Any thoughts on the new Reptile Report Marketplace?

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Originally Posted by zee-man

I get the feeling however that there was a closed pre-load or some such as there are a ton of snakes already available on the website. Was there an initial invitation sent out for breeders to load their snakes, or did folks really that quickly load their ads in less than a day's time?

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A notice went out on the FB forums last week, if people were interested in pre-loading ads. IMO it was smart to limit that to a few users for a few days as a "live beta-test" before going fully public with the site.

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Originally Posted by zee-man

My one gripe for the website thus far is as follows. When I select an ad to view and then want to go back to my review of the adds, clicking the back button on the browser returns me to page 1 of the listing, not the page I last viewed. So if I clicked an add on page 12, when I want to go back to page 12 to continue viewing the ads I haven't seen yet, I then need to navigate from page 1 back to page 12 again instead of merely continuing where I left off. I imagine this is a coding "issue". I'm mentioning it for more user-friendliness. I've spent some time building HMI's (human machine interfaces) so I'm approaching it from that perspective. What would I as a user like to be able to do / see - which I believe is the goal here. Maximum user-friendliness and intuitiveness.

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This.

Also, is there a way to say hide/block a seller's ads? I'll see some cool snakes and then see it's from a very controversial rated breeder.

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Originally Posted by zee-man

My one gripe for the website thus far is as follows. When I select an ad to view and then want to go back to my review of the adds, clicking the back button on the browser returns me to page 1 of the listing, not the page I last viewed. So if I clicked an add on page 12, when I want to go back to page 12 to continue viewing the ads I haven't seen yet, I then need to navigate from page 1 back to page 12 again instead of merely continuing where I left off.

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I noticed this too. I'll have to get into the habit of just opening ads I'm interested in another tab until it gets resolved.

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Originally Posted by sho220

I noticed this too. I'll have to get into the habit of just opening ads I'm interested in another tab until it gets resolved.

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Thats always been a habit of mine. Guess thats why I havent noticed that. LoL

It wasn't closed by any means, it just wasn't heavily advertised, I was able to just google it and sign up before it went "live".

I will say in my opinion it is better than anything else available. I see a more advanced search, buy it now, the heavy ad section was moved to the bottom, I'm not sure how I feel about the token system. Is there other features we have gained?

I'd like to request a thread merger if thats possible. I was looking for my post in the other thread and got a little upset that it had disappeared. It will also make it easier for Robyn to respond and see feedback.

Maybe it is just me but I don't really like the new marketplace. I feel that it isn't as user friendly as it could have been. However, I hope that someday the marketplace will improve.

Another thing... why does the market place allow an ad of a snake that doesn't exist yet?

For example, I don't want to say who or what, Mr. John Doe is selling his Panda Pied and in his ad, it says to contact the seller because John Doe is breeding two black pastel pieds right now. WTF?

The marketplace should ONLY list snakes that is available right now. My two cents.

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Originally Posted by digizure

The marketplace should ONLY list snakes that is available right now. My two cents.

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One of the rules is: Sellers of live animals must describe, depict, and link to their actual livestock.

I took that rule to mean that drop-shipping animals isn't permitted. Not sure if it means sellers can't ask for deposits on eggs, assuming a certain morph or combo is produced...

I've seen some ads that says "contact seller" for snakes that hasn't been hatched yet.

Also, my personal opinion, I would rather see an ad for each snake, not multiple snakes. What are your thoughts on that? I feel it would take more time to look for a specific animal if there are people posting multiple animals in one ad?