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

[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?

[spaidly]

Originally Posted by Tennis13

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?

The Trivago of sports collectibles auctions exclusively found on Net54. Brilliant! Where do I log in to pay for my new $12/mo Platinum Membership? Because I would join in a heartbeat.

[ALR-bishop]

"The other day I got out my can opener and started to open a can of worms, but then thought, hey, what I doing"....Jack Handey

[Tennis13]

Originally Posted by spaidly

The Trivago of sports collectibles auctions exclusively found on Net54. Brilliant! Where do I log in to pay for my new $12/mo Platinum Membership? Because I would join in a heartbeat.

Not sure if joking or serious, but ideally free to us, because we buy so much collectively. This audience is very valuable to auctioneers. They pay and he just has a matching system to our wish list to create an alert.

[Maxjacks]

I apologize if there is a way to do this already, but I would love to get alerted when someone replies to one of my comments in a thread.

Also I cant see my sent messages is that normal or is there a trick to checking them. If that is not possible I would love for that to be a feature too

To clarify about the sent messages I can select them in the message section but the area is empty

[tombocombo]

Try to find an easier way to upload pics!

[celoknob]

1) Agree that pic uploads could be easier.

2) Search function could be dramatically improved.

3) I don't understand all the OT threads. If it is OT then put it in the Watercooler.

4) Miss Wonka's posts, would like to see him back.

5) Not sure about this one but maybe consider a section just on Ebay complaints. I agree with many of them but it does get very tiresome, especially when the complaints are the same or about someone's BIN prices or how they respond to best offers.

6) Still a few members who bump their BST threads too frequently.

7) I would like to see members reprimanded for hazing new or young members who have simply ask a naïve question. After many years I'll never forget the member who tried to harass/intimidate me when I asked a question he didn't like instead of helping or just ignoring me.

8) I know this may not interest most members but I would like a section just on photo id. Some of us collect more obscure teams and players and it would be nice to have a forum for this since it is probably not of general interest to the board.

9) Glad there is less political or religious posts. It oozes in every now and then by a few in particular but grateful it is mostly under control.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by celoknob

1) Agree that pic uploads could be easier.

2) Search function could be dramatically improved.

3) I don't understand all the OT threads. If it is OT then put it in the Watercooler.

4) Miss Wonka's posts, would like to see him back.

5) Not sure about this one but maybe consider a section just on Ebay complaints. I agree with many of them but it does get very tiresome, especially when the complaints are the same or about someone's BIN prices or how they respond to best offers.

6) Still a few members who bump their BST threads too frequently.

7) I would like to see members reprimanded for hazing new or young members who have simply ask a naïve question. After many years I'll never forget the member who tried to harass/intimidate me when I asked a question he didn't like instead of helping or just ignoring me.

8) I know this may not interest most members but I would like a section just on photo id. Some of us collect more obscure teams and players and it would be nice to have a forum for this since it is probably not of general interest to the board.

9) Glad there is less political or religious posts. It oozes in every now and then by a few in particular but grateful it is mostly under control.

I agree with every one of these.

With regards to eBay, I think it should just be a general eBay section with questions, complaints, rants, notifications, etc. Sometimes I feel like at any given time eBay related posts make up 25% of the front page.

I also like the idea of sanctions against bullying. New members can't possibly be expected to use the (less than stellar) search function before asking questions that have undoubtedly been answered previous to them joining. This hobby can't afford to alienate enthusiasm.

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by tombocombo

Try to find an easier way to upload pics!

+1.

[spaidly]

Originally Posted by Tennis13

Not sure if joking or serious, but ideally free to us, because we buy so much collectively. This audience is very valuable to auctioneers. They pay and he just has a matching system to our wish list to create an alert.

I am serious and would prefer a no cost/free option, too. There would be development costs for Leon unless each AH pitches in to cover the nut, which would be like herding cats. Maybe a gofundme approach would get it done. I dunno but there would be at least 150 hours of programming work that would need to be done to tap into each AH's API (if they have one) and present the data in a meaningful and accurate way. Each AH would be a mini project in itself because they are all different and this assumes they want to provide the data feed in the first place. Love the idea but needs funding as nobody programs for free unless Leon is a closet coder.


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[dstudeba]

Originally Posted by spaidly

I am serious and would prefer a no cost/free option, too. There would be development costs for Leon unless each AH pitches in to cover the nut, which would be like herding cats. Maybe a gofundme approach would get it done. I dunno but there would be at least 150 hours of programming work that would need to be done to tap into each AH's API (if they have one) and present the data in a meaningful and accurate way. Each AH would be a mini project in itself because they are all different and this assumes they want to provide the data feed in the first place. Love the idea but needs funding as nobody programs for free unless Leon is a closet coder.


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How would "an only Net54 auction houses feature" be an improvement on the variety of wishlist/aggregator tools that have been out there for years?

[spaidly]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

How would "an only Net54 auction houses feature" be an improvement on the variety of wishlist/aggregator tools that have been out there for years?

I would love an aggregate search of all open auctions minus eBay. It there is one please post a link. I have a VCP subscription, btw. Am I missing something?


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[tiger8mush]

1) is it possible to search for posts which contain two words? Lets say, for example, T206 Cobb. If I type T206 Cobb in the net54 search, I get all posts with EITHER "T206" or "Cobb". Can I finds all posts that have BOTH T206 and Cobb in them?

2) I guess I'm in the minority who finds the picture upload very easy. Click "manage attachments", select picture, click upload. What could be easier? I guess drag n drop could be easier? If its a size issue, I guess two options are for the user to save the picture in a smaller size, or for net54 to reduce the size on upload. I never upload pics from a cellphone (don't own one) so perhaps that's a different process?

3) Bring back Wonka and Dewolf. Lifetime bans should only be for scammers.

[dstudeba]

Originally Posted by spaidly

I would love an aggregate search of all open auctions minus eBay. It there is one please post a link. I have a VCP subscription, btw. Am I missing something?

VCP has a wishlist feature that includes eBay and some of the auction houses (not sure which ones)

Collectibles Central tracks all of the auctions that use the SimpleAuctions platform. They also had a wishlist feature when I last checked many years ago so I assume they still have it.

Collectable tracks most auctions that advertise here and includes the largest sports auction houses (Heritage, REA, Goldin, etc.) independent of what platform they use. They also have a wishlist feature.

[Tennis13]

Originally Posted by spaidly

I am serious and would prefer a no cost/free option, too. There would be development costs for Leon unless each AH pitches in to cover the nut, which would be like herding cats. Maybe a gofundme approach would get it done. I dunno but there would be at least 150 hours of programming work that would need to be done to tap into each AH's API (if they have one) and present the data in a meaningful and accurate way. Each AH would be a mini project in itself because they are all different and this assumes they want to provide the data feed in the first place. Love the idea but needs funding as nobody programs for free unless Leon is a closet coder.

If an auction house agrees to fund it, they take 1% of all revs in perpetuity on the platform. Sell equity in the functionality.

[billyb]

Have an annual "cards for orphans" charity. These kids do not have parents to buy them cards, but these orphans like baseball too. The cards may create some excitement for them. Just a passing thought.