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How to get a website started

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  • 05-06-2010 2:51pm
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    komodosp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭


    I am planning on setting up a website of the type that matches people with different resources.. (like the way eBay matches buyers and sellers or expertsexchange, etc) So the only way to make it work is for there to be lots of users already on it.

    My question is this:
    How do these kinds of sites get started? Like no one would bother selling their stuff on eBay if it didn't already have a large population of buyers or vice versa, so how would they get their first big installment of members?

    Any ideas? Thanks


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    zAbbo
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    This doesn't sound like it has any legs (commercially anyway) as there are many similar marketplace websites already.

    As to how they start, well supply and demand...


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    First mover advantage (or whatever it's called)

    eBay has been around for a very long time and they basically carved out the market for themselves

    Getting lots of users quickly is NOT easy

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    Miss Fluff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭Miss Fluff


    You'd need a web strategy that ties in with your overall business objectives. Have you got a strategy bedded down or is this merely an idea at this stage?


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