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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: Veetano on July 10, 2012, 02:29 am
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Okay, let me start off by saying that this idea would completely enhance the SR experience for vendors and buyers.
There is already a feature in place that allows buyers to fan/favorite certain vendors.... why not introduce a feature where on the main page of SR when you log in, all the latest new listings for each of your 'Fanned' vendors is shown.
I don't know about you guys, but I have about 30 vendors that I buy from on the regular because some vendors wont have products at times other vendors would. I have to check all 30 pages when I am looking to buy.
If there was a feed that showed all new listings from your favorite vendors everytime you logged into SR. This would boost vendor sales by boosting promotion of their products to the customers that buy... meaning the amount of sales would also go up... and in turn SR would actually profit from this update.
There are a number of positive benefits that this feature would bring, though I cannot think of them all right now. It would certainly make the buyer experience much easier, saving a lot of people, a lot of time.
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I defiantly agree with this. This is a good idea.
Wouldn't be very hard to implement either.
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With this I am left wondering what good being a vendors fan is. :o
From the vendor side I can not see who is my fan and who is not. It would be nice if I could announce to my fans a special, a sale for the fans only, or even give them an early link to a listing before it goes public.
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With this I am left wondering what good being a vendors fan is. :o
From the vendor side I can not see who is my fan and who is not. It would be nice if I could announce to my fans a special, a sale for the fans only, or even give them an early link to a listing before it goes public.
yeah, I basically go through my old transactons and message my buyers about new stuff, the thing that sucks is I often miss a good customer because their last transaction was three or four weeks ago
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With this I am left wondering what good being a vendors fan is. :o
From the vendor side I can not see who is my fan and who is not. It would be nice if I could announce to my fans a special, a sale for the fans only, or even give them an early link to a listing before it goes public.
Agreed sir. being able to speak "directly" to fans would be an awesome way to self promote with out stuffin your offereings in "everyones" face.
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It makes sense, anyway. You didn't become their fan just to bookmark it. You are their FAN! You want to know.
But, it can be abused. So, I suggest instead, a track/fan system. Track some, fan others. Get both. :)
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It makes sense, anyway. You didn't become their fan just to bookmark it. You are their FAN! You want to know.
But, it can be abused. So, I suggest instead, a track/fan system. Track some, fan others. Get both. :)
Yes. Allowing them to opt-in is not a bad idea.
Change fan to "bookmark" and then have the "fan" setting "subscribe" them to your "feed"
You feel THIS major over haul would be worth it? ;p
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Awesome idea.
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agreed the feed is a good idea!
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I'd love to see more fan functionality. Particularly another option when listing an item to have it only appear to fans.
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I agree I really wish vendors could see who their fans were, it would really make the fan feature more popular / useful in my opinion.
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YAHH! 2nd that! great idea!
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I like the idea. Having a feed off to the side might also encourage a few impulse buys. Someone sees something they were not looking for but the feed caught their eye, and they already know that the vendors in their feed are trustworthy. I think this could have a good impact on sales.
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Its maybe a bit off topic but I wonder if the money spend for a seller account (around 150$ I think atm)
will end up as a total profit for SR or is it returned (parts of it) to the vendor after a period of offering positive services?
tty
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As a vendor i love this idea. I think it would be a great way to let users know about my new products, offers, price deductions, etc. Really good idea mate, perhaps this could be implemented one day.
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It makes sense, anyway. You didn't become their fan just to bookmark it. You are their FAN! You want to know.
But, it can be abused. So, I suggest instead, a track/fan system. Track some, fan others. Get both. :)
Yes. Allowing them to opt-in is not a bad idea.
Change fan to "bookmark" and then have the "fan" setting "subscribe" them to your "feed"
You feel THIS major over haul would be worth it? ;p
Yes I do! I think your major overhaul would also be worth it, in the end. Anything that makes stuff easier for you vendors will always be worth it.