Here is a can of worms....If I owned the forum I would....

[samosa4u]

I know this forum is very popular among baseball collectors, but it is lacking in the others areas such as hockey, basketball, etc. You need to try to reach out to these collectors in order to grow your forum. Try to advertise in magazines (Beckett, card show magazines, SMR, etc.) and online. Also, the companies that advertise on this site should put a Net54baseball banner on their sites.

[Griffins]

I'd run an annual poll like VCBC used to have.

[TUM301]

Sell shares !

[KMayUSA6060]

1. Have advertisers distribute exclusive Net54 coupons/discounts.
2a. Maybe organize the sections a bit better, with more detailed titles.
2b. Maybe add some more sections? A contest section comes to mind.
3. Allow political talk.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

3. Allow political talk.

NO.

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

3. Allow political talk.

NO!!!!

[Snapolit1]

The first board should be called General Discussion, the second Pre War, the third Post War. So when you post a general interest comment on the first board the self appointed policing force doesn't get anguished that you are not taking about T cards.

[ibuysportsephemera]

Not much...you do a great job Leon.

The only suggestion is to add an emoji when you bookmark the site (I have a Mac and use Firefox). This is the only bookmarked site on my toolbar that doesn't have a little picture to identify it.

Jeff

[sushihotwings]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

The first board should be called General Discussion, the second Pre War, the third Post War. So when you post a general interest comment on the first board the self appointed policing force doesn't get anguished that you are not taking about T cards.

I like this. Also, with the growing interest and popularity of basketball and hockey, it would be nice to have their own sections in my opinion.

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

The first board should be called General Discussion, the second Pre War, the third Post War. So when you post a general interest comment on the first board the self appointed policing force doesn't get anguished that you are not taking about T cards.

+1

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

The first board should be called General Discussion, the second Pre War, the third Post War. So when you post a general interest comment on the first board the self appointed policing force doesn't get anguished that you are not taking about T cards.

I can agree with with not hiding the post war also.

[drcy]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

3. Allow political talk.

I don't even want to know anyone's political persuasion, much less talk about it.

[darwinbulldog]

Two things come to mind.

1. I would have a separate BST page for unique (i.e., one-of-a-kind) cards and keep a running list of unique cards sought (with links to contact the interested buyer/trader) and unique cards offered and a list of successful white whale captures facilitated by the page.

2. I would, and I'd have done this quite a few years ago, have banned Ted Z. for repeatedly harassing younger members of the forum and anyone else who disagrees with him and points out his mistakes.

Glenn Scheyd

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Two things come to mind.

1. I would have a separate BST page for unique (i.e., one-of-a-kind) cards and keep a running list of unique cards sought (with links to contact the interested buyer/trader) and unique cards offered and a list of successful white whale captures facilitated by the page.

2. I would, and I'd have done this quite a few years ago, have banned Ted Z. for repeatedly harassing younger members of the forum and anyone else who disagrees with him and points out his mistakes.

Glenn Scheyd

I could not DISAGREE more! Ted's hobby knowledge far outweighs any squabbles he may have, though I bet a lot of them are warranted on his part.

Of course, I've never been on the receiving end...

Viva Ted!

- and respect your elders. If you don't, you will regret it someday.

signed,
Raymond Culpepper
self-admitted cramudgin (and, no, spell check didn't help with spelling)

[JollyElm]

canofworms.jpg

[Stampsfan]

Originally Posted by drcy

I don't even want to know anyone's political persuasion, much less talk about it.

4. Religious discussion

(JK... )

[BeanTown]

Agreed, would like to see more promo items like Net54 tee shirts and a different National pin every year.

Two other topics I see brought up each year are.

When someone passes away, it might be nice to have a special section (or moved there after a specific time period on the main board)

Lost/stolen section. Would be nice to have for easy reference on items.

[jfkheat]

Add some type of feedback system for sellers and buyers.
James

[BeanTown]

Every year do a poll rating all the auction houses. Make the poll like consumer reports and make it extensive. It used to be done in a publication (forgot which one) back in the early 2000s.

Maybe some kind of a photo gallery for every card of every issue. This might become the master gallery for the entire hobby to use if we all contributed to it.

Set up a fantasy section for discussion. Yes, I'm a fantasy guy.

Add Postcards to a header in the BST area. Done

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Officially change the name of the site to "Chat 54". I always liked that name better.
Or maybe "Club 54" to attract more hot babes to the site. Advertise on Match.com with photos of all the hot, studly men of Net 54.

[TUM301]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

Officially change the name of the site to "Chat 54". I always liked that name better.
Or maybe "Club 54" to attract more hot babes to the site. Advertise on Match.com with photos of all the hot, studly men of Net 54.

Of course, an official "Net54" 12 month calendar featuring pictures submitted by members "significant others". Everyone knows sites like ours attract all the best beefcake. We`d sell 1000`s ................................... !

[Econteachert205]

If I owned the forum I would sell it.

[Tennis13]

1). I would form a volunteer board of advisors that meets annually to discuss business development, past year's financials, best practices and issues that arose in the past year, and future growth plans. Hold it at the National each year. That way there is some outside viewpoints from passionate users that value the site.

2). Take a look at the web stats and see if the hierarchy needs to be changed a bit. On the surface it seems nearly everything outside of B/S/T defaults to vintage, and some parts of this site in modern or other sports that could be very beneficial sort of get ignored. Maybe have a bin of "All New Posts" and you click there and it links to the actual thread on the sub-forum. Maybe have that with radio box filters on top so you could filter it out by sub-forum to have a personalized "New Post" feed.

3). You all do a great job of flagging auctions, but perhaps from a rev perspective building an auction scanner of some sort may be $$$$$ beneficial to net54. So Net54 member says "I am looking for the following 10 cards" and all the auction houses that sponsor Leon's site have their auctions able to be parsed over by a computer code that alerts the Net54 member to his wishlist being sold at REA or Heritage or some really sort of esoteric auction that he may otherwise miss. This would only work for people that advertise here, so it's pay to play, but the hit rate would be higher because we are actionable buyers for the most part. So beneficial for auctioneers, buyers and site owner. I know this already "exists" but why not incorporate it somehow and monetize a bit for your personal good?

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

If I owned the forum I would sell it.

Would have sold for supposed $600K you mean!!!!

[CW]

Originally Posted by TUM301

Of course, an official "Net54" 12 month calendar featuring pictures submitted by members "significant others". Everyone knows sites like ours attract all the best beefcake. We`d sell 1000`s ................................... !

Actually, it might be cool to have a Net54 calendar that featured a member's card (or group of cards) each month. Maybe have a contest or voting thread to determine which cards gets featured each month.

For example, for the first year we could have a thread where each member submits their favorite card. Then we have a thread where members vote for their 3 favorite cards from the thread and the top 12 vote getters are featured in the calendar.

To provide diversity, each month could be designated for a certain set or style of cards (E cards, T cards, N cards, etc.). Portions from the sales of the calendars could go to a certain charity or charities. Leon (hi, Leon ) could sell them in his booth at the National.

[PhillipAbbott79]

Make a shill section
Make an EBay complaint section
Ban the people that say Doug Allen and Mastro more than 1 time a day or make a section just for them as well.

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

I know this forum is very popular among baseball collectors, but it is lacking in the others areas such as hockey, basketball, etc. You need to try to reach out to these collectors in order to grow your forum. Try to advertise in magazines (Beckett, card show magazines, SMR, etc.) and online. Also, the companies that advertise on this site should put a Net54baseball banner on their sites.

i agree. i think Hockey with its long history is deserving of its own section.