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by jiggy2011 4850 days ago
Freelancer websites are full of things like this. "ebay clone with all features" etc.

Problem is, how does one define "all features". Does it mean all the obvious features, like the ability to list an item and have people buy/bid on it.

Or do they want an actual replica of ebay complete with all the anti-fraud stuff that ebay must have and all of the seller account controls etc?

Obviously there's a huge difference between the two, but you won't get much more detail from them than "I just want all the features, should be simple".

So yes, you can probably make an "ebay clone" in a day or two, but what happens if they refuse to pay because it doesn't have some advanced feature that ebay does?