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So I have this domain name....

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The jackass newpaper classified sales lackeys didn't think it was a scam. They said that they didn't allow links to sites unless the site only related to the product being sold. In other words, it was okay to have URL for a car dealership if the website only dealth with that particular dealership.
 
Originally posted by: edprush
The jackass newpaper classified sales lackeys didn't think it was a scam. They said that they didn't allow links to sites unless the site only related to the product being sold. In other words, it was okay to have URL for a car dealership if the website only dealth with that particular dealership.
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well, i haven't had any problems doing it in the local paper..... its knight ridder.....
 
Which of the Knight Ridder papers?

I tried a Gannett paper called the Des Moines Register.

Good to hear from you and hear that things are still progressing!



 
Originally posted by: edprush
Which of the Knight Ridder papers?

I tried a Gannett paper called the Des Moines Register.

Good to hear from you and hear that things are still progressing!
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anyways, its stupid for them to deny it. it only makes the classifieds more effective and attractive.
 
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
Originally posted by: edprush
Which of the Knight Ridder papers?

I tried a Gannett paper called the Des Moines Register.

Good to hear from you and hear that things are still progressing!
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anyways, its stupid for them to deny it. it only makes the classifieds more effective and attractive.
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I guess they are looking out for their bottom line which is the more times a classified is ran the more $$$ they may. By using a site like yours, it would probably improve the chances of an item being sold, therefore the newspaper wouldn't get the revenue of a customer renewing the classified ad.

 
Originally posted by: edprush
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK


well, i haven't had any problems doing it in the local paper..... its knight ridder.....
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so you're up and running with details.at?
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no. i just tested the ability to add a url to the classified.... i ran a details.at/membername url and they didnt care.
 
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Anything yet?
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I'm almost done with the first version of the site. Users can register for several different levels of membership, login, create a homepage, upload pictures (and delete them too), create/edit/delete classified ads, manage their homepage url(point to homepage or redirect to a specified url), etc.

Other than the code I have so far

-Details.at is a formal Illinois corporation
-Details.at is now accepted into TEC (the Technology Entreprenuer Center) tecstl.org you can find details.at on the client list TEC Client List The cool thing about TEC is that it is located in teh Bandwidth Exchange Building, one of the top 5 aggregations of Internet backbones in teh world. Cybercon.com (one of the most elite hosting companies) is also in the Bandwidth Exchange Building and is just one floor above TEC. Since I was a formal employee of Cybercon and managed their largest and most important client (government of Pakistan), they let me drop a private GigE line from their floor to my office in TEC. Cybercon has 3 GigE backbone connections, an OC48 and an OC12 (not to mention numorous private ATM connections) They aren't even charging me for the port, just the bandwith I use (300GB of monthly BGP datatransfer on a dedicated GigE for $50). I also have a private line to Cybercon's help desk. Seriously, they ran a Cisco IP phone down the gigE line and hooked it up on my desk in TEC. So if I want to talk to tech support at Cybercon, i just dial something like 55. I plan to deploy the production servers in Cybercon's datacenter however. Fortunately, my gigE line is hooked up to a switch, and servers physically located in Cybercon can be on the same private line as what runs down to my office... SWEET!
-Designed the network layout for the Details.at server farm including load balancing, clustered webservers, and mirrored databases that use instant transactional replication. Cybercon's CTO and owner (math phd) helped me with that.
-Code is currently being developed on CF Server 5, but I will be moving to BlueDragon instead of continuing with Macromedia. Rather than getting help from macromedia worker bees on their forums, i've been able to have detailed technical discussions with New Atlanta's(parent of BD) CTO about how to implement the Bluedragon software. Keep in mind, myspace is porting their servers from CF 4/5 to Bluedragon instead of going to Macromedia CFMX. The CTO I am talking to is one of the guys working with Myspace on the project.

Things I have left to do

-create a better logo for the site!!!!
-create buttons for an array of form elements... (search, cancel, submit, login, bid, etc)
-add thumbnail generator so thumbnails are actual thumbnails and not the full size image compacted into a certain amoutn of space. BlueDragon has a custom tag not included with Macromedia CFML, which is CFIMAGE, which can create thumbnails... so I need to port my code to BD so i can integrate the thumbnail function.
-start testing app on BlueDragon
-setup google ads (for additional revenue)
-finish teh auction back end. this may not be done for the first version. Users can currently create an auction ad, upload pics, set auction info (reserve, partials, starting bid) but I havent jumped into the bid processing side of it.. My former boss and friend is a Phd in mathematics and a programmer, so he is going to sit down with me and help me write those functions...
-i still need to add an intra site messaging system (like myspace) im not talking instant messages, just a simple short form subject/body messaging system with an inbox, sent, trash, etc... I'm probably just going to buy a module for this...
-i still need to integrate ecommerce functionality so i can bill users for advanced memberships
-I need to add forums. I'm going to use fusetalk....
-I want to relay some of the forms... Right now, all of the forms are one element per row and the forms get kinda long. Basically, the forms work, but need better presentation.
-Help and FAQ needs to be done...
-I also need to make my final decisions on the datamodel, so I can port the database from Access to SQL. I have very clean SQL code in my app, and the table structures are clear cut.

 
Holy smokes dude...

Sounds like you should slow down and think about the marketing a little. All the hardware in the world wont do you a bit of good w/o decent marketing.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Holy smokes dude...

Sounds like you should slow down and think about the marketing a little. All the hardware in the world wont do you a bit of good w/o decent marketing.
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marketing.... hehe... what a world...

-I have a deal setup with Barnes Sports Group for alot of marketing. Mike Barnes, president of BSG, is the guy who represented all the people who caught the home run balls, like Mcgwire's, Sosa's, and Bond's. I've personally worked with Mike on several projects, including one for eBay. Mike was commissioned to produce an auction to kick off eBay's aircraft sector, and that auction ended up being the largest auction in eBay history (and still is). For that auction, I put together most of the marketing elements, including advertisements and the online elements of the auction... My idea was to do the same for Details.at. Start slow, get the site up, get some members via word of mouth, get it tested, get the auctions going, and then line up a huge auction. If we produce the auction internally, we can take a commission. If the cost of marketing the auction is counter balanced by the commission, we can essentially get free marketing, because we would be marketing the AUCTION, and not the site... but the marketing of the auction would include marketing the site....
 
Originally posted by: ntdz
I really like that domain name idea...
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thanks! i'm hoping itwill carry well with the masses... I figure that with the integration of username @ host into the daily lives of most computer literate people, the @/AT should carry well into the details@/at of the domain i am using.
 
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Holy smokes dude...

Sounds like you should slow down and think about the marketing a little. All the hardware in the world wont do you a bit of good w/o decent marketing.
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marketing.... hehe... what a world...

-I have a deal setup with Barnes Sports Group for alot of marketing. Mike Barnes, president of BSG, is the guy who represented all the people who caught the home run balls, like Mcgwire's, Sosa's, and Bond's. I've personally worked with Mike on several projects, including one for eBay. Mike was commissioned to produce an auction to kick off eBay's aircraft sector, and that auction ended up being the largest auction in eBay history (and still is). For that auction, I put together most of the marketing elements, including advertisements and the online elements of the auction... My idea was to do the same for Details.at. Start slow, get the site up, get some members via word of mouth, get it tested, get the auctions going, and then line up a huge auction. If we produce the auction internally, we can take a commission. If the cost of marketing the auction is counter balanced by the commission, we can essentially get free marketing, because we would be marketing the AUCTION, and not the site... but the marketing of the auction would include marketing the site....
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lol holy smokes....

you got it all figured out haha...

Do you do consulting?

I'm trying to get www.travbuddy.com off the ground myself.
 
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