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tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 9:52 am    Post subject: Online farmers market Reply with quote
    

Anyone seen this?

https://www.marketestalls.com/acatalog/index.html

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What a fab idea!

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
What a fab idea!


Yeah, not sure how well it's been done or how it works, anybody here use it (buy or sell)?

NeathChris



Joined: 09 Feb 2006
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Location: Neath, South Wales
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I wonder hom many customers you would get off it, for £89 a year i would expect alot!

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm there with you Chris, but, we could put together a DS stall, and see? £89 isn't much of an investment split, say, 3/4/5/6 ways.

20 lines for sale at a time, rotated during the year.

Might be worth a punt.

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

OR we could set up summat similar, where's Jema?

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That's our trading post, isn't it? To a degree...

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick Howe wrote:
That's our trading post, isn't it? To a degree...


Yeah, but for people that want a little more....

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45389
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jema (if he's interested) might be able to code something that gives traders access to something much bigger, and he's set up a lot of "free" websites so maybe could think of a way to do this? A "myfreemarket" type of setup???

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Interesting, any one know how the payment part is done, is there one central checkout, e.g. punter pays them, then they pay you?

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think that's largely irrelevant, if you're interested in doing it then there's plenty of people here that'd help you spec such a system.

jema
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think ti is highly relevant myself.

I also think such a scheme could be highly problematical if actually totally free. Renting does mean the stalls are liable to be properly run, without any payment of rent I think the system would be a nightmare for customers and organisers.

NeathChris



Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Posts: 1387
Location: Neath, South Wales
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think the rental would at least make it more creditable and make sure it is more organised if people have topay money towards it. It would be interesting to know what customer volume it has.

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well, why don't we try it?

Are there 10 people here who'd invest £8.90, and offer two items for sale on a Downsizer stall?

If there are, sign up. We can debate and discuss endlessly, or you we can find out for sure. If it doesn't work, you've lost a round of drinks, if it does, we steal the idea.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 07 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We still have a slush fund (albeit small and decreasing) for us to be able to pay for this as a site, if we think there is something to be found out.

Though there are tricky issues here as well in terms of exactly who would be stealing the idea

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