Collector to Collector Auction Site

The real advantage of a place like CoinTalk is when you're doing a transaction here, you're dealing with someone you've gotten to know in the discussions. Sure, we've had a few bad deals, but they've been very rare. There are some things a buyer can do to protect themselves here on CoinTalk, like use Paypal and don't send the payment as a gift, we've been over that a few times.

Over the years, I've been contacted by dozens of people who are convinced they're starting the next eBay killer. Sadly, nearly all of them don't even exist anymore. they last a few months, realize they can't get any traction, then give up. It's nearly impossible for a new site to get a critical mass of people using it, due to all the reasons people have mentioned in this thread.

Also, there's no need to code such a site from scratch either, just as there's no need to code a new forum from scratch. Just as with forums, there are quite a few 'off-the-shelf' choices of software to use, with auction sites there are too. I've not paid much attention to them, but you can find them easily with a google search.

When I saw this thread, it made me realize that I've actually been seeing less people who want to build the next eBay over the past couple years. Seems like the heyday of "eBay killers" ended several years ago, now people want to make the next Facebook killer or Twitter killer.

I'd consider adding a more full featured buy/sell/trade/auction function to CoinTalk. It might be fun, and encourage more people to do transactions here. What I doubt, though, is that the cost of me having it done (it would take some custom programming) would be justified by the increase in use overall. Meaning, I think it would take a huge investment and I'm not sure how I'd ever pay for it.

 

Might want to check out this thread and the OP's link. Sounds like they are already far along in the process, sorry @RabidRick

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/swcoins-com.253676/

http://swcoins.com/

 

100% overlap. I look in both places, believe it or not, sometimes with the eBay DLRC promotions coins can be cheaper there.

DLRC does have a fairly tight relationship with eBay, including some very large promotions, banners, coin "events", discounts, etc. I see DLRC take their marketing to a new level vs most other large eBay sellers.

DLRC is one of the best examples of an old-school coin dealer absolutely maximizing the benefits of the modern coin hobby and the younger generation of collectors. They have a fantastic direct dealer site, but yet, they also have a massive presence on eBay, Amazon, Collectors Corner, etc.

No since restricting yourself to one venue!