Business idea that needs Suggestions/approval

[Sean Royer]

I have this master idea to come up with a web site that is called sellitforme.com. Think of the site like a combination of e-bay, carsoup, amazon and other sites. This new site would allow a seller to post a product for sale (ex. car, bike, tv, furniture & more) the seller would list a sale price along with a commission price. The commission price is where the difference come in from other sites. This will generate 3rd party "sellers" or "brokers" if you will, who will be eager to sell someone's stuff for them. The reward would be the commission. My idea has a lot of potential and can be explained in further detail. If you are interested in partnering with this idea or have any suggestion or know of any sites like this please let me know.

[Matt Wilson]

Hey Sean, I love hearing about new biz ideas.

If there is anything I can do to help, let me know. Email me matt @under30ceo.com

[Ethan]

Sean, decent idea here. Allow me to offer my $0.02.

Opening up such a huge marketplace, I feel, would be ultimately confusing. If someone is going to take the time to post something on the internet for a broker to sell - they could have just as easily listed their product on craigslist or eBay and sold it themself.

I think this idea would work a whole lot better as a brick-and-mortar type business instead of an online marketplace. Using a website and social media to engage with your community and potential customer base will almost guarantee you business. A brick-and-mortar type business offers customers something a bit more valuable - time savings. If all they have to do is drop their unwanted stuff off with you, you will probably make bank - because it is easy work for you, but hands off and even easier for the customer.

[Sean Royer]

Thanks Ethan,

I understand what you are saying. I have struggled with making it an easy concept for people to understand. I like the idea of having a brick and mortar store, however that changes the vision of the company. I ultimately would be creating a new site that has the same idea of e-bay, craigslist and other similar sites. From the sellers point of view it would be a rather simplistic process. The benefit of posting on this website is that it would increase traffic to the site by paying out "commissions" for peoples word of mouth. The brokers are everyday people that are browsing the site, if they sell the product through word of mouth they get paid the commission setup by the seller. (could be % or a straight forward bottom line dollar amount)

I came up with this concept because i know the power of word of mouth, or direct selling. I know there are a lot of network marketing companies out there that people get sucked into and will make little to no money. This is a hybrid concept that would allow people to come up with almost a home based business by selling products by word of mouth.

tracking would be done through e-mail.

Im in the research phase of the company and working on getting a site that would be easy to use for everyone.



Ethan said:

Sean, decent idea here. Allow me to offer my $0.02.

Opening up such a huge marketplace, I feel, would be ultimately confusing. If someone is going to take the time to post something on the internet for a broker to sell - they could have just as easily listed their product on craigslist or eBay and sold it themself.

I think this idea would work a whole lot better as a brick-and-mortar type business instead of an online marketplace. Using a website and social media to engage with your community and potential customer base will almost guarantee you business. A brick-and-mortar type business offers customers something a bit more valuable - time savings. If all they have to do is drop their unwanted stuff off with you, you will probably make bank - because it is easy work for you, but hands off and even easier for the customer.

[Ethan]

I think I have a good idea of what you are trying to do here, but I may be wrong. Anyway, here go a few more thoughts again.

The way I see it, selling on eBay, Craigslist, and Amazon are as direct as selling gets. I just don't see how it makes sense to introduce a middle man into a formula that has been proven to work to the tune of billions of dollars per year. As far as sharing through email etc., both Amazon and eBay have affiliate programs that allow people to "broker" and suggest goods to others.

Keep in mind that I am not trying to destroy or tear up your idea here, I do think that it has potential - but I think that there definitely is a better way to go about it. You say that you are in the research phase - have you conducted a survey or study wherein you have statistics showing that people would use and pay for the service you would like to offer?

Sean Royer said:

Thanks Ethan,

I understand what you are saying. I have struggled with making it an easy concept for people to understand. I like the idea of having a brick and mortar store, however that changes the vision of the company. I ultimately would be creating a new site that has the same idea of e-bay, craigslist and other similar sites. From the sellers point of view it would be a rather simplistic process. The benefit of posting on this website is that it would increase traffic to the site by paying out "commissions" for peoples word of mouth. The brokers are everyday people that are browsing the site, if they sell the product through word of mouth they get paid the commission setup by the seller. (could be % or a straight forward bottom line dollar amount)

I came up with this concept because i know the power of word of mouth, or direct selling. I know there are a lot of network marketing companies out there that people get sucked into and will make little to no money. This is a hybrid concept that would allow people to come up with almost a home based business by selling products by word of mouth.

tracking would be done through e-mail.

Im in the research phase of the company and working on getting a site that would be easy to use for everyone.



Ethan said:

Sean, decent idea here. Allow me to offer my $0.02.

Opening up such a huge marketplace, I feel, would be ultimately confusing. If someone is going to take the time to post something on the internet for a broker to sell - they could have just as easily listed their product on craigslist or eBay and sold it themself.

I think this idea would work a whole lot better as a brick-and-mortar type business instead of an online marketplace. Using a website and social media to engage with your community and potential customer base will almost guarantee you business. A brick-and-mortar type business offers customers something a bit more valuable - time savings. If all they have to do is drop their unwanted stuff off with you, you will probably make bank - because it is easy work for you, but hands off and even easier for the customer.