay.

It's a large request, but I think it may be worth some serious monies.



I may post up some more info later if anyone is interested. It's an idea I had a while back, to make some money on the innerweb.

[Feedman]

If anyone does website and programming, I would like to contact them and solicit their services in regard to making me something similar to eBay.

It's a large request, but I think it may be worth some serious monies.



I may post up some more info later if anyone is interested. It's an idea I had a while back, to make some money on the innerweb.

Is it what we talked about a while back....

No disrespect to anyone here, but I don't think you are going to find the the talent you are looking for here on movFast.

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[axemansean]

Is it what we talked about a while back....

No disrespect to anyone here, but I don't think you are going to find the the talent you are looking for here on movFast.

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[Feedman]

Is it what we talked about a while back....

No disrespect to anyone here, but I don't think you are going to find the the talent you are looking for here on movFast.

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[Racerx300zx]

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[low_s10_21]

ahh...nothing like a little drama to make everyone happy.

[Feedman]

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If you guys are all so experienced in web design and programming, build something like eBay on your own...

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[kmfdmk]

Adam is that sunglasses smiley part of your sig? or do you always post that?

hehe 8)

[Feedman]

Adam is that sunglasses smiley part of your sig? or do you always post that?

hehe 8)


lol..

Just something I do....how I roll..

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[TruDSMTuner]

i've thought of this idea, and i say there has been quite a few other people.

it's jsut that ebay IS the online auction site.

it would take large amounts of money to promote to get going. but in the times of ebay jacking up ther fees it could go.

jsut look at yahoo. they have an auction site. but how often do you hear, " i got it off yahoo?"

it's jsut hard to beat a mass thriving company like that.

but you may have a whole other platform, that might be better.

now something liek the parts trader for dsm's would do good, maybe for honda if there already isn;t one.

good luck, Justin

[Racerx300zx]

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[narfdanarf]

It would be on a different sort of platform from eBay. Not an Auction site!!!


Liam or Axemansean if you are interested, I'll send you some info, and a non-disclosure agreement.

[Feedman]

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[RobbieNelson]

When you guys get out of control, start name-calling, questioning other peoples skills, etc., etc.... I have no other choice but to start editing posts. Add content relative to the subject and I'll let it fly.

Justin: I agree with Adam on this one. I didn't take Adams comment as condesending. A site such as Ebay is way out of our leagues. It would take a team of skilled coders and project managers to do something on that scale. And by scale I'm not just talking about bandwidth and storage. There is a mass of code and behind Ebay. If you were a little more specific as to the scope of the site, I may change my way of thinking. ...but just saying a site similar to eBay.... I agree with Adam.

If anyone disagrees with me on this point. Don't call me an idiot and point out that "you can't even get your exhaust to stay together." PM Justin and post up the URL when the site is complete/functional. I wish you luck.

:banana:

[narfdanarf]

Well for starters, I don't actually need a whole site programmed up. Just a working model, that I could market and sell, or use for a business plan.

[Feedman]

Thanks Robbie.

Thats all I was trying to say.

It takes a whole lot of work to even make a decent webpage, let alone a complete auction style webpage format...

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[axemansean]

Justin:

This isn't something one person can do. You need a good team, from graphics guys, to dedicated db programmers, to guys who know their html inside out and sideways, guys that have experience programming business processes, etc. You need a project plan, with goals and deadlines. You need a project leader who knows what the end outcome is.

My statement that you shouldn't rule out some people's abilities still stands. But, I agree with Robbie that it is "NOT" something a person could do singlehandely.

My recommendation to you would be to figure out what you want the site to be. Will it be a online trading site, who puts the data/items in, who will host it, how will you process credit card information, etc. Verisign won't secure a site just like that, the amount of bandwidth you will need is beyond most hosting companies. You'd need a dedicated server to run something like ebay.

Something you guys may or may not know is that everything on the web is slowing moving towards business processes. Very few average people have the ability to code business processes, the language used (BPEL) in itself is not the easiest thing to work with. (Trust me... I was part of a project this year that did extensive work with BPEL. I hated it and would not do it again unless someone paid me enough.) You need to have guys who know this kind of stuff to be successful, places like Amazon, Google, Ebay have developers with skillsets far beyond what most of us can imagine. To get guys like this it costs money, which brings up that million dollar question who funds this.

In life nothing is impossible, its how much you are willing to spend that matters in the end.

I can't offer anything beyond suggestions, I have too much on my plate as is.

Robbie: if you think this is inappropriate please delete it. Thanks.

[Feedman]

You need to have guys who know this kind of stuff to be successful, places like Amazon, Google, Ebay have developers with skillsets far beyond what most of us can imagine.

My point exactly.....when I say it, I get shot down?

Anyway....

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[axemansean]

My point exactly.....when I say it, I get shot down?

Anyway....

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Taking this OT a little:

You can't possibly figure out every little detail about every person via the web. Sure most of you guys here know each other, but all I tried to say was don't discount the fact that some people may have some of the skillsets required.

Some wise fool once said: Neccesity is the mother of all inventions.

[narfdanarf]

axe: I have thought of all that, I am not going to start out by building a huge company. I know exactly what type of business it will be, and I can tell you exactly how it would be run.


What I need is someone who has the ability to make a SMALL, but working version for a presentation. Would be about 30 pages tops I figure. I know HTML in and out, but I think this would require a lot more programming than that, of which I have no clue about or where to go. Even a suggestion of where I could find such a company would be great.

[axemansean]

Need more details... I understand privacy of information so I won't ask too indept of a question.

Some questions I have:

-Ok you have an auction page is that correct or not?

-Do people list items themselves? If they do then you need to have a nice GUI based system that people can enter information into that goes into a database.

-Next, how are payments made? A shopping cart software in itself is around $10k. Coding one yourself would take a really long time. You could use Paypal, but then have to worry about Paypal fees. Having a basic front end application that ties into Paypal would be easier.

Actually my first and foremost question is, have you done a feasibility test? Who are your leading competitors, what do you have that they don't have, what is your market, etc.

[narfdanarf]

Need more details... I understand privacy of information so I won't ask too indept of a question.

Some questions I have:

-Ok you have an auction page is that correct or not?

-Do people list items themselves? If they do then you need to have a nice GUI based system that people can enter information into that goes into a database.

-Next, how are payments made? A shopping cart software in itself is around $10k. Coding one yourself would take a really long time. You could use Paypal, but then have to worry about Paypal fees. Having a basic front end application that ties into Paypal would be easier.

Actually my first and foremost question is, have you done a feasibility test? Who are your leading competitors, what do you have that they don't have, what is your market, etc.
You are missing the point, I don't need the whole thing, just a fake version for my presentation, that I could use to solicit capital or to sell to another company like eBay or Google.

it is not an auction

people will enter info themselves

My market is the world, it's definitely possible, I have a different style of selling stuff. IE... there is eBay, and half.com, ect. all different styles sort of.

[Feedman]

Need more details... I understand privacy of information so I won't ask too indept of a question.

Some questions I have:

-Ok you have an auction page is that correct or not?

-Do people list items themselves? If they do then you need to have a nice GUI based system that people can enter information into that goes into a database.

-Next, how are payments made? A shopping cart software in itself is around $10k. Coding one yourself would take a really long time. You could use Paypal, but then have to worry about Paypal fees. Having a basic front end application that ties into Paypal would be easier.

Actually my first and foremost question is, have you done a feasibility test? Who are your leading competitors, what do you have that they don't have, what is your market, etc.
You are missing the point, I don't need the whole thing, just a fake version for my presentation, that I could use to solicit capital or to sell to another company like eBay or Google.

it is not an auction

people will enter info themselves

My market is the world, it's definitely possible, I have a different style of selling stuff. IE... there is eBay, and half.com, ect. all different styles sort of.

Definitely doable....

When you get back if you are serious, let's put some effort in it and come up with a business plan.


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[Racerx300zx]

Have you looked into the legality of the business itself, that will be your major roadblock, and any investors/buyers would def. want to know what type of business this will fall into, as a side note to everyone who's posting how impossible this is, ebay didn't start out with millions of people on it, it has evolved from a two man operation to what it is today, and axeman, yeah it would be rough for one person to do it, just depends on how much time they want to spend on a project that may net them nothing.
That's my piece, the end.