At 09:10 AM 3/12/99 -0500, L.M.Armour so eloquently stated:
>Hi All,
>
>I have been approached by an individual who currently has a business to
>business "computer/systems/mainframes brokering service" . He has been
>doing this for several years on a local scale. So far it has been
>handled one on one with him as the middleman matching up buyers and
>sellers.
>
>Now, he wants to expand this to the Web, on a global level. He's
>looking to have a site that will be the place of business. Where
>sellers can list their goods for buyers to search on the site and make a
>match. It would be up to the two parties to make the arrangements. He
>would charge buyers for listing their information with various fees
>according to the amount of time they want the listing for with a method
>on the site for them to extend/renew their listings.
>
>To me this should fit under some type of classified site model? I could
>see where he could add in different twists such as; confidential
>posting and forwarding service, newsletter alerts, etc.
>
>Aside from the normal classified sites out there, does anyone have
>examples of this type of operation? Also, any suggestions would be
>appreciated.
>
Years ago that was a big business, especially when IBM got into
the sales business. E-Bay and Onsale Auctions do this in an
auction format. The former does one at a time, whereas the
latter does lots or overruns.
George
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