[rjs_essex]

Hey Reece,

Great work with the site! I have a few minor austhetic and user friendly suggestions... Here goes:

1. Why is an auctions current bid called the 'Max. Bid'? I don't get it - a little confusing at first, or have I missed something? It doesn't make sence to me...

2. Listing Title - Is there anyway to limit the auction title? I would rather look through a list of auctions in the same way you do on Sedo - just the name 'no bullshit' I think something should be in place to stop people posting an auction with the title 'The greatest domain in the world, aka the one and only XXXX--->>>>LLLL.com<<<<---XXXX etc It would make browsing lists a whole lot easier. Also making the 'Item Title' column wider would help.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/short-domain-discussion/463924-the-official-bqb-com-thread.html

3. Listing Title (in auction) - I think this needs to be bigger and bolder. I clicked on one auction and had trouble finding what domain I had clicked on! I think the auction title (i.e.: the domain) should be more prominent on the actual listing page... its a bit tucked away at the top.

4. Registrar and Expiration date - should be compulsary? Just a thought... maybe not such a great one but I would prefer to see this on every auction.

5. 'Next Step', 'Previous Step' buttons - When creating an auction these are reversed... The 'next step' button should be on the right because thats its natural place because you are moving forward. This is a user friendly type suggestion - a little like the back/forward buttons in IE - imagine if they were the wrong way round!

6. Alt tags on images -i.e.: in an auction under 'seller information' there is a 'me' icon and a 'shop' icon - these should have alt tags - one thing I do before clicking on a button that I dont know what it does is hover over to get an idea of what it does do from the alt tag...'

A few suggestions which I hope are constructive!

Love the site and hope everything works out! I'm sure it will...

And to all those that don't think the UK is the centre of the world! Think again! It was nice to register on a site that has UK at the top of the list!! A first! lol

Rich

[-REECE-]

Hi Rich,

Thanks for the suggestions!

1. I'll look into getting Max Bid changed to "Current Bid" -- seems like a more appropriate title.

2. I noticed that too and I'm at fault here for starting it off listing "no reserve" after a few of my domain auctions. I'll post it on BQB in the news section as a "best practice" suggestion for now and make it a requirement on June 06, 2008, complying with the 30 day advanced notice policy I've made for major modifications on BQB.

3. Will look into what can be done to fix that.

4. I can make it mandatory through the coding that the fields contain text but I can't really control what people put in them (incorrect registrars or expiration dates aren't things the software can check for). Nobody is doing themselves anything but a great disservice by excluding this info (unless their registrar is EuroDNS or NetSol, in which case I'd want to pretend I didn't know where it was registered either! ).

BQB has alot of "hidden" features, like Abuse Reports which I'm definitely going to have to elaborate on in a much more in depth Help section in the near future, which may be able to assist in enforcing such a rule.

5. Changed.

6. Great suggestion Rich, will look into getting that added.

Rep added.

Originally Posted by rjs_essex

Hey Reece, Great work with the site! I have a few minor austhetic and user friendly suggestions... Here goes: 1. Why is an auctions current bid called the 'Max. Bid'? I don't get it - a little confusing at first, or have I missed something? It doesn't make sence to me... 2. Listing Title - Is there anyway to limit the auction title? I would rather look through a list of auctions in the same way you do on Sedo - just the name 'no bullshit' I think something should be in place to stop people posting an auction with the title 'The greatest domain in the world, aka the one and only XXXX--->>>>LLLL.com<<<<---XXXX etc It would make browsing lists a whole lot easier. Also making the 'Item Title' column wider would help. 3. Listing Title (in auction) - I think this needs to be bigger and bolder. I clicked on one auction and had trouble finding what domain I had clicked on! I think the auction title (i.e.: the domain) should be more prominent on the actual listing page... its a bit tucked away at the top. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=463924 4. Registrar and Expiration date - should be compulsary? Just a thought... maybe not such a great one but I would prefer to see this on every auction. 5. 'Next Step', 'Previous Step' buttons - When creating an auction these are reversed... The 'next step' button should be on the right because thats its natural place because you are moving forward. This is a user friendly type suggestion - a little like the back/forward buttons in IE - imagine if they were the wrong way round! 6. Alt tags on images -i.e.: in an auction under 'seller information' there is a 'me' icon and a 'shop' icon - these should have alt tags - one thing I do before clicking on a button that I dont know what it does is hover over to get an idea of what it does do from the alt tag...' A few suggestions which I hope are constructive! Love the site and hope everything works out! I'm sure it will... And to all those that don't think the UK is the centre of the world! Think again! It was nice to register on a site that has UK at the top of the list!! A first! lol ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=463924 Rich

[advaita]

Excellent looking site Reece and hopefully soon to be competition to Sedo, Afternic etc... I just signed up I think, if I did everything correctly

[nicedomains]

Got my account Looks great can't wait to start using it, Thanks!

[-REECE-]

Thanks guys, happy to have you both on BQB

Originally Posted by nicedomains

Got my account Looks great can't wait to start using it, Thanks!

Originally Posted by advaita

Excellent looking site Reece and hopefully soon to be competition to Sedo, Afternic etc... I just signed up I think, if I did everything correctly

[copper]

Seems like BQB only deal with acronym domains?
Any plan for generic domains? one word/two words domains?

[Ross]

Originally Posted by copper

Seems like BQB only deal with acronym domains? Any plan for generic domains? one word/two words domains?

Its a short domain market place. As far as one word domains go i would think that reece will impliment them in the future.

[-REECE-]

Yep, Ross is 100% correct. One word domains certainly fall into the scope of being "short", but there just isn't enough demand at the moment for names like Cars.com in example.

Most of the 84 members BQB has so far are NPers, with a few from the other forum (most are also NPers) and a couple from Rick's board. We don't have any "endusers" yet that I'm aware of for generics, but I'm sure that will change with time.

Originally Posted by Tivo

Its a short domain market place. As far as one word domains go i would think that reece will impliment them in the future.

[advaita]

I think I read it in tthis thread but now can't find it anymore - is it possible to find out how many domain names a person owns if you know one of his/her domain names ?

[Nem0]

I think having a one-word or a "pronounceable" category would be terrific.

[mahadeva]

Originally Posted by advaita

I think I read it in tthis thread but now can't find it anymore - is it possible to find out how many domain names a person owns if you know one of his/her domain names ?

Try http://whois.domaintools.com/?????.com. Under the DomainTools exclusive section you will find the number of domains owned by the registrant.

[-REECE-]

Yes, DomainTools is excellent. I'm actually using it (along with some other things) to help try and limit scammers from signing up on BQB.

It might be a bit discriminating and it's certainly not always the case, but most scammers don't have thousands of domains -- so how many domains someone owns does in some sense serve as a trustmark.

If they own a ton of domains at a particular email address and nothing fishy shows up in Google (with that email address), that's a pretty good 2 minute "confidence check" that everyone should do when dealing with someone they don't know (along with not allowing Paypal, but... ).
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=463924

We broke 100 members on BQB earlier today, which I largely believe Michael Goldman and Richard from Namepros are to thank for, having made posts about BQB on their popular blogs.

Just want to thank everyone supporting BQB however they can so far -- be it with a sig link, be it by telling a friend, or be it by making a blog post. It's all adding up and is greatly appreciated!

[Nem0]

Originally Posted by Reece

It might be a bit discriminating and it's certainly not always the case, but most scammers don't have thousands of domains -- so how many domains someone owns does in some sense serve as a trustmark. If they own a ton of domains at a particular email address and nothing fishy shows up in Google (with that email address), that's a pretty good 2 minute "confidence check"

I dunno, I just popped one of my domains in there (DomainTools' whois) and it said I only own 9 domains?? I use the same email and mailing address for all my domains but I have a heck of a lot more than 9.

[-REECE-]

It doesn't find them all, however to the best of my knowledge, it's quite accurate at not over-predicting what someone owns (unless they sell domains and the whoises aren't changed). It currently says 2554 for rockyberg(at)hotmail.com (my domaining email), which is pretty close to what I actually own.

Originally Posted by Nem0

I dunno, I just popped one of my domains in there (DomainTools' whois) and it said I only own 9 domains?? I use the same email and mailing address for all my domains but I have a heck of a lot more than 9.

[rjs_essex]

Originally Posted by Reece

We broke 100 members on BQB earlier today, which I largely believe Michael Goldman and Richard from Namepros are to thank for, having made posts about BQB on their popular blogs. Just want to thank everyone supporting BQB however they can so far -- be it with a sig link, be it by telling a friend, or be it by making a blog post. It's all adding up and is greatly appreciated!

I'm sure Michael passed more traffic on than I did but thanks for the mention!
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=463924

I was looking at the home page of the site and I have another suggestion...

The 'Featured' and 'Popular' auctions catagories have just the price and the 'Ending Soon' catagory just has the end time. I think it would be better for all three to have both the price and the end time. It could be a little frustrating clicking on the ending soon auctions looking for a last minute bargain only to find they have been bid up above their value and likewise for the other auctions it could be that they have 90 days to go and thus no urgency to immediatly click through...

What do you think?

Rich

[-REECE-]

You're just full of great suggestions Rich!

Yes, I definitely have to fix that up -- I noticed the Featured Auctions remaining displayed on the homepage as if they were selling at the price they were intially listed.

The Ending Soon section displays the price if there's been any bids (otherwise it displays a hyphen), but the Popular auctions and Featured auctions sections definitely need some reworking!

Originally Posted by rjs_essex

I'm sure Michael passed more traffic on than I did but thanks for the mention! I was looking at the home page of the site and I have another suggestion... The 'Featured' and 'Popular' auctions catagories have just the price and the 'Ending Soon' catagory just has the end time. I think it would be better for all three to have both the price and the end time. It could be a little frustrating clicking on the ending soon auctions looking for a last minute bargain only to find they have been bid up above their value and likewise for the other auctions it could be that they have 90 days to go and thus no urgency to immediatly click through... ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=463924 What do you think? Rich

[rjs_essex]

Arr I see it now... maybe it should say 'No Bids', or something more emotive like 'No Bids Yet - BID NOW'... Although coding that may be difficult depending on the set up

Rich

[advaita]

Thanks I'll check it out

Originally Posted by mahadeva

Try http://whois.domaintools.com/?????.com. Under the DomainTools exclusive section you will find the number of domains owned by the registrant.

[dmi]

I just noticed...

<meta name="description" content="enter general site description.">
<meta name="keywords" content="enter general site keywords">

You should fill these with appropriate data. It's important from a SEO point of view.

[ds2007]

I think "Recent Sales" block will be very helpful to figure it out whats going on
BQB.

Thanks.

[nicedomains]

Originally Posted by ds2007

I think "Recent Sales" block will be very helpful to figure it out whats going on BQB. Thanks.

Pretty good idea

[-REECE-]

Excellent suggestion!

Originally Posted by ds2007

I think "Recent Sales" block will be very helpful to figure it out whats going on BQB. Thanks.

Originally Posted by dmi

I just noticed... ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=463924 <meta name="description" content="enter general site description."> <meta name="keywords" content="enter general site keywords"> You should fill these with appropriate data. It's important from a SEO point of view.

I'm actually interested in keeping BQB somewhat poorly SEO implemented for awhile. Domainers from Namepros or the domaining community as a whole will likely be on average much higher quality members than random people stumbling across BQB courtesy of Google.

[Idees]

I signed up, Thanks!

[-REECE-]

Thanks mate!

Just approved it -- hope you enjoy BQB

Originally Posted by Idees

I signed up, Thanks!

[Bill]

I signed up as well. Looking good Reece. Thanks for all the hard work on getting this site up and running. Hopefully this can be in the same league as Sedo and all the others. No listing fees is a big plus.

Looking great so far...

-Bill

EDIT:

Thread title changed + highlight added.