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starting an auction website, any ideas what programs/hosting...

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Telemonius

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to use? i have a couple grand i've been saving up to use, and i'd like to start a c2c auction site. similar to ebay, i guess. i have a few designs down for the webpage but i'm in the dark as to how i will run it.

i thought about paying someone for all the work but it would cost way too much (a few $1,000 per month). so i'd like to do a lot of it myself but i'm confused what i need/how it needs to be set up. scalability is extremely important, in case it gets large quickly and needs more bandwidth/other resources.

does anyone here have any advice on this? i'm good with building PC's but i completely lack programming skills (well, almost completely...), so i can't do a custom job. i tried searching for auction software but it only comes up with ebay bidding/selling stuff.

any advice would be appreciated.

-ta
 
Something even remotely close to ebay is going to be way out of your league if you are trying to do it yourself, and don't have to much experience with ANY programming.

There is more to it than you may think... I recommend you pick up an ASP for dummies book and figure out how dynamic pages work, and then reconsider your plan.
 
i understand that there's a lot going behind the doors with auction sites. when i referenced ebay i simply meant the c2c model, i don't plan on making a clone.

but with the DIY method i was curious if there were programs that would make it easier to create an auctionhouse without any programming skills. i guess if i were to put how i'd like it to be created on a scale with 'turnkey' (big money i'd have to pay a company to set up everything) on one end and 'custom-made database' (all programming/custom work done on my part) on the other, i'd want it to fall in-between. i wouldn't mind doing a little programming (atually, i picked up assembly but not C or C++) but i was just curious if it could be done without.
 
You're going to have a hard time with the programming. It will most likly take a dedicated machine and lots of work to get it running. I've seen people try and code their auction software from the ground up, and its never pretty.
 
telemonius: i am sure that there are other things you could do with those couple grand. an auction site would be way too hard to break into the market. I am not trying to pop your ballon, but all I am saying is perhaps you should think of a different eventure.






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Look into the free Open Source auction scripts and add-ons offered at Everysoft.

EDIT:


<< In order to set up an online auction classifieds site using EveryAuction, you will need a few basic things: >>


A place to host your site. This could be your own web server or a web host somewhere. Basically, all you need is access to a machine that supports CGI scripts and has a web server running.

Perl 5 or above. Most ISPs and web hosts already have Perl installed. Before signing up with a new ISP or web host be sure to ask if they support Perl CGI scripts. If you are using your own server, you should go download Perl from www.perl.com and install it. Perl is available for just about any platform from Linux to Macintosh to Windows.

Some hard disk space. You need some space for the script to write auction data to the drive on the server. 1mb of space is fine for a beginning auction, but more may be necessary if your auction becomes popular.

Time and patience. A typical EveryAuction installation only takes a few minutes. Although the software is fully functional after you install it, you will probably want to tweak the script to match the rest of your site. You might also find yourself wanting to try out some of the add-ons that are now available for EveryAuction. You should probably set aside some time to install and hack around with the script if you want your site to look original.
 
well, i appreciate the responses, and i'm still a little curious as to what i can do with this money (don't worry, it'll probably be late fall when i decide to start spending it.

i think i've found something i can use, but it might take some reading, along with trial &amp; error to master it.
 
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