Solution 1 would be to stop the ad after 1 month and notify the seller that the ad has ran its initial course and that if they have not sold the item to log in and re-list it for free for 1 more month. (people like being given free stuff after the fact... more so than they do up front)
Solution 2 would be to just double your initial 1 month to 2 months and call it a 'perk'. Tell your customers it's twice the ad time for half the price blah blah These both seem like good solutions to me (I'd prefer solution1 personally) ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Any ideas As I posted earlier, I want to offer another month free if their item "does not sale". Not only does this cause people to want to use the service, but it gives the site more product for people to look at when they browse. Any ideas other than mine? Regards, Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 7:49 AM Subject: RE: Any ideas > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:37 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Any ideas > > > > In my classifieds, I want to give the customer the ability to re-post > > their ad for free for another month if they do not sale the item. Can > > anyone think of a way to check if the item is sold? I was thinking that I > > could have the customer log-in to be able to "agree" to buy the item from > > the seller and then have the seller "agree" to sell the item to the > > customer. At this point the database would be updated showing item was > > sold. Any thoughts? > > It seems more complicated than you'd need. Why would anybody want an ad for > another month if their item sold? > > You'll lose a lot less money by adopting the honor system than you would > spend trying to code for this. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:250223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
