From An Idea To A Real Internet Market Place
From An Idea To A Real Internet Market Place about www.iwannatrade.com
The Story
I was selling concrete pumps on my little infomation site back in the 90’s. I needed more so I started auctioning on ebay,I love auctions anyway, man the price to list and sell just kept going up and up. Then so many changes I was getting so annoyed us older guys like to keep things easy and cost effective. I looked for a better place to sell my products. I could not find anything that would work. I am a older guy who had limited computer skills, but I have had some great ideas and have used them over the years. So I started putting things on paper, kinda of a diddle pad. I spent weeks, months searching for what I needed to make my idea work this turned into years. I ran into problem after problem. The things I wanted to do could not be done the technology was not here yet. I would not take no for an answer I pushed and pushed for the IT people who could build my diddle pad idea into a working web site. First I had a young friend of my kids start the build, I purchased books, computers for him, he did well till we got deeper into the ways I needed things to work. He was in high school at the start then moved on to college and got scared of the auction and trade part of iwannatrade. I found some who said they could get started but they ran into problems nobody could do the timing, and combind all three sections together classifieds, trades and auctions all on one site. This part the first 1 to 4 years cost me tons of money, some to not so honest business people. I just kept searching for the correct people to complete my ideas.
I had a little set back at one point I had a heart attack this runs in my family so after by pass surgery I was back at getting this done so I could bring it to the puplic. I went through 6 or 7 web builders who of course said they could do the job (ha ha) I at one point had the site up and runnng but had a lot of errors, when they fixed one error it caused another group of errors, they never fixed the problem they started hidding and ran off without completing iwannatrade.com and over 20k. Then I found Toby ITS Solutions they built a complete new data base, I set up my own server and we were off but not without problems. We have worked out most everything but have had major set backs. Somethings out of our control a internet wide problem destroyed my site and I lost all my customer base. The good thing was my secure part of the site worked well we were able to protect all information so good I could not get the emails to let people know I needed them to rejoin. It pays to have a great secure site. I learned that somethings are out of our control.
I now need more buyers and sellers. With ebay and craiglist fighting in court I feel it is my time. With your help we can make a difference on how to buy, sell, trade, and auction products and services on the internet. www.iwannatrade.com is the most cost effective easy to use market place today. My site has free worldwide classifieds, trades trade anything, and our true online auctions all with very unique options giving you choices of how you want to buy and sell.
Advice for Others
Make your ideas come to life! Don’t take no for an answer! You can get it done! Never think only the big guys with money can complete their dreams!