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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: MasterS on September 03, 2012, 12:39 am

Title: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: MasterS on September 03, 2012, 12:39 am
Why not? I've seen a lot of great suggestions on here before and this has probably been suggested too but I never notice new implementations.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: Tbear2012 on September 22, 2012, 11:48 pm
YES YES YES!  This could also go with one of the other search suggestions about an advanced search where you can create a price range for results.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: bludsrevenge on September 24, 2012, 06:55 pm
This has been suggested a few times and it need its happen. It would be so much easier to buy this way.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: mickymisseri on September 26, 2012, 08:51 am
Well it could be a good implementation if they do not allow player to put fake ads at 0,01BTC just to get visibility as happens on eBay and similar sites.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: P.O.R.N on September 26, 2012, 10:52 am
I would very much like this to happen too!

Peng On Rad Nos
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: nabuchodonosor on September 28, 2012, 09:15 pm
I would be great. I always wondering why there is no such a basic option...? A competition is the best thing for any market place.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: Shroomeister on September 28, 2012, 10:07 pm
It has been suggested before, but fallen on deaf ears. I personally do not think it will ever be implimented by DPR and crew and here is why......

Every buyer is going to sort by cheapest first. That listing will sell no matter how shitty.

Then rival vendors will list lower to get the top spot.

process continues.

the only person that loses is DPR and the gang as they will get less and less revenue due to vendors slashing listing prices to make it to the top of that list.

....thats my personal thoughts anyway.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: nabuchodonosor on September 28, 2012, 10:46 pm
OK, maybe, Shroomeister, but on the other hand with this bad attitude Ebay would not exist.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: MistressPink on September 28, 2012, 11:22 pm
It has been suggested before, but fallen on deaf ears. I personally do not think it will ever be implimented by DPR and crew and here is why......

Every buyer is going to sort by cheapest first. That listing will sell no matter how shitty.

Then rival vendors will list lower to get the top spot.

process continues.

the only person that loses is DPR and the gang as they will get less and less revenue due to vendors slashing listing prices to make it to the top of that list.

....thats my personal thoughts anyway.

You're confusing PRICE with VOLUME.

Just because something is priced cheaply doesn't mean that the $ amount sold will change.

People will still pay the same dollar amount, they will just end up receiving more product from Vendors.

SR wins, weak Vendors with high stock costs will go bust, Vendors with low costs stay in business. 

Win for me, Win for SR, big dildo up the arse for Vendors milking customers with over-priced product.

It's a WIN-WIN for the customer (who is king) and the strong Vendors.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: Shroomeister on September 29, 2012, 11:28 am
OK, maybe, Shroomeister, but on the other hand with this bad attitude Ebay would not exist.

Your argument (and anyone elses for that matter) lost all credence as soon as you said "Ebay". This my friend. Is not Ebay.

I as a vendor am all for a price by Accending/Decending. I may have even been one of the people to suggest it. months ago.

I was only stating the way I assume admins have viewed it, because I can not imagine it is something that is very hard to implement. As a matter a fact I know it is not.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: Shroomeister on September 29, 2012, 11:31 am
It has been suggested before, but fallen on deaf ears. I personally do not think it will ever be implimented by DPR and crew and here is why......

Every buyer is going to sort by cheapest first. That listing will sell no matter how shitty.

Then rival vendors will list lower to get the top spot.

process continues.

the only person that loses is DPR and the gang as they will get less and less revenue due to vendors slashing listing prices to make it to the top of that list.

....thats my personal thoughts anyway.

You're confusing PRICE with VOLUME.

Just because something is priced cheaply doesn't mean that the $ amount sold will change.

People will still pay the same dollar amount, they will just end up receiving more product from Vendors.

SR wins, weak Vendors with high stock costs will go bust, Vendors with low costs stay in business. 

Win for me, Win for SR, big dildo up the arse for Vendors milking customers with over-priced product.

It's a WIN-WIN for the customer (who is king) and the strong Vendors.

I do not disagree. See above. Email Admins/Support and tell them. Maybe more people pulling for it now will get it done.

I would take this option tomorrow.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: MasterS on September 29, 2012, 01:40 pm
The option used to be here, I want it back.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: pinkapples88 on October 01, 2012, 07:24 am
That would be great.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: baddieboy on October 07, 2012, 02:14 pm
This would be great.

It was one of my first thoughts when I joined the site.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: beefy on February 27, 2013, 10:41 am
I've thought about this when i had just $10 or so in my account. It would be a great option i think.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: bill417 on March 02, 2013, 03:00 pm
Further to what shroom said, we could see most vendors listing their products at $0.00 or $0.01 in order to be at the top. However, the postage price for the item they list could reflect the amount that their after.

I've seen cannabis listings at $0.01, then after clicking the item link, you see there's different postage prices for different quantities and strains.

So although the addition of said feature may make things better for some users, it may cause confusion for others. And I can't see an entire page (or even page after page) of $0 - $1 listings being helpful if the above is the case.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: FuzzzyYak on March 04, 2013, 06:46 am
There needs to be more options to query the listings than just by price. SR needs a lot more!
Sort by quantity, quality, shipping options, price, distance, etc. Something like what eBay has.

Examples:
View all weed listings with a 1 oz weight, at $200 or less
All weed listings marked as "High Grade"
All ketamine listings with a price/grade ratio between $32 and $37 dollars, S-isomer ketamine, with an express shipping option, and only from the countries USA, UK, and Canada

If just a price query option was introduced, Shroomeister would be right. Many great listings would never even be looked at.
But if SR were to implement a very in depth search system like I mentioned above, everything would be seen. It would increase competition while keeping everything fair!
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: rage6666 on March 15, 2013, 05:48 pm
ye this would be good and also as mentioned a advanced search with options like prince range
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: livestr0ng on March 15, 2013, 08:14 pm
'Sort by price' would be abused by vendors as mentioned a few times. I strongly believe if it hasn't happened yet, it will not. I used to want it so bad but now I see why it wouldn't work. What WE REALLY NEED is a sort by weight/quantity function. Actually, that would somewhat, indirectly work as a 'sort by price' function too.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 19, 2013, 03:11 am
A few things come to mind.....

1.  You're comparing apples to oranges much of the time.  If you go to benzos and sort low to high, you'll see individual Xanax bars followed by five packs of Triazolam followed by a two pill diazepam sample.  It's not very useful.  Further categorization of the listings would be required to make a price sort feature useful.

2.  It may encourage impulse purchases of small amounts for buyers, which I think is unsafe.  The less packages of drugs in the mail the better.

3.  It's not of much interest of those who take commission from SR sales to implement this feature.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: MrJesusChrist on March 19, 2013, 07:08 pm
I literally just came to Features requests to express this idea.. It would be a great implication to the site!! Especially when you're low on btc and are looking for the cheapest shit you can buy  :P
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: RoxorsMyBoxors on March 20, 2013, 02:00 am
 
I've thought about this when i had just $10 or so in my account. It would be a great option i think.
Bingo.....  I usually spend the last ten dollars by searching the word samples... also gives me a chance to try some new stuff :D.
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: TorUser1549 on March 20, 2013, 04:43 am
I believe it wont be abused by vendors as it has been already said the first thing to appear will be individual drugs and low quantity so there is no way to abuse that.  I am completely in favour of and advanced search tool for the listings, maybe add some fields to the product description such as weight and things like that so that the advanced search feature can be implemented
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: sl0wturtle on March 20, 2013, 07:47 pm
There should be an advanced search option with the sort by price feature

Also, in this advanced search you could filter out which categories you would like to search only, if weed is checked, then you'll be able to search only for weed. or even multiple categories.

you should be able to search by weight because sometimes i just want to look at my options concerning QPs. I try searching
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: Woodrow1 on March 20, 2013, 10:27 pm
Sort by lowest price INCLUDING shipping!  BAM!  easy fix for the vendors claiming .01 for an item....


SR is exactly like ebay....exactly..... may be much smaller/black market, but if its easier for the customer and prices are more competitive from the sort price options then SR will make more money from it...plain and simple

I can find anything i want on here..... but some people arent so swift....... The sort options need to be more user friendly imo. Advanced options with quantities and or prices.

Ebay caters to the customers.... they are pretty successful.  You dont make money by making it harder for your customers. You cater to them making it a wonderful experience to get as much business as possible. Yes this is an illegal black market, but it is a market none the less and they work the exact same regarding customers/profit.   Making it more user friendly = more profit period. 

Plus the prices will be more competitive which brings more customers which brings more profit...

Its a win win for SR, vendors, and customers.... no idea why its not there anymore


Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 21, 2013, 03:34 am
Plus the prices will be more competitive which brings more customers which brings more profit...

Its a win win for SR, vendors, and customers.... no idea why its not there anymore
New customers (which many current members dislike the idea of attracting...) is more a matter of publicity than pricing.  The prices of every drug on SR are less than street prices, and SR is safer and more reliable than other methods, so pricing isn't a big issue.

Also, as previously stated, it is in the interest of the people running the site to sell more expensive listings.  See:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=108357.msg736358#msg736358
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: Woodrow1 on March 22, 2013, 01:49 am
Plus the prices will be more competitive which brings more customers which brings more profit...

Its a win win for SR, vendors, and customers.... no idea why its not there anymore
New customers (which many current members dislike the idea of attracting...) is more a matter of publicity than pricing.  The prices of every drug on SR are less than street prices, and SR is safer and more reliable than other methods, so pricing isn't a big issue.

Also, as previously stated, it is in the interest of the people running the site to sell more expensive listings.  See:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=108357.msg736358#msg736358

LMAO!  you wont make ANY money if you don't attract new customers... thats a fact..  I've ran a business long enough to know that good customers stop being customers at some point and to make money and to stay in business you need NEW customers.

You were a new customer at one point werent you?  I was a new customer a couple years ago.  EVERYONE was a new customer at some point. 

Yes prices are lower than street prices...Its not an issue at all with me..Ive bought on SR plenty of times and will continue... . But they could go lower if they were more competitive... And the lower they get the more customers will buy...

That link only discussed the cost of selling product that SR charges. Nothing from a mod, owner or admin stating they want higher listings. The more items sold....the more SR gets....and you can see they get MORE of a percentage from CHEAPER listings.....



Prices arent exactly my big reason why i would like the sorting options.  Because i dont really go for the cheapest price...  I just want more sorting options to be able to fucking look through SR with some sort of organization.    I look through Ebay with lowest price and its a very good method to find what you need with a good price.   

SR used to have a lowest price option and it used to be a lot easier to look for shit...  now its just a cluster fuck
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: lelmeriodici on March 22, 2013, 03:28 am
Woodrow1, you're definitely businesses need new customers to keep going, however in the business of drug sales, new customers and popularity isn't always a great thing.  You never want to attract too much attention.

As far as new customers, I'm one of them.  I made my first purchase about a month ago.  The only reason I wasn't on here earlier is because I never heard of it.  I was Googling and stumbled upon that Gawker article about SR.  The only reason all my friends weren't or aren't on SR is because they don't know of it.  Finding SR is the biggest barrier, once you're on you're set.  Even if the prices were the same as on the street, the convenience and lower risk would keep many people coming back.  Lower prices and competition are more than welcome but aren't the key to bringing in new customers.

As far as the commission schedule, you're right.  I misread it, my apologies.

I totally agree with you on needing a better way to catalog listings.  Here's the complaint I made a few days ago, it received a whopping 0 replies. :)
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=133508.0

lelmeriodici
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: mercedesbenz on March 28, 2013, 02:55 pm
Agreed with woodrow, price + shipment would be nice but since there are many different shipments options, not so easy to set up  :-\
price per gram would be very nice too
Title: Re: Sort: By price (Accending/Decending)
Post by: maxhavelaar on March 30, 2013, 12:50 am
The option used to be here, I want it back.
Really when was it fased out, is there a record of that. Was it simply sortnig everything frmo High to low, because that would probably group 1 grams, 5 and 10 together and still you can skip the 0.1 bullshit.
Now it just favours the succesfull, because you see them first.