New "Free" Online Auction Web-Site.

[Len]

Hi to all
Please feel free to
Buy or sell your item/s 24/7 on my online auction web-site http://www.auction1.co.uk
The UK's Newest Online Market Place.
There are no listing fees, no selling fees & membership is free!

Best Regards
Len

[globalart4u]

I've registered but do have a few suggestions:

maybe have paypal or someother payment system as well as cheques etc?

your control panel keeps logging everyone out everytime one clicks on it even though am logged in?

more information maybe put on the control panel?

Otherwise good site, good luck

[10 Yetis]

Howdy Len, welcome along... what a good forum we have, you are getting help already. :)

[Ozzy]

Hi Len,
Welcome to the UKBF.

I've looked at your site and it shows great potential. If you wish to have any feedback I would suggest losing the dodgey animated gifs from the featured listings and break down the left hand category listings (I'm afraid to say it, but take some pointers from ebay). At the moment the front page looks a little too busy.

Good luck!

[Len]

I've registered but do have a few suggestions:

maybe have paypal or someother payment system as well as cheques etc?

your control panel keeps logging everyone out everytime one clicks on it even though am logged in?

more information maybe put on the control panel?

Otherwise good site, good luck

Hi Tallat
The payment options for sellers are

See item description for payment methods accepted.

Master Card
Visa
Debit Card
PayPal
Money Order
Personal Check
Master Card, Visa
Master Card, Visa, Debit Card
Master Card, PayPal
Visa, PayPal
Money Order
PayPal, Money Order
Personal Check, Money Order
PayPal, Personal Check, Money Order
Master Card, Money Order
PayPal, Master Card, Money Order
Master Card, Visa, Money Order
Master, Visa, Debit, Money order
PayPal, Master, Visa, Debit, Money order

"As for login"
Have you got cookies enabled on your browser?
there is also a " Cookie Auto login " that fills in your
user name and password, please let me know if this
sorts out your problem.

Best Regards
Len

[Len]

Howdy Len, welcome along... what a good forum we have, you are getting help already. :)


Hi Andy
Yes it is good here I'm please I found it!
and as Arnie would say " I'll Be Back! "

Best Regards
Len

[Len]

Hi Len,
Welcome to the UKBF.

I've looked at your site and it shows great potential. If you wish to have any feedback I would suggest losing the dodgey animated gifs from the featured listings and break down the left hand category listings (I'm afraid to say it, but take some pointers from ebay). At the moment the front page looks a little too busy.

Good luck!

Hi Richard
Many thanks for your feedback your coments are most welcome!
Good Luck to you too!
Best Regards
Len

[Len]

Hi Len,
Welcome to the UKBF.

I've looked at your site and it shows great potential. If you wish to have any feedback I would suggest losing the dodgey animated gifs from the featured listings and break down the left hand category listings (I'm afraid to say it, but take some pointers from ebay). At the moment the front page looks a little too busy.

Good luck!


Hi Richard
I've taken your advice and removed the animated gifs from the featured listings on my home page. I must admit it looks a lot better and will load faster. As for the categories I will see what I can come up with, thanks again for your advice it was much appreciated!
Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[kyber]

Hi Len,

I am afraid that I have to ask:

Why?

That is, why another auction site? What is wrong with ebay, qxl, etc. Is there room for another generic auction site?

How do you plan to make money if you charge no fees. Keeping the systems running, protecting security and maintaining fairplay is an expensive business.

Who are you? I looked for an About link but could not find one. Hopefully I just missed it. I am not going to register though without knowing more.

Having said that, the site looks impressive. Have you used one of the off-the-shelf software packages and customised it or built it from scratch?

Regards,

Stuart

[Webstuff]

You can probably get yourself listed here (if you want);
http://www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk/auctions.html

Some notes though; your page output produces a 'body' tag as the first line, then a doctype declaration, then the html/head declarations... If you're not a HTML expert you might want to get one to look over that :P

[Len]

Hi Stuart
How do you plan to make money if you charge no fees. Keeping the systems running, protecting security and maintaining fairplay is an expensive business.

I do plan to charge at some stage, but at the moment it would not be a good idea
I think I will wait until the membership gets higher and listings are sold on a daily basis.


Who are you? I looked for an About link but could not find one. Hopefully I just missed it. I am not going to register though without knowing more.

No there is no "About Us" at the moment on the site.
My full name is Len Goundry I am more known on the internet for the UK National Lottery
I was a lottery webmaster for five years, and had one of the best lottery sites in the UK
when I gave up my website someone bought my domain name http://www.lengoundry.hostinguk.com
because I was at the top of most search engines. I'm now trying to get auction1.co.uk known by all on the internet
only time will tell if it will be successful.


Having said that, the site looks impressive. Have you used one of the off-the-shelf software packages and customised it or built it from scratch?


I got one of those off-the-shelf software packages as you say, but have customised it myself with the help of other software users.
i.e. what code to add etc.


I hope you will give auction1 your support by becoming a member Stuart.
Thanks for posting your questions.
Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[Len]

You can probably get yourself listed here (if you want);
http://www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk/auctions.html

Some notes though; your page output produces a 'body' tag as the first line, then a doctype declaration, then the html/head declarations... If you're not a HTML expert you might want to get one to look over that :P

Hi Webstuff
Many thanks for the link
http://www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk/auctions.html

As for the tag, I have removed some html code.
Can you please let me know if this is better.
Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[Webstuff]

Len, the first line is still this;


<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#3333FF" alink="#CC0000" vlink="#3333FF" background="">


Its probably generated by one of the scripts that you're running...

[Len]

Len, the first line is still this;


<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#3333FF" alink="#CC0000" vlink="#3333FF" background="">


Its probably generated by one of the scripts that you're running...


Hi Webstuff
It looks like it's part of the software please see below code

################################################## ########
# Main Page HTML No Need to edit anything below this line
# Do not edit unless you know HTML this will change the
# look of the main category page
#-#############################################
# Print The Page Header Auction Command Links
#

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print "<body text=\"#000000\" bgcolor=\"$config{'bgcolor'}\" link=\"#3333FF\" alink=\"#CC0000\" vlink=\"#3333FF\" background=\"$config{'background'}\">";

print $config{'header'};
#


Best Regards
Len

[Webstuff]

comment out the body line (Perl?) Try placing a hash symbol '#' at the start of the line;


print "<body text=\"#000000\" bgcolor=\"$config{'bgcolor'}\" link=\"#3333FF\" alink=\"#CC0000\" vlink=\"#3333FF\" background=\"$config{'background'}\">";


Then check everything still works ;) Whilst it won't cause a problem commenting out this line, it may effect the way in which your page is diaplyed slightly. This can be fixed with some properly placed CSS...

[Len]

comment out the body line (Perl?) Try placing a hash symbol '#' at the start of the line;


print "<body text=\"#000000\" bgcolor=\"$config{'bgcolor'}\" link=\"#3333FF\" alink=\"#CC0000\" vlink=\"#3333FF\" background=\"$config{'background'}\">";


Then check everything still works ;) Whilst it won't cause a problem commenting out this line, it may effect the way in which your page is diaplyed slightly. This can be fixed with some properly placed CSS...

Please see below post

[Len]

comment out the body line (Perl?) Try placing a hash symbol '#' at the start of the line;


print "<body text=\"#000000\" bgcolor=\"$config{'bgcolor'}\" link=\"#3333FF\" alink=\"#CC0000\" vlink=\"#3333FF\" background=\"$config{'background'}\">";


Then check everything still works ;) Whilst it won't cause a problem commenting out this line, it may effect the way in which your page is diaplyed slightly. This can be fixed with some properly placed CSS...

Hi Webstuff
all done with your # and some deleted text
one question should I leave the line below?

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"><html>

Best Regards
Len

[Webstuff]

yes, thats your doctype declaration (tells the browser what to do with your website). I just had a look at the page source and its a lot more browser / search engine friendly now. Well done!

[Len]

yes, thats your doctype declaration (tells the browser what to do with your website). I just had a look at the page source and its a lot more browser / search engine friendly now. Well done!


Hi Webstuff
Many thanks for your help,
it was much appreciated!
Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[Len]

Hi to all
As I have said, the time is not right at the moment to start charging members to list items, what I was thinking of doing as an incentive to get members is to credit a members account with £20 for joining http://www.auction1.co.uk
and credit their account with an extra £5 for every member they refer. I would be interested to read any feedback on this idea?
Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[Webstuff]

So -- You're going to give away money... I don't quite follow. I thought you weren't charging anything? If so, aren't you worried about losing out a bit here? I'd join any site that gave me free money :P

[Len]

So -- You're going to give away money... I don't quite follow. I thought you weren't charging anything? If so, aren't you worried about losing out a bit here? I'd join any site that gave me free money :P


Hi Webstuff
The "Join Up" £20 credit and £5 referral credits are only
to be used for listing purposes and is not cash
placed into someone's bank account,
As I have said now is not the time to start charging
so as an incentive to get new members and also reward
members who refer a new member I thought it would
be good to start crediting members accounts so when I
do start charging they would be able to have a good discount
for listing items.
Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[MJV]

Hi Len,
very nice, but your idex is too similar to ebay...
why not experiment with different colors/layout,
may be stand out a bit?

good luck anyway
cheers

[Len]

Hi Len,
very nice, but your idex is too similar to ebay...
why not experiment with different colors/layout,
may be stand out a bit?

good luck anyway
cheers

Hi MJV
Many thanks for the advice it's much appreciated.

Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[Len]

Hi to all
Many thanks to all those who commented about http://www.auction1.co.uk
and for the e-mails I have received about the "Credited Accounts"
Having taken the advice. The best thing to do is to carry on making the site free to list etc. and when the time is right, give all members a discount from the day I do start charging, which sounds a better idea,so thanks again to those who suggested that way of doing things.
Best Regards
Len
http://www.auction1.co.uk

[bidonalot]

Hi to all
Please feel free to
Buy or sell your item/s 24/7 on my online auction web-site http://www.auction1.co.uk
The UK's Newest Online Market Place.
There are no listing fees, no selling fees & membership is free!

Best Regards
Len
im suprised anyone has registered as it seems your site has no ssl so private date could be a security risk