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Originally Posted by w4mmaps
My constructive feedback is that if you want this to work I would personally recommend you consider:
1. Don't charge a dime for adding products, videos etc. Nobody will want to pay to do these things, especially on an unknown platform with no brand or credibility.
2. I understand WHY you have payments go to the seller directly, but asking them to pay you 10% the next month isn't the way to go, you should be handling the transactions and taking your 10% on a platform like this.
3. For items which don't have an image change the "Preview image not available" to something more attractive.
4. Between your items/listings there is a lack of space and it all crams together too much. put a little spacing between everything.
5. I understand why you are going broad and accepting everything, but you'll probably have an easier time getting traction if you at least start on a niche, and then maybe expand from there. So whatever is easiest to sell (sexy selfies, websites, homemade xxx...) you should focus on getting sellers in that area on the site, getting some relevant traffic of people who buy THAT sort of thing, and getting something going with that first. Right now you are being way too broad... nobody is buying a picture of a boat or a video of a waterfall, dial in on something and get that going first. I have a feeling the easiest starting point might be something adult lol.
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Thank you kindly for the well-articulated response.
1. VendBits only charges upfront for videos, every other category/media type is free. I decided on this because video hosting can be expensive. I may drop the video tokens in the future. Personally, I don't think charing $59.95 to upload 2 hours of video is a lot to ask for. It's an experiment. In fact, it should serve as a good filter to keep low-quality garbage off.
2. eBay had payments go directly for sellers spanning three decades until they introduced 'managed payments'. The fact the payment was made directly to my PayPal account at the close of sale was my favorite part of selling on eBay. Never had to wait days, weeks, months for payment.
3. What exactly do you suggest other than this if there is no video, audio, image?
4. I appreciate the suggestion, I was thinking the same. I changed CSS element .item-preview{margin-bottom:X} from 2px to 10px.
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Opinion accepted.
5. I understand that. I just wanted to seed the marketplace with IP I own myself, most of which are photos and videos. I don't expect people to actually buy my vacation/travel photos shot on my iPhone for stock photos/videos. I agree adult content would be the best selling, but I'm focusing on non-adult at the moment. I may launch a separate side marketplace which only accepts crypto payments since I couldn't do PayPal/Stripe, but then I'd have to get adult billing and manage payments and payouts myself. Surely a possibility though.