Please review my startup - Online Classifieds

Post by antidaily » Wed, Apr 28, 2010, 3:22 PM UTC

Post by John212 » Wed, Apr 28, 2010, 3:25 PM UTC

asimjalis wrote: post #4

Also some of the categories are empty. I looked for IT and Software Jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it has nothing. It might be better to start with a narrower focus and solve the chicken-and-egg problem first. If you have posts, then you'll get readers, and then you'll get more posts.

Post by revorad » Wed, Apr 28, 2010, 3:29 PM UTC

wordsofwords wrote: post #6

The prefix ab denotes 'away' or 'from'. Similar to the word abstain; abstain from sex, abstain from voting, and seemingly opposite of obtain. Just gives a weird feeling and vibe.

Post by ritonlajoie » Wed, Apr 28, 2010, 3:33 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #2

It has a very spammy look to it. I don't know exactly what it is that causes this, but it looks "dubious".

Post by carbocation » Wed, Apr 28, 2010, 3:37 PM UTC

quellhorst wrote: post #8

ewams wrote: post #3

How is this different than craigslist? It looks nicer, but you have the same feel of how to find things. Why can't I search all of the USA? Or a region. Or search a whole state? I hate clicking around to different cities to try and find something. Posting is easy. Making an account is easy. Managing postings is easy. http://www.abtain.com/posts/manage has a field for price but I do not see a place to enter that in th…

I have sphinx search in the backend but turned it off because the number of posts is limited. Thanks for the feedback, I'll look into making browsing/searching across regions better. Do you think it would be useful if you are visiting a category in your local city to see posts from other nearby cities (within 150 miles)?