Cooperative

[Tubby]

NO. Forget what you have seen CW. - think more about your own site having one extra page dedicated to classifieds adverts for say 'leather goods' , with a dedicated classified adverts directory pointing at your niche classifieds page. Then imagine my users directed selected adverts towards that page

Your page - your content .

In return your site offers your users a simple submit form for any item they wish to list or any item they need to buy . . Where it is whisked away directly to the webmaster that wants it.

[Tubby]

No Super Brand

You would merely get all the requests, adverts, listings. delivered to your door that are pertinent to your niche.

Instead of typing leather wallet into Ebay. the user would simply type 'leather wallet' into google. All the cooperatives want you to get this search item. . That is our Goal.

Your site would have all the 'adverts', all the 'wanted to buy'. all the 'lost wallets'. all the 'for sale' right on the next page to your regular sales.

[SteveGerencser]

SO, what you are saying that is on my jewelry site I would have a page dedicated to leather wallets, and that page would link out to whoever in the group sells those wallets. And everyone else in the group would have a similar page on leather wallets.. Then the leather wallet guy would have a page about jewelry and point to me etc etc etc.. Is this sort of what you are thinking??

[Tubby]

On your page you would have you would have a page dedicated to jewelry classified ads. you would simply feed it a few of your own items.

You would probably list that under your state

classifieds adverts Your state
Jewelry this would link to your page - your design - your problem
Fishing rods and reels This would link to your page your design - your problem
Classic car parts this would link to your page - your design - your problem.
Dead cows - someone else
pets - someone else
Camera equipment - someone else


I create a link to your classic car parts section (STATE)- All classic car adverts submitted on your site are delivered to me. all adverts delivered that are in your state I forward to you . I do not list the adverts under your state - I list them under year make model.

If anyone in the cooperative receives a classified advert for Jewelery the pass it on to you. if anyone received a classified advert for fishing gear they pass it onto you .

I will supply the submit form details for your Classic cars page. or you arrange it so submissions are directed to me.

I ONLY link to your classic car page. (your state only - If that is your catagory) It is up to you to tempt visitors to your other products.

How you handle the incoming ads will only be a problem if the site is a success.

MY ADVANTAGE IS. any new submissions you get will be directly funnelled to my year make model format - you have use of the submissions for your state.
MY ADVANTAGE IS. you would simply link from your - State classic cars to - to somewhere like
www.restored-classic.com.

I have only given this thought with an understanding of what I would like, I have not delved deeply into what sort of cooperation it would entail. All cooperative member might need to link to a central page. But I think with a bit of manipulation something quite 'Tricky' could evolve.

are you in Michigan - If you are this is what I got - http://restored-classics.com/michigan/index.html
but this stuff arrived - via year make and model. - not Michigan.

I suspect I could get greater benefit sending my dedicated Michigan content to someone in Michigan.

I am not going to re read this post to see if I made sense - Its past my afternoon nap time.

[Tubby]

P.S.
I will try and update and fix that - http://restored-classics.com/michigan/index.html
page later tonight - the forum is now gone and It looks like I have a long link that is ever running and I have more Michigan ads to go up.

If you are not in Michigan just change the name of the State.

[kgun]

If there were a cooperative. A multi webmaster owned site - where webmaster selling a variety of different items could each contribute to sections. most of the traffic and content problems would be eliminated.

Sounds to me like a wordpress 3.0 multi user eCommerce site is what you are looking for. In version 3.0 of Word Press the platform will merge with Wordpress Multiuser (Mu) that should be simple enough to implement.

[Tubby]

No kgun. I am looking for existing web sites with a track record - that wish to expand into classifieds. - probably easiest would be 'state' located.

[kgun]

No kgun. I am looking for existing web sites with a track record - that wish to expand into classifieds. - probably easiest would be 'state' located.

Ok.

I have always wondered about (the exact meaning of) the word classifieds. Can you explain the word to me? That is better than looking the term up in a dictionary.

[Tubby]

Without looking at the dictionary mate.

I arrange my adverts into separate CLASSIFICATIONS one classification will be (in my site) '1967 Chevrolet parts'

classified ads are supposed to be restricted to a certain class of advert. True classified adverts will not show you an ad for "See Mary Naked " in any other location than 'naked women' you certainly would not expect to see it in '1967 Chevrolet parts'.

Of course free submission sites make a mockery of the concept and anyone seems to place whatever they want wherever they want.

Think of classified adverts as being strictly on topic adverts - Somebody has placed them in the right catagory of 'classification'.

Properly done for example - if you visit a classified ad site and find the classifieds location for - Golf balls for sale - you should be quite safe to presume you need only look at this one page as golf balls for sale will not be anywhere else. It save readers scouring through hundreds of pointless ads.

A bit like ON TOPIC adverts.

Some adverts can fit into more than one catagory - Like 'California' for instance. Which is why I started this thread, because my users do not search for 'California' someone in that state could use these adverts. .

[kgun]

Good explanation Tubby. But what is the difference from categories?

I know there are fine shades in the English language that we don't have here.