SellCoinsNearMe.com New Website Requesting Feedback

ilmcoins

Hello all,

I have several coin websites set up on a local level and have had great luck with ranking in all of the search engines (due to experience in other industries). In my area, I rank in the first three Organic spots on Google and as a result I have a significant amount of search traffic and several opportunities each week to purchase single coins, coin collections, and coin estates.

On a National level, I could not find another website structured the way that my others are so I decided to take my efforts nationwide.

I have ended up with a database of coins and will be adding private coin collectors, coin dealers, and coin shops - these will be added city by city across the nation. As you will see, I have two cities to start with and I have about 40 more in the queue.

Each city will have a "Preferred Buyer" just like you will see on the "Wilmington, NC" page.

After we have about 100 cities on the website, I will look into adding sections based on non-USA coins.

I put my new website Live about a week ago and I was very surprised to see that I am already generating a lot of organic traffic on the search engines. Actually a ton for such a young website!

If you have a moment, I would appreciate some feedback on this. Keep in mind that I am about 90% complete. Like I said, only two cities are live and about 40 more are coming behind them. I will also be adding Half Cents to the database (for you early copper fans!).

Here is the link https://sellcoinsnearme.com/ and thanks for taking the time for feedback. If you would like to see a City Page created sooner than later let me know. Also, let me know if you have any recommendations for "Preferred Buyers" in cities.

Thanks, Tom

ricko

@ilmcoins... Welcome aboard.... Your business model is indeed interesting and a unique approach. Thank you for the link. You may be labeled as 'spam' by other members here, since you really are promoting your business. That being said, the only other venue you may have selected here for your post is the Buy, Sell & Trade - U.S. Coins forum. Good luck with your endeavor, I will bookmark your site. Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

Nice description under each coin type. Good luck with your endeavor and welcome to the forum

airplanenut

A few quick thoughts:

1- Link the price guides directly to the type, rather than a generic link on each page to the PCGS/NGC price guide. I use the PCGS guide as a reference quite a bit and there is a lot to look through even when you know where to look. More, direct links would probably be helpful (plus maybe a generic link to the guides as a whole, too).

2- Link to the PCGS Photograde page for each type. One problem I think the general public often has is when they see a coin worth a fortune but can't wrap their heads around the fact that they have one in the grade worth $2. True this won't stop them completely from dreaming, but it might help level set some of them, especially if they are being directed to a price guide where values can vary drastically between grades.

3- I'd include a picture of both sides of each type. First, coins look nice, and people like pictures. Second, there's always a chance someone has a token of some sort where the obverse is a real coin and the reverse is commemorating a convention of something else. This could help make it more obvious what they have. Photograde might also be good enough, since it has a ton of pictures.

Smudge

Good luck with your business and welcome. I recommend a small edit for professionalism. The mint where the coin was produced. Don't end a sentance with the word at. Oh well, I just did.

ilmcoins

Thanks for all the comments thus far! For 90% of the coins there is a direct link to that coin on PCGS and NGC price guides. Only the posts with multiple coins go to the generic pages. I appreciate your input. FYI... this is an educational website and not for profit so it is not a business at this time.