new craft/handmade auction site

crafty auctions · #89 05-21-2014

thanks
we ve also got shipping accounts in place for members who have
dhl,fed-ex accounts an others
they can use them straight from site

rsot · #90 05-21-2014

Shipping accounts? Substantial savings?

imjustme · #91 06-17-2014

Website RIP?

rsot · #92 06-18-2014

Still up as of today

crafty auctions · #93 06-18-2014

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Originally Posted by imjustme

Website RIP?

yes we are still up
so i dont know where the rip has come from

imjustme · #94 06-20-2014

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Originally Posted by crafty auctions

yes we are still up
so i dont know where the rip has come from

RIP has come from the website having no products up at all.

There's a body, but no pulse, so to speak.

Also, I notice something strange on your website ...I see new users signing up every day but with random usernames in the same pattern, a 6 letter name followed by a 4 digit number.

Username Joined
lucias5632 06/19
richie2394 06/18
dannie831 06/18
lamont7566 06/18
collin5257 06/18
jctewe7118 06/18
colene5095 06/18
ivette1879 06/18
lonnyd9770 06/17
chanta3116 06/17

What's going on here?

rsot · #95 06-20-2014

Hmm those users are worrisome - reminds me of automatic bot signups

GreenBean · #96 06-20-2014

IP check needed there

crafty auctions · #97 06-20-2014

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Originally Posted by imjustme

RIP has come from the website having no products up at all.

There's a body, but no pulse, so to speak.

Also, I notice something strange on your website ...I see new users signing up every day but with random usernames in the same pattern, a 6 letter name followed by a 4 digit number.

Username Joined
lucias5632 06/19
richie2394 06/18
dannie831 06/18
lamont7566 06/18
collin5257 06/18
jctewe7118 06/18
colene5095 06/18
ivette1879 06/18
lonnyd9770 06/17
chanta3116 06/17

What's going on here?

everyone who signs up to us has to have email confimation
to be veriified these names do verify
we ve chked the ip addresses some are not in the united states as they did when registered some do confirm as netherlands we have sent the ip addresses out to be confirmed as to where they are
are some as showing as unknown

rsot · #98 06-20-2014

Netherlands...users with numbers...yeah your site was being scouted...

imjustme · #99 06-21-2014

They are probably circumventing your signup process. Its very insecure. I could register an account and activate it without even having access to that email address. In fact, I could register an account with anyhing@craftyauctions.co.uk without having access to that email address and still activate it.

crafty auctions · #**100** 06-22-2014

all those users have now been suspended and blocked

rsot · #**101** 06-24-2014

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Originally Posted by crafty auctions

all those users have now been suspended and blocked

And more come out to replace?

GreenBean · #**102** 06-25-2014

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Originally Posted by crafty auctions

everyone who signs up to us has to have email confimation
to be veriified these names do verify
we ve chked the ip addresses some are not in the united states as they did when registered some do confirm as netherlands we have sent the ip addresses out to be confirmed as to where they are
are some as showing as unknown

To help for the future, accounts from The Netherlands may be using TOR. That country offers many sites of ISP access whereby its users spam forums.

Are you controlling your own registrations? It's not difficult.

crafty auctions · #**103** 06-25-2014

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Originally Posted by GreenBean

To help for the future, accounts from The Netherlands may be using TOR. That country offers many sites of ISP access whereby its users spam forums.

Are you controlling your own registrations? It's not difficult.

we are now controlling our own registrations if anyone does sign up they need the email verification if not then we can verify them manually
any strange or weird names just get suspended an blocked
we are keeping an eye on who registers with us

imjustme · #**104** 06-25-2014

Over 2 months since you announced your website here, you still have 0 products listed ...

itemauctions · #**105** 06-27-2014

Don't give up, but you need to set up all the sub-categories and have listings like asap.

crafty auctions · #**106** 06-27-2014

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Don't give up, but you need to set up all the sub-categories and have listings like asap.

thanks were not giving up
sub catergories are in place we ve done them there there
but not showing up when you click on categories were going to get our programmer to have a look as the most viewed items when we do get items listed are nt showing up either
just little things which need tweaking
we are thinking of getting the icons changed onsite too
like have craft icons instead of the standared ones
an try an get something crafts in space where we can

imjustme · #**107** 06-27-2014

If 2 months after going live you still don't have even a single listing up, you're on the completely wrong path. Instead of dedicating your time to adding more categories and drawing new icons, you should focus on getting products listed. I wrote that like a month ago and you still have nothing. Not even one of your own products, at least?

I must be talking to a wall here.

MM78 · #**108** 06-28-2014

Think, McFly! Think - YouTube

Callidus · #**109** 06-28-2014

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Originally Posted by imjustme

If 2 months after going live you still don't have even a single listing up, you're on the completely wrong path. Instead of dedicating your time to adding more categories and drawing new icons, you should focus on getting products listed. I wrote that like a month ago and you still have nothing. Not even one of your own products, at least?

I must be talking to a wall here.

Couldn't agree more, no ROI if you have not even your own products listed.

rsot · #**110** 07-02-2014

Always good to expand - hopefully your programmer isnt costing arm and a leg