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Ragmah

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Hello there :)

I would just like to know if anyone can help me with setting up an auction site.

I need to know what would be the best way to do it as I have never done a site like this before. If there is a content management system out there that I could use do this then please let me know. Or maybe a listing cms that can be configured to have an auction feature as well.

It has to be a public site where anyone can register and login to sell there own products.

Any help will be much appreciated.
 
semaphore said:
Well then i would write one from scratch, incorporate functionality that bid or buy does not have.
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I just need the basic functions, nothing that bid or buy doesn't have. I was looking for a less time consuming solution like a cms. Also, the client will need to be able to manage it.
 
CMSs like Joomla have this already. Although I LOATHE to work in php and/or Joomla
 
There are plenty of auction systems out there, but those will only scale to a certain level. Your biggest challenge will be the actual auction processing (depending on what auction types you offer). If you do this as a project/paid job, do not sign up a fixed cost agreement, because it will result in many tears and no payments, as people tend to underestimate what happens behind the scenes.

BTW: bidorbuy offers auctions on cars and we provide B2B and B2C feeds - so this might be a more viable option (i.e. if your client has a proprietary inventory system you would just provide a feed and dump the inventory) and your time to market would be a few days with an established userbase and volumes. PM me if you want to know more...
 
MagicDude4Eva said:
There are plenty of auction systems out there, but those will only scale to a certain level. Your biggest challenge will be the actual auction processing (depending on what auction types you offer). If you do this as a project/paid job, do not sign up a fixed cost agreement, because it will result in many tears and no payments, as people tend to underestimate what happens behind the scenes.

BTW: bidorbuy offers auctions on cars and we provide B2B and B2C feeds - so this might be a more viable option (i.e. if your client has a proprietary inventory system you would just provide a feed and dump the inventory) and your time to market would be a few days with an established userbase and volumes. PM me if you want to know more...
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Thanks for the info :D very helpful
 
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