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Google Base & Checkout Intergration with eBanza.com is officially complete!!!
 

I am proud to announce that the Google Base integration with eBanza.com is officially 100% complete!!!


Now you can list your items for FREE on eBanza.com & they will be automatically submitted into the froogle and google base product search & instantly searchable by billions of google's users and customers world wide!!!

So let all take a step toward feebay independence and make eBanza a force to be recconed with - ONLY WE THE SELLERS CAN MAKE CHANGE!!!!!!!




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Looks like with the Google Base this could turn into something good!

Wish you the best of luck. I would recommend changing the logo scheme. It looks TOO much like eBays logo. Exact color and style. Save yourself the trouble of having ebay coming after you saying you stole their logo.

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/other-a...ad-paypal.html

There is also this thread for in-depth discussion about this exciting venture

The Design of the website is not professional and the fonts are big.
try to get a clone of some of the famous auction websites.

First, I think the site looks good.

(Simon - please offer well thought out constructive criticism. Simply saying a site is not professional is not specific and difficult to take seriously. Please try to provide detailed recommendations.)

Second, whenever I ran a Google search on the site name, there were hardly any results. Likewise, I would suggest some SEO work and advertising. You might look at "auctionbytes.com" This site can provide some good promotion, if you can persuade them to write an article.

Overall, it is a good start...

i said that the design doesn't look professional not the website.
at the end this is only my opinion and good luck for him.

I am working day and night to make ebanza a user friendly hub for all us e-sellers to make a home and build thier seller reputation -

I am open to constructive criticism and as of right now - ebanza is still a work in progress - I am constaintly struggling to make the site feel more conforable to the user - and I myself am still not satififed with every part of the site

The header is something that I am tweaking and trying to bring to a Web 2.0 look and feel along with other parts of the site

I am also working on seller RSS feeds so that sellers can easily post their items live on their website, blog, myspace, facebook, twiter ect

I also have a flash scroller that I am goig to give everybody for free that you can feed your RSS feed into and create an auctiva like scroller for your auctions!!!


Also Happy to annonce Our first Google Base Feed went live last night - so if you search google base for ebanza you will find all our auctions and All the items on ebanza are also searchable by their individual keywords as well!!!

My goal here is not to milk the sellers - The site is going to remain completely FREE - I only wanna make a place where sellers can make a home for themselves and build thier seller reputation & online empires on a level playing field - With out the fear of suspention


I have dedicated all of my time into this project and I just hope everyone appriciates and understands what I am trying to do -

If anybody has any ideas for the site and any ways they think it would be better than please voice them so that we can make ebanza a great place to buy and sell!


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Once u start to get more traffic I will sign up.

eBanza is powered my the Google Base Network
 

Join Today - Their is no need to wait - All our items are uploaded into the Google Base and Froogle Product Search Databases and instantly searchable by millions of customers world wide



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So start listing now and see what the power of Google Base and Google Checkout payment solution can do for you!!!!!




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eBanza.com NO LISTING FEES!!!!! NO EVIL!!!!!

i am canadian, so i cannot use google checkout = cant list in ebanza?

On eBanza You can accept BOTH Paypal or Google Checkout
 

On eBanza You can accept BOTH Paypal or Google Checkout!!!

The seller has the right to choocie either or both and both or fully intergrated with the site -


Also I know Google Checkout started a UK verison not sure about canada tho?!?


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eBanza.com No Listing Fees!!! NO Evil!!!

eBanza.com has a fresh new layout and its ALL thanks to simon


THANK YOU SIMON YOU WERE MY MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION AND I PROBABLY WOULDN'T OF DONE IT WITH OUT YOU!!!

It looks better there are little things here and there that are a put off.

For example, when you see an item image.. the yellow background makes the site look tacky.

Also add a mission statement or a basic what the site is about somewhere.

When someone first visits the site.. they might not know what it's about.

Tell people and direct them to do what you want them to do.. like sign up .

Instead of Linking to the Login page... link to the register page..

Work on your graphics a little, make them a little more pro.. I have a graphics designer that can maybe help you out for pretty cheap, send me a PM.

also working on centering some pages.. with large resolutions.. the site looks odd.

good luck,

Immma check this out. Just keeep on puttin in work, and it will work out.

you wanna be careful because ebay might sue you... BBC News | BUSINESS | Ebay sues fellow auction web site

THANKS FOR THE ADVISE ASPKIN - I AM WORKING ON IT :typing:

eBanza Mission statment:

"eBanza.com is a 100% FREE online marketplace that allows users to buy and sell items securely online using either Google Checkout or Paypal. Users also have the ability to setup a FREE Online store, Create a User profile and sell useful digital downloads on our site all absolutely FREE! All are products are also submitted into the Google Base & Froogle Product Search Databases and are instaintly searchable by millions of users online! Our goal is to create an online trading environment where buyers and sellers can grow and build an online reputation that can last a lifetime!"

Please let me know what you guys think before I post it up live-

I AM GOING TO PUT IT ON THE HOME PAGE ALONG WITH AN EASY REGISTRATION THAT LETS BUYERS SIGN UP WITH ONLY A EMAIL USER NAME AND PASSWORD!

ITS ALOT OF WORK TRYING TO BUILD THE SITE TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL BUT BELIEVE ME WHENEVER I AM NOT ON THIS FORM I AM WORKING ON eBanza TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER

I AM WORKING ON AN AUCTIVA LIKE SCROLLER THAT SELLERS CAN USE TO POST THIER ITEMS ON eBanza AND ELSEWHERE!

ALSO LOOKING INTO A EBAY LISTING GRABER THAT YOU COULD USE TO SCOOP UP ALL YOUR LIVE LISTINGS OFF THE BAY



eBanza Annoncements

Google Base Complete - 100 items hit the base from
eBanza Last night

eBanza's Traffic is growing by the day - at 365,956 Daily as of yesterday!

eBanza FEEDDBACK IMPORTER - BRING ALL YOUR OLD FEEDBACK TO eBanza FROM YOUR ONLY FEEBAY ACCOUNT - EVEN THE NARU ONES!!!!!

User Avatar - eBanza Users can now have thier picture next to thier user name

eBanza RSS Individual Store Feeds - Now Sellers can feed thier store products anywhere they want from thier blog to thier myspace, facebook, twiter, ect


More good stuff coming - AND ITS ALL FREE!!!

For the sellers by the sellers


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Keep up the good work eseller....

I applaud your efforts..

In my opinion the design is not up to par..seems a bit cluttered..I belive what the guy meant when he mentioned the ebay cloen script was to have it more orginized like ebays interface

how many actual sales have you had?

when I looked at a few items in different catagories, they are only from a handful of sellers, the feedback is just cloned and exactly the same wording in a row all the way down and it is mainly given by other sellers on the site.
I know you are just jump starting it but it doesnt look professional to do that

I am just testing the site - it is coming to look and feel alot difrent in a day or two - The site has on been up about 3-4 weeks and I have to start from scratch because I was changing thing and not testing them first - I just sold a shirt today from a Google Base customer - completely non ebay related for a change - he sent me an email first to ask me if I still had it and I aswered him right away letting him know the site its a scam and he paid with Google Checkout -

I have held off on sending invitations to my ebay customers at this point because I am still tweaking the site and I wouldn't wanna make a bad impression on a customer - But once it is done I have about 1000 invited from my last seller account that need to be sent - I am gonna have a bulk email sender like that - you can import your email accounts and address books from gmail - aol - yahoo and a bunch of other sites

they will then be stored in your "Customer DataBase" on the My ebanza page and you will be able to send a bulk email to all your customers every time you post a new item on eBanza - unless the customer opts out of recieving your auction new - you will be able to grow your "Customer Base" more and more with time and import adress books from new email account when ever you want!!!!

AGAIN THE SITE IS BETA

I AM TESTING STUFF OUT - YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO MAKE AN ACCOUNT NOW AND WHEN THE SITE IS OPEN OFFICIALLY AND OUT OF TESTING YOU WILL GET AN EMAIL TELLING YOU ABOUT ALL THE NEW FEATURES

THE SITE LOOK AND FEEL IS GONNA CHANGE ALOT AND YOUR GONNA BEABLE TO TELL THE DIFRENCE ONCE IT IS DONE!!!!!

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING PATIENT AS I CODE OUR WAY TO FREEDOM



eBanza.com NO LISTING FEES!!!! NO EVIL!!! POWER TO THE SELLERS!!!!

Me to, i will give it a chance we never now how it works and i think it`s fare to give him a chance. Thanks for the time you put into this, i don`t say it will be the next Ebay but it`s a nice idea:cheer:.

But it is not quite the same concept, eBay's Monahan told BBC News Online. While everyone knows what a mart is, he explained, the use of "bay" is not entirely understood, even by the eBay's own staff.

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I think i miss the point here, what do you mean?

You can now accept money bookers and authorize.net with ebanza
 

YOU CAN NOW ACCEPT MONEY BOOKERS - 2CHECKOUT & AUTHORIZE.NET WITH EBANZA


THIS SHOULD HELP OUT OUR OVERSEAS SELLERS - :yar:





eBanza.com NO LISTING FEES!!! NO EVIL!!! POWER TO THE SELLERS!!!!

Hi, I think what your doing is great. And could be a good start to something. I signed up but when I click the link to become seller verified, I get a whole mess of PHP errors.

And just a couple more things. For example:

From 0.01 USD To 99,999,999,999,999.98 USD in the fees section. It is a bit of a turnoff, I see your point but I think you could find a better way to express those figures, that sort of an overwhelming not really feasible number is unnecessary and might confuse and throw people off a little. Also ther eis no percentage next to the listing fees.

I also think what aspkin said is right, you should get a talented cheap graphic designer to design a little better logo. Dont get me wrong, im not saying that logo is crap, im just saying that it is a little amateur-like. Especially if you expect the site to attract and keep people staying.

The white font that is used for the header is also a little amateur looking. I know what type of look you were going for with that logo and header fonts. I just think that a more professional looking style would attract more people.

These are all very easy fixes. As far as the overall direction the site is going, I think your doing a great job. Keep up the good work.

Sorry about that Ill verify you mannually

ok you should be all good to go if your still getting any errors let me know



The sites fully featured verison should be up in a day or too - Thanks & happy selling

Been there, done that.

Evidence has found that sellers don't want a site that's good or treats them nice, but a site that's popular and treats them like dirt.

I agree, go to eBay.com and PayPal and model off their site designs.

The main thing that bothers me is how your site expands too much width wise.

And then how it's aligned left.

You should center align everything and cut down the width a bit, like ebay.com has it.

I know you don't want to be like ebay.. but design wise ebay is killing you.

Good work on the SEO though. That's the hardest part really.

Ebanza ..

I am wondering what you are going to do about security ?

How will you guarantee buyers protection against scams ?

AS LONG AS YOU PAY WITH A MAJOR CREDIT CARD VIA EITHER GOOGLE CHECKOUT OR PAYPAL YOU ARE ALWAYS COVERED 100% AGAINST FRAUD - PLEASE WHO ABUSE THE EBANZA SERVICE WILL BE SUSPENCED UNTILL WE CAN CONTACT THEM VIA TELLPHONE AND DISCUSS AN ISSUES THEY MIGHT BE HAVING




eBanza.com NO LISTING FEE!!!! NO EVIL!!!

LOL.. so true.

what do you tell a seller with two black eyes?
nothing... ebay already told em twice.

I don't think that is true?

I think people (sellers) just want to sell their its in peace, make money online and have a STABLE place to do it with out the thought of suspension and loss of income hanging over their head