Sinaas; Bricks

Together with a partner I have started a new business called Martingale Internet Technologies. The idea is to start up a number of vertical market communities for collectibles such as stamps, coins, comics or wine. The team consists of 8 people with the plan to soon grow. Our first site is www.ToyCollector.com, a portal for vintage and collectible toys. Please check it out and if you are a toy collector (don’t worry, I will not tell anybody) join us, if you know of somebody who would like to please send it on (and let me know so that I can buy coffee/tea/beer/wine next time I see you).

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verKoopwinkel has been pretending to be a German company and has uploaded to Google Base ( aka Shopping ex Froogle ). But now we have been caught redhanded...We were uploading in Dutch not English or German. Google sent the following E-mail:
"Hello,

Thank you for participating in Google Base. We've recently reviewed your
items and noticed they contain errors. Because of these errors, we've
temporarily removed your items from the search results. Please correct the
following problems with your items:

Issues:

1. Unsupported currency
2. Unsupported language

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1. Unsupported currency: We noticed your prices are listed in an
unsupported currency. Please visit
http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=54611&hl=en for a list
of the currency and country combinations we currently support.

Products listed in currency and country combinations other than those
supported won't appear in our search applications. If your site can
display prices in a supported currency, please list these prices in your
data feed.

2. Unsupported language: It appears that your item is in a language that
we currently don't support. Please visit
http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=25289&hl=en for a list
of our supported languages.

As we're working hard to make Google Base available in additional
languages,we encourage you to check back periodically for updates on our
internationalization efforts. In the meantime, if you're able to submit
your items in one of our supported languages, please do so in order for it
to appear on Google Base.

After you've corrected the errors, please upload your items again. We'll
notify you if any additional corrections are needed.

Sincerely,

The Google Team"


verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

They come to your house for an estimate (a bit like Estate Sales in the US). www.flogit4u.co.uk

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

From the Auctionrebel blog:
As I said ‘Good Morning’, he began putting all the books from the larger piles back on the shelves and said, ‘There’s lots of new books here, but you’re wasting your time looking at them. I’ve gone through all the new stuff and those three are the only ones worth buying. I just spent 30 minutes going through all these for three books I’ll probably get $40 for. It’s hardly enough to pay for the gas.’

As he walked up to the counter to pay for his three books, I went to the shelves where they regularly put out cookbooks and, within five minutes using ScoutPal, had found four cookbooks that I can list on Amazon for a total of roughly $85.

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Once upon a time there was Marktplaats >_ [1] that set up INTOKO [2] Germany, CA (Canada) , Germany and Turkey. It was taken over by eBay [2,5] which set up Kijiji [3,5] ...this logo is the temporary? result in Turkey.




verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Is it wise to publish this on my blog...?

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

VUURVE (It isn't easy thinking up and finding 6 letter dot.com URL's nowadays).

For $ 25 dollars extra, an Internet retailer can sell it's items after sending them to a UPS store where they can be picked up on the same day. It only will be offered for NIB articles (New In Box).

There's already another system of same day pickup: It's called...shopping.
http://allbusinessauctions.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/google-vuurve-another-oddball-ebay-concept-connected-to-ebay-franchise-ups-stores/

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Founded by Bob Page in 1981, Replacements, Ltd. (located in Greensboro, NC) has the world's largest selection of old & new dinnerware, including china, stoneware, crystal, glassware, silver, stainless, and collectibles. Our 415,000 square foot facilities (the size of seven football fields!) house an incredible inventory of 12 million pieces in more than 286,000 patterns, some over 100 years old! We add items to our site each day, so click on the categories above that match your interest, and spend some time with us online!Each month, thousands of our customers replace broken or missing pieces, or add to their collection. In fact, we receive up to 10,000 telephone calls each day via our toll-free number 1-800-REPLACE (1-800-737-5223) 8am - 10pm ET, 7 days! We also receive thousands of online inquiries daily! Each piece we offer is carefully inspected and entered into our computerized inventory system. Our computers are vital in maintaining the records of specific requests for each customer's file, allowing our staff to quickly and efficiently locate dinnerware pieces for thousands of customers every day!

Replacements, Ltd.'s beautiful 12,000 square foot showroom offers a wide range of beautiful products and special sale items. Included is a museum that features over 2,000 rare pieces of china, crystal, silver, collectible plates, and figurines.

Replacements, Ltd. Our Showroom is open from 9am to 7pm ET, 7 days a week; free tours are available from 9:30am to 6:00pm ET, 7 days a week. The Showroom and Museum are conveniently located between Greensboro and Burlington, NC, at exit 132 off Interstate 85/40. We look forward to your inquiry or visit!



verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

More and more people in the US and Canada advertise their Garage Sales on Craigslist, you can also see the influence of seasons.


In the Netherlands people don't do garage sales aka yard sales. It's partly cultural, people don't move house as much and partly people have the idea it is against the law, so a lot of people wait until Queen's Day.

Or they (used) to do it in a more organized fashion.

Boeldag
Ook wel: Miening.
Openbare verkoping van roerend en/of onroerend goed; deze werd vroeger per kerkenspraak ter algemene kennis gebracht. Op de dag van de verkoping ging de pander het dorp door, blazend op een hoorn. Boel-dagen werden gewoonlijk in of bij een herberg gehouden. Ook wel vanuit een boerderij, van waaruit het tilber (meubilair, gereedschappen enz.) verkocht werd.
De verkoping vond gewoonlijk plaats in twee veilingen op de eerste dag. Later werd de `palmslag` gehouden. Palmslag komt van het gebruik, dat ter bevestiging van de koop de ene partij een slag met de rechterhand (palm) in die van een ander gaf. De veilingen hadden plaats door `bieden en hogen`, waarvoor bod- en strijkgelden werden uitgeloofd. Ook werd er publiekelijk nogal eens koren of gras op stam verkocht. Bij verkoop van onroerend goed moest de koper zorg dragen voor twee borgen, die garant stonden voor betaling van de koopsom.
De boeldagen werden vaak opgeluisterd met enkele vermakelijkheden om zoveel mogelijk volk te trekken. Een geliefde bezigheid was koekslaan of koekhakken. Met een scharnierend hakmes moest een op een houten blok gelegen reep koek en een tevoren overeengekomen aantal slagen in de lengte doorgeslagen worden. De `Kop van Jut` was op boeldagen ook zeer in trek.






verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

From this
To this

verKoopwinkel already has a number of partners(who are to busy to have websites) that help people declutter.

What do they do ? Source http://www.homedecluttering.com

We unravel your clutter and give you back some space!

§ Our De-cluttering Service will tackle your attic, garage, under stairs, basement, kitchen or the whole house

§ One hour of a meeting in advance and then a military style operation begins.

§ A pre-organised skip arrives at the appointed time. We then divide everything into lots – the things you want



o To hold onto

o To give to charity

o To get rid of

o To send to auction aka verKoopwinkel , de Marktplaatswinkel



§ The whole operation from start to finish usually takes one day and the results are remarkable. Space & more space. Ask our clients.



§ Above all we are sensitive to your requirements. We do understand that the decision to get rid of personal items can be difficult. We are there to help you and we respect your specific needs. Confidentiality is assured on every project.



§ De-cluttering has amazing benefits – space is created, rooms are renewed and your house will be restored to its former un – cluttered glory.



Or you can do it yourself, as this lady has done.

Een Amsterdamse schrijft op haar blog: "kado gekregen..Een broodbak machine.... Al mijn kasten puilen nu al uit in allemaal rotzooi die o zo handig is, maar nooit wordt gebruikt hihi. Maar ja, nu die broodbakmachine erbij kwam moest er toch echt geruimt worden.
3 vuilniszakken met onnodige dingen zijn weggegooid, 1 grote grote tas met allemaal pakje zoals nasi bami sausen bakmeel etc gingen in een tas voor diane en nog heb ik volle kasten, keukenmachines in een andere tas voor dries jr en nog een paar dozen in een kast voor naar de marktplaatswinkel. tjonge tjonge wat een bende kan iemand opsparen. Maar goed das nu opgeruimd."


verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Bron: Mijn huis en tuin Zo ziet onze zitkamer er nu uit!

Wel een heel verschil met een paar maanden geleden he? Ik ben er erg blij mee! Het is gewoon een kick om leuke, goedkope meubeltjes te scoren en naar mijn eigen smaak op te knappen:-) Het creme leren bankje (van verKoopwinkel) was ook al zo'n koopje en het ziet er nog prachtig uit. Met 10 katten ga ik denk ik ook geen nieuwe bank meer kopen, is gewoon zonde;-)

Toen ik gisteren hoorde dat mijn nek in orde was (MRI scan gehad) ben ik meteen naar de verkoopwinkel van Marktplaats hier in Zaandam gegaan en heb dat leuke tv kastje gekocht in Queen Ann stijl...Ik zag er potentie in en voor 27,50 hoef ik het niet te laten toch? Gisteren dus geschuurd en 2 x geschilderd (vannacht onrustig geslapen, zere arm) en net uit mijn werk het afgeschuurd...Verstandig is het niet, want mijn lijf protesteert alweer (maar dat komt ook door het tillen aan het kastje vermoed ik) maar ik vind hem enig geworden! Helemaal mijn smaak:-) Ik ben trouwens blij dat deze stijl het toelaat om niet zo netjes te schilderen want een echte schilder zou zich rot schrikken;-)

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verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Wal-Mart has grown from 1 store in 1962, to 32 billion in 1992 and now around 400 billion dollars a year (more than the Belgian National Product) with well over 1 million employees. The biggest company on earth.

Now live & combined with Oodle for Classifieds; http://walmart.oodle.com/

Millions of ads already

(via oodle ? )


via:
http://rksmythe.blogspot.com/2008/05/watch-out-craigslist-and-kijiji.html

eBay now trading at 30 dollars. The news hasn't hit mainstream media yet and sunk in.

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

PS: oodle.com walmart.com traffic on www.alexa.com

# posted by Ansgar-John : 9:26 PM  1 comments links to this post

Eigenlijk de link de we op onze Homepage moeten zetten.

http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?url=http%3A//kopen.marktplaats.nl/search.php%3Fxl%3D1%26ds%3Dto%253A1%253Bpu%253A0%253Bui%253A4014052%253Blt%253Azip%253Bsfds%253A1%253Bpt%253A0%253Bmp%253Anumeric%253Blx%253A117316%253Bly%253A494855%253Bosi%253A2%26ig%3D1%26ppu%3D0%26srt%3Dpd%26ui%3D4014052%26ig%3D1%26xref%3D1

Meg Whitman is currently active supporting the Republican party in the race to the White House so it isn't surprising that John McCain is talking about eBay creating jobs for 1,3 million people, but how does that score on the truth-o-meter ?


verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Marc Andreessen met and talked with Barack Obama for 1 1/2 hours in early 2007. Great summary: Here Andreesen asked Obama directly: " How concerned should we be that you haven't had meaningful experience as an executive -- as a manager and leader of people?"

Obama responded:" Watch how I run my campaign -- you'll see my leadership skills in action."

Obama has a great web presence run by Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, but the combination with off-line activities will be the deal closer for November.

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

"There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second."

Jeff Bezos (Founder Amazon)


Finntech makes classifieds website software, here is a link to a report about the industry that is a must read:
http://finntech.nettsider.finn.no/our_business/business_insights/price_equals_marginal_cost_equals_zero

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http://www.debazaar.nl/e-markt.html



verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Over the last 10 years, uBid has helped over 7,000 businesses sell more than $2 Billion of excess inventory, and saved customers hundreds of millions of dollars in the process.
Last week they announced that offline physical liquidation solutions, or brick and mortar “tent sales” would become a permanent channel in their multi-channel asset-recovery sales model.
After successfully helping its financial partners liquidate the retail facilities of brands like Appliance Electronics Depot, Laminate Store International, and Hollywood Video with offline brick and mortar sales in Florida earlier this year, uBid.com Holdings will make its physical facilities liquidation channel, “uLive”, a permanent part of its seller solutions offerings.

It's the logistics, stupid:

“When you look at the type of merchandise we’ve historically helped our partners sell online, it tends to be smaller merchandise that’s cost-efficient to ship.” said uBid.com Holdings Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Hoffman. “But excess inventory comes in all shapes and sizes and when we looked at the logistics of helping both our new and existing sellers liquidate larger items like home appliances, we saw the enormous opportunity we could exploit with a dedicated physical liquidation channel. It offers our sellers the ability to connect to our buyers through a whole new means. That said, it’s a natural extension to our existing set of asset-recovery seller solutions.”

Via Auctionbytes podcast.

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Marktplaats.nl still doesn't have a telephone number for customers as far as I know. Setting up a call centre is a hassle. I wonder if a system would work whereby costs are related to how busy the line is, so there is no waiting time.
"This line is very busy at the moment, if you wish to speak to a human now, it will cost € 9,34 per minute, the rate is currently increasing, or you can visit our website ...."."

This it might be profitable.

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

We don't pick up articles from people's homes (yet). The thrift stores (kringloop) do, traditional auctions like Veiling Alkmaar do, chains of consignment stores in the US do. Of course we will charge for it. But we think we can improve our assortiment by focussing on cash rich, time poor sellers.


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