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by tontoa4 6338 days ago
Here's a screenshot of the email you sent.

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/5822/email-from-form.tiff

I'm going to target the Niche, and spend the income from the site on advertising to get it popular. Dealers are be able to list at a discount by buying bulk listings at a reduced price per listing.

The reason I can charge is because:

1. Ebay charges $30 for a motorcycle listing 2. CycleTrader (closest competitor) charges $25+ 3. My website is simpler, with NO ADS just pure content. 4. When the $9 the customer pays for a listing... they're going to get much more than $9 in benefits. I'm going to create value any way possible. Free listings that are ad supported also depend on pageviews and exposure... which means that if the site is too successful... it will undermine itself because the bikes will sell and content will disappear too quickly.

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I hope all you say is true and wish you all the best ... But as one of HN reader in recent past noted: people have gone too far with receiving free stuf on internet, so they don't want to pay ... From that perspective, you didn't talk about 'Craigslist' (No ads, pure content)!