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by codeslush 5568 days ago
You must be one of the few startups launching with ASP.NET! ;-) (assuming you aren't doing anything funny with extension rewrites!)

How to help grow? Well, it looks like you've already got link sharing for facebook and twitter - how's that working? Seems that would be a great way to get more exposure and people interested. You've got the sbux gift card, you've got bonus points for referral...how long have you been up and running??? It seems to me you've done a lot of things right! Oh, and the site looks great too!

Have you reached out to those who have listed on your site to get their feedback about the experience? Or, have you gone to garage sales or the like and asked people what it would take to get them to use your product?

How about this: Have you scanned listings on craigslist, reached out to the seller, and offered them free listings to give it a shot and get feedback? Maybe target a specific area, like cars, or iDevices, and really hit it hard.

How about mobile apps? Native iOS or Android app that initializes the camera, records, allows me to provide the meta data (description/price), gets from the phone my location to save me that hassle, and then post it all from the app? That would be pretty convenient!

2 comments

The website has been up for around 2 months. Sharing on Facebook and twitter have mostly been friends and families. We are in the process of going to yard sales offering them to list their products with us for free (probably we even have to do the recording for them). We have reached out to sellers on craigslist but it didn't go so well because they thought we were spammers. We are planning to reach out to pawn shops and used car dealers. As for the mobile app, we are working on getting one as soon as possible to make the process much easier for people to upload their listings. Thanks for your feedback. You gave me a great idea of having to do all the dirty work (uploading video, creating a store, marketing for the users) at the beginning.
We're launched with Asp.net :)