Hey guys,
I was scrolling through the classifieds looking for any road bikes in my size for sale and having a really hard time finding them. Of course I tried to search for size and description and came up with a few but feel, that a seller and myself may be missing out on connecting if I am not searching for exactly what he has described.
Would it be possible to include a form when posting in the classifieds where sellers can categorize the items they are listing? ie brand, frame type, size, year, etc.
This coupled with an advanced search where filters could be applied would be awesome.
I like the idea. Let me see how much it’d take to do.
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Thanks for looking into this Jordan.
I’d also love to see this but I do see a problem with just having sub-forums for this:
There’s always going to be lazy users who won’t break down their 10-item threads into categories…so maybe use “tags” but I’m not sure how easy that would be to implement (IT guy but not web developer).
I think it’d be best to use something like “Tags” so that thread creators can check what categories the items in the post should fit under and then buying can able to search for posts by the tags in them.
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even just a few categories would help, like “bikes” “parts” “accessories”, etc. Most other boards just put up with the few mis-categorized threads.
I think the only two sub-forums that I would like would be a Buying and selling forum. There seems to be an ever increasing number of WTB threads. This kicks for sale threads off the first page pretty quick unless you have your single page view set higher.
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Having lurked around the classifieds quite a bit the last 2 months I can attest to this idea being better than trying to separate out different sections for wheels, frames, completes, components, clothing…etc
Separating out buying and selling would be very helpful though.
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Having some sort of tag/classification system would be amazing! I have been watching the classifieds for the past couple weeks and I cannot imagine how much more effective, quick and efficient this would be. Really hope this is possible.
Jack
I think that is a great idea. Would really help organize what is being sold.
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Yeah, that’d be good for everyone except the guy selling 30 things at once… then again, maybe there could be a subforum for that? 