New bike classifieds

[Shaffa]

Hi all,

Just doing a bit of market research really. Do any of you any of you feel there's a need for a new website catering only for people selling their bikes online (like Autotrader, but for bikes). I've always thought there's a gap in the market for this, of course there's eBay but I'm thinking something slightly more specialised and dedicated to bikes. All the main ones available seem to be a bit messy and in "forum" format, and you need to trawl through pages and pages just on the off chance you may find something you want. Also, all the pages seem to be a kind of "sideline" to the main content of the site - e.g. the classifieds on PistonHeads. I want mine to be a classifieds, with other content based around that.

Let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Shaffaman

[anonymous-user]

i personally dont really think there is a need for it, or rather, i wouldnt use it.

were i to be looking for a second hand bike i would use either singletrack world or bike radar as i would trust the users of those sites to be honest sellers and sell quality bikes/components. they are quite specialist websites and would be most likely to sell the type of bike that i would be looking for.
although every classifieds ads website has its share of scams and dodgy sellers, they are fairly easy to spot and do not tend to appear that often on the more specialist websites.

[Gazzab]

Cant see the need or benefit. But hey I was against the TVR Network that was recently started (and stopped).

[Rolls]

IMO, one of the easiest places to sell stuff bike wise is Singletrackworld...
yeah, you get the normal nike snobbery etc on there, but I don't think you'll beat it for classifieds

[mk1fan]

STW used to be great for selling and buying but since the change in the Classifieds I think it's terrible. Bike specific classified website sounds good in principle but how are you going to deter people selling stolen goods or commiting fraud?