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A Little Girl
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Posted - 2011.08.17 06:20:00 -
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Hello peoples! This one time I worked with someone who made a website for real life trading types who dealt exclusively with certain types of goods. Some of them probably even wore suits and didn't smell! So it must have been legit.
It had a rating system so they could all pat each other on the back and give hugs and kisses to the traders they liked and frown at the ones they didn't like.
Then it let them advertise all the loot they were selling at a fixed price.
This made me think, hmm! Real life copies Eve! But I couldn't find anything similar for Eve so I would like to know if there would be any interest in a similar website for traders?
Basic idea: traders register and post buy/sell requests at fixed prices. Maybe have a minimum time before an order can be changed. They then get in contact with each other ingame and carry out the transaction themselves via direct trade or contract, or however they like. Then post feedback on the site.
There could probably be more features added later but this is the starting point and something that could be up and running relatively quickly.
Of course issues like alts would need to be dealt with but I am sure there would be some ways to help reduce that problem.
So would there be any interest in this idea? It would be adapting an existing real world site which actually is being used by traders and putting pretty space ship pictures and space ponies on it.
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Callean Drevus
Caldari Icosahedron Crafts and Shipping Silent Infinity
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Posted - 2011.08.17 09:31:00 -
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But... we've already got the market window? What good would it do for traders to advertise their prices on the website, they're doing it (for a whole more appreciative audience) in the market window.
Patting someone on the back when he's just screwed you out of a nice order is something I'm not going to do either, though frowning on 0.01 iskers might be useful :P
Please tell me why people should use this website rather than the ingame market window? The placement of prices / mediating between buyers and sellers is pretty useless for EVE in my opinion. --- "A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool."
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Chevalleis
The Legendary Conquest
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Posted - 2011.08.17 10:48:00 -
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How does this differ from the bulk trade mailing list?
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A Little Girl
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Posted - 2011.08.17 11:13:00 -
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Edited by: A Little Girl on 17/08/2011 11:13:50 Chevalleis is onto the right track! It would be more like the bulk mailing list than any sort of replacement for the actual ingame market window. People could put up (probably bulk) requests and get sales/purchases that way, helping build relationships and chains. Probably it could be added to show some market prices from some other sites which supply that data.
It would be an out of game tool so accessible from anywhere with a browser and could add another source of deals. People would also be able to rate their transaction, maybe add things like histories and so on.
As I say, this is to see if there would be any interest and also if people have any suggestions or ideas to add to it which could be implemented
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OllieNorth
Gallente R-K Industries
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Posted - 2011.08.17 15:44:00 -
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Originally by: A Little Girl Edited by: A Little Girl on 17/08/2011 11:13:50 Chevalleis is onto the right track! It would be more like the bulk mailing list than any sort of replacement for the actual ingame market window. People could put up (probably bulk) requests and get sales/purchases that way, helping build relationships and chains. Probably it could be added to show some market prices from some other sites which supply that data.
It would be an out of game tool so accessible from anywhere with a browser and could add another source of deals. People would also be able to rate their transaction, maybe add things like histories and so on.
As I say, this is to see if there would be any interest and also if people have any suggestions or ideas to add to it which could be implemented
Your posts make me tired. And your portrait haunts me at night. Please stop talking inside my head.
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A Little Girl
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Posted - 2011.08.17 17:52:00 -
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Originally by: OllieNorth
Originally by: A Little Girl Edited by: A Little Girl on 17/08/2011 11:13:50 Chevalleis is onto the right track! It would be more like the bulk mailing list than any sort of replacement for the actual ingame market window. People could put up (probably bulk) requests and get sales/purchases that way, helping build relationships and chains. Probably it could be added to show some market prices from some other sites which supply that data.
It would be an out of game tool so accessible from anywhere with a browser and could add another source of deals. People would also be able to rate their transaction, maybe add things like histories and so on.
As I say, this is to see if there would be any interest and also if people have any suggestions or ideas to add to it which could be implemented
Your posts make me tired. And your portrait haunts me at night. Please stop talking inside my head.
The voices, they tell you to give me your stuff
Well, it was just an idea since I do actually have the existing website to hand but I guess there is no demand/need/interest in such a site so at least it saves wasted effort
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Callean Drevus
Caldari Icosahedron Crafts and Shipping Silent Infinity
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Posted - 2011.08.17 20:30:00 -
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Originally by: A Little Girl The voices, they tell you to give me your stuff
Well, it was just an idea since I do actually have the existing website to hand but I guess there is no demand/need/interest in such a site so at least it saves wasted effort
Just from a curiosity standpoint, what is the existing website?
And generating interest in MD is pretty much a herculean task, I do not expect a reply to most threads posted here, unless they allow people to troll. --- "A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool."
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A Little Girl
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Posted - 2011.08.18 06:16:00 -
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Edited by: A Little Girl on 18/08/2011 06:28:25 The site I have is no longer online but for reference a similar one exists here which has fairly specialized traders from around the globe but mostly in the U.K.
It is quite well regarded within their particular industry and the trade involved amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions overall. My idea was to have something similar for Eve but with the addition of extra feedback and rating system which the above site does not have.
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