Buy/Sell is now split into three sections
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I was wondering, if we would see buyers/sellers posting in all the 3 different threads for a single item. This will definately increase the chance of selling/ buying since people most prob wil view all 3 b/s thread at the same time.
If thats the case, it juz makes things more messy defeats the purpose of having 3 dedicated differrent b/s threads.
Still, we should give some time to see hw the current system goes...juz my opinion, would still prefer a seperate BUY and a SELL thread.
If thats the case, it juz makes things more messy defeats the purpose of having 3 dedicated differrent b/s threads.
Still, we should give some time to see hw the current system goes...juz my opinion, would still prefer a seperate BUY and a SELL thread.
wildstallion
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Thanks for all the hard effort, but I think this way is not as efficient. A simple Want To Sell and Want To Buy split will be much more efficient IMO.
I too have noticed a bit of overlapping.
I too have noticed a bit of overlapping.
Hi all,
Thanks for the feedback. The rationale behind the split into categories is to make locating items much easier.
We did consider just having a Buy section and a Sell section, but stats show that Sell ads outnumber the Buy ads by more than 10x, thus splitting it into just these two sections will not solve the main complaint of the old Buy/Sell section which was the sheer number of posts in the forum which resulted in lower visibility/exposure of the items advertised.
The other suggestion of splitting into brands is good, but that will result in an explosion of sub-sections which will probably make browsing even more difficult.
Thanks for the feedback. The rationale behind the split into categories is to make locating items much easier.
We did consider just having a Buy section and a Sell section, but stats show that Sell ads outnumber the Buy ads by more than 10x, thus splitting it into just these two sections will not solve the main complaint of the old Buy/Sell section which was the sheer number of posts in the forum which resulted in lower visibility/exposure of the items advertised.
The other suggestion of splitting into brands is good, but that will result in an explosion of sub-sections which will probably make browsing even more difficult.
if other types of splits are not really practical... IMHO, the old format works just fine.
Well, I think spliting into different brands will not cause most users much difficulties, as not many people own multiple brands of products/system.
Probably splitting Canon and Nikon into seperaated forum would make a lot of differences already.
Here's a workaround.
The New Posts in the navigation bar has been modified to provide a dropdown menu to make the following searches :-
a) New Posts in last 24 hours - all posts except Buy/Sell sections from last 24 hours
b) New Buy/Sell posts - all new Buy/Sell posts since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
c) New Marketplace posts - all new posts in Consumers Corner, MO/MS, Services since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
d) New Equipment Discussion posts - all new posts in the Equipment Discussion sections since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
e) New Photo Gallery posts - all new posts in the Photo Galleries sections since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
Lets give the new layout a chance and if it really doesn't work, then we will look at revamping it.
The New Posts in the navigation bar has been modified to provide a dropdown menu to make the following searches :-
a) New Posts in last 24 hours - all posts except Buy/Sell sections from last 24 hours
b) New Buy/Sell posts - all new Buy/Sell posts since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
c) New Marketplace posts - all new posts in Consumers Corner, MO/MS, Services since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
d) New Equipment Discussion posts - all new posts in the Equipment Discussion sections since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
e) New Photo Gallery posts - all new posts in the Photo Galleries sections since last visit (limited to 500 results for performance)
Lets give the new layout a chance and if it really doesn't work, then we will look at revamping it.
Cheesecake
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still dun take to the new 3 split.
the older format is fine. this new format jus dun seem to work.
y dun we haf a trial period of say 3days for each suggested system?
the older format is fine. this new format jus dun seem to work.
y dun we haf a trial period of say 3days for each suggested system?
Please try out the new search options under the New Posts menu in the navigation bar.
And, we can consider this a trial period for the new format but lets extend it to one month. If at the end of this trial period, majority of members still feel that the 3-way split does not work, we will go back to the single unified forum (we are not considering splitting into brands for now).
:thumbsup: for the effort, admin
Probably admin did that baring in my that people comes to B&S with specific thing(s) to look for
Not to my surprise, alot of users spend more time "browsing" the B&S with nothing really in mind, see if there's good bargain then quickly grab, rite?
hence the preference of spliting buy and sell and not to further categorize the item
my 2 cents worth
Probably admin did that baring in my that people comes to B&S with specific thing(s) to look for
Not to my surprise, alot of users spend more time "browsing" the B&S with nothing really in mind, see if there's good bargain then quickly grab, rite?
hence the preference of spliting buy and sell and not to further categorize the item
my 2 cents worth
Please check out the new search options under New Posts menu in navigation bar.
Cheesecake
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:thumbsup: fine by me. :thumbsup:
y not at the end of the trial period, members get to try another format such as a buy section and a sell section?
splitting into brands is a no no from me.
there're many newbies out there who do not know wat is a tokina to a tamron let alone a casio and a leica.
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