New Sports Community and Auction Site

SportsWanted

Are you ready? We are now in the final day of preparation for the BIG launch here at SportsWanted.com. All auctions will go live tomorrow at 12 noon and we want to make sure that everyone has all there items loaded in and ready to go. Don’t forget… in celebration of the BIG launch we are opening up the site with a bang!! We want everyone to be able try out all the features and check us out… so, now through September 30, 2008 all members can take advantage of:


FREE Unlimited Auctions Listings – list everything you want… you can even list in bulk… it’s FREE!!
FREE Unlimited Auction Upgrades – Try out all the upgrades and see what you like and what your don’t… there all FREE!!

1. Home Page Feature Fees
2. Category Feature Fees
3. Bold Item Fees
4. Highlighted Item fees
5. Reserve Price Fees
6. Buy Out Fees
7. Image Upload Fees
8. Media Upload Fees
9. Custom Start and End Time Fees
10. Item Swap Fees
11. Make Offer Fees

FREE Unlimited Wanted Ads – Create a Wanted Ad to complete a set or let the other members know what you buy… try it out while it’s FREE!!
FREE Unlimited use of all Store Fronts (load up to 1,000,000 cards) – Here is a great way to market yourself and showcase your products… Yep, it’s FREE too!!

We want SportsWanted.com to be a site for all collectors of all sizes so we adjusted our site fees to accommodate everyone. First we set our site fees to be the lowest available anywhere knowing that this would satisfy the average collector who only sells a few items a month. Then for the higher volume collectors we created our volume savings discounts… these special discounts were designed to reward the larger volume members with substantial savings above and beyond the standard site fees. Here’s how they work:

List 20-29 auctions on the site in a current month and you receive 20% OFF your entire monthly statement.
List 30-39 auctions on the site in a current month and you receive 30% OFF your entire monthly statement.
And if you list 40 or more auctions on the site in a current month you will receive 40% OFF your entire monthly statement.

We also wanted SportsWanted.com to be much more than just an auction site so we added some extras for our members to use and enjoy:

Looking for local Card Shops or upcoming shows?

Check out our Card Shop and Card Show Finder sections… We now have about 100 card shops loaded in our card shop directory and about 200 upcoming card shows in the card show directory. These directories are there for our members to find what they need when they need it. If you are a card shop owner or a card show promoter and would like your info added to the directories please email me and I will add you info to the directory today!!

Want to know “What’s New” in the industry?

Check out our “What’s New” section and see what product is currently out or sometimes get a sneak peak at what’s coming soon… this section is completely dedicated to all things in the industry keeping the collector up to speed on what’s what.

Want to watch a great “PULL” or maybe you want to post your “PULL” for everyone to see.

Check out our Box Breaks section… this is quickly becoming one of our most popular sections on the site. Here you can watch people opening their boxes or cases and see how they did. We also have the capability for you to upload your own videos to share with the other members on the site.

The most important feature of the site is our dedication to the hobby and to you the collector. Our commitment to our members is simple… deliver a high quality product and back it up with an even higher level of customer service. We feel the time is right for a change in the industry and we want to offer collectors a smart choice when it comes to doing business.

We hope you check us out and give us a chance… if you like us, tell a friend… we would love to see you all of you onboard for our launch on August 31. If you have any questions about the site please email me at allen@sportswanted.com.

RipublicaninMass

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Ladder7

"The most important feature of the site is our dedication to the hobby and to you the collector. "

You're taking it as if it's spam. Drink it up, he loves you!

GOP dude;

WinPitcher

Good luck with your site.


Steve

storm888

Allen:

As time passes, maybe you will consider adding a tab for "Other Collectibles."

That would increase traffic and encourage MANY more folks to list.

The market needs a BROAD site, NOT a narrow one.

SportsWanted

I have non sports memorabilia... what type of collectibles are you wanting? You are talking to the right guy who can fix it. Let me know.

Also, Thanks Steve for the well wishes again!!

fur72

Good luck with the launch Allen.

storm888

<< <i>I have non sports memorabilia... what type of collectibles are you wanting? You are talking to the right guy who can fix it. Let me know. >>




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Many dissidents at EBAY want a place for postcards, dolls, action figures, old photos, glassware.

If it's hidden by a little tab labeled simply "Other Collectibles," there may be no reason not to inlude
stamps, comics, coins, currency. ALL KINDS of collectibles. Those are the folks EBAY is in the process of
running off.

When the tab is clicked, the sundry categories appear for those who are interested.

..........

If you have disposable IDs, you should spam the EBAY forums. They will delete the posts, but they
may last long enough to get some listers/lookers. I would hit seller central and all of the collectible boards
on EBAY.

I would also do some YouTube promos for the site; inviting folks to visit.

........

I assume you are hooked-up with googlebase. If not, you better do it. 70% of my EBAY stores-biz
is coming from base.

HobbyKings

Good Luck!

I hope to find something I like on the auctions

HK

SportsWanted

Thanks Fur72... thanks HK!! We are up to about 4,000 auctions already and more are coming in every hour!! Should be a good launch!! Are you guys gonna list any?

jcdcubs

I'm too LAZY!!!!!!!

knucklehead

Good luck Allen on this new webiste. I will be signing on shortly.

Thanks Ronnie Ortiz

SportsWanted

Thanks Ronny... hope you enjoy the site!!

jimrad

I signed on Allen......My fingers are crossed

Good Luck

bladefox

I have some auction listed, but checking the site, I think you may want to add a section that shows 1) most recent bidded on and 2) Most bids "Hot seller" item section, because Naxcom does this on their front page of their auction site, and it would encourage more people to see which items are hot, and therefore they would bid on it. More bids = more a cut for your site in terms of final value fees.

SportsWanted

Good luck Jimrad!!

Thanks for the input bladefox... I will look into trying to make something on the homepage for that.

SportsWanted

SportsWanted.com is now LIVE... we have launched the site with almost 18,000 auctions. Come check it out!!

Bottom9th

Just registered...good luck with the site!

SportsWanted

Thanks bottom9th... let me know if you need anything!! Hope you enjoy the site!!

DrJ

Was another thread needed to launch this site?

I took a look at the cards listed and it appears most were thrown up by the same seller "OGDEN".... the hundreds of auctions you were talking about were from the same person... HMMM....

Good luck, but this will be a major uphill battle.

nam812

If this listing is from one of our board members here I apologize (and shame on you), but this is what I feared would become of this new site.

Edited to add: Trying to get $3 for a 1986 Topps common? Who do you think you are, teknobaby?

DrJ

<< <i>If this listing is from one of our board members here I apologize (and shame on you), but this is what I feared would become of this new site.

Edited to add: Trying to get $3 for a 1986 Topps common? Who do you think you are, teknobaby? >>



It is an off center common to boot.

WinPitcher

Was another thread needed to launch this site?




Was another negative post needed as well?


Steve

SportsWanted

nam812... I can only lead em to the water...

262Runner

Allen, I have an auction up and my images are not there. What may be wrong, I uploaded from a file rather than a service like photobucket, could it be that easy?

SportsWanted

Max size for a photo is set at 2048 Kbytes... check and see if the photo you are trying to load is larger than that if so resize and try again... If the problem persists let me know and I will fix it!!

262Runner

Thanks Allen, photo's are up

Leiascards

You might do better if you allow all members to view completed auctions that is a big thing that has helped with Ebay success.

mreuter

The auction has free shipping, so I'm sure that was figured into the price, a lot of people charge $3 for shipping so you would actually be getting a free card, just pay for shipping. It's still a worthless card though.

SportsWanted

Thanks Leiascards... I will see what I can do. Other than that how do you like the site?

nam812

Has there been a recorded sale yet?

SportsWanted

Not yet...

jimrad

Has there been a bid on ANYTHING yet ?

DrJ

<< <i>Was another thread needed to launch this site?




Was another negative post needed as well?


Steve >>



Nothing negative here Steve old buddy. He could have simply bumped the thread he started last week.

As usual you take the bait, hook line and sinker.....

DrJ

I was looking for Basketball cards but it appears there are only 8 total auctions. I guess OGDEN doen't have a large stock of basketball cards.

nam812

Bumping for an update. Has there been a recorded sale yet?

lsutigers1973

I almost bought the 1981 Fleer Rod Carew card for $50 but the photo shows a 1981 Donruss. So, I passed.

Rare 1981 Fleer Carew with a 1981 Donruss front

DrJ

There are still only 8 basketball listings. I guess people are not flocking to the free listings. I wonder what will happen when they actually start charging for listings.

OGDEN does appear to have listed some more cards. I wonder if Ogden has any realation to the site's owner.

WinPitcher

As usual you take the bait, hook line and sinker.....


Just as you did, as your reply here shows it.




Steve

DrJ

<< <i>As usual you take the bait, hook line and sinker.....


Just as you did, as your reply here shows it.




Steve >>



Yawn.

PoppaJ

<< <i>Bumping for an update. Has there been a recorded sale yet? >>



Sale?

I don't think there has even been any bids yet!

PoppaJ

WinPitcher

Rome was not built in a day.

Will this site prove as a viable alternative to ebay?

Who knows, what I do know is that many here seem
to be rooting against it.

Why?


Steve

Leiascards

<< <i>Rome was not built in a day.

Will this site prove as a viable alternative to ebay?

Who knows, what I do know is that many here seem
to be rooting against it.

Why?


Steve >>



Many of us saw how Ray Romeo screwed so many Ebay sellers with Wagglepop.

WinPitcher

I see I hooked the same fish twice.


Steve

lsutigers1973

I personally hope the site succeeds but do not think the format is going to make it. Seems almost identical to eBay but less sophisticated and little or no monitoring for scam or outright dumb auctions. Most of the auctions I see are people trying to sell $1 cards for $50. Have to expect that with completely free listings. Seller loses nothing but a little of his time.