satoshiraffles.org

[andrewboy44]

I have created a new raffle website called satoshiraffles.org. It allows users to spend a little btc for a chance to win a item that is worth way more then the amount of btc they put in. We are currently starting with smaller items right now which are asicminer usbs. We are doing this because we need to develop a reputation first before we can start raffling off our larger items. Larger items will include, ipads, ipods, laptops, etc. We will be working with various charities to give raffle revenue to. We currently have two charities at the moment including bitcoin not bombs. Satoshiraffles needs 3 more charities. For more information on satoshiraffles.org please visit the website. There it will tell you more about satoshiraffles, how to purchase raffle tickets, our purpose, and allow you to see the current item up for raffle. If you have any questions or improvement ideas please comment or pm me below.  

Constructive criticism is always nice! Help me improve

Will be improving the website as time goes on. Raffles still we continue. Thanks

[aandcmedia]

Right now the design of the website makes it look like it was designed in iWeb with about 5 minutes worth of time. The color scheme is not very good either. Needs a lot of work on that end. I put in for a raffle to see how it goes. I do like that you do not want personal info.

[andrewboy44]

Right now the design of the website makes it look like it was designed in iWeb with about 5 minutes worth of time. The color scheme is not very good either. Needs a lot of work on that end. I put in for a raffle to see how it goes. I do like that you do not want personal info.

No the website was made through godaddy.com. Its the most simplest platform to use for creating a website and cheapest. Thank you for the criticism though. I will work on the color scheme. What colors do you suggest?

[andrewboy44]

Right now the design of the website makes it look like it was designed in iWeb with about 5 minutes worth of time. The color scheme is not very good either. Needs a lot of work on that end. I put in for a raffle to see how it goes. I do like that you do not want personal info.

Also do you like the idea of how the raffles work? I need as much feedback as possible. I've been working on the site for about 4 days and published it today. sold 10 tickets in less than an hour and now its getting slow so I obviously need to work on promoting the website more but what else do you think could help?

[aandcmedia]

A few things, you need to firstly hire a web developer to make the site not scream scam. Websites like this look like a scam right off the bat because again I understand you used godaddy but it has a early 2000's era style and look.

You also need to incorporate a shopping cart with an inventory system so it will automatically tick off each time a raffle ticket is sold. When I bought one the number did not change which means lets say 1 ticket is left and 10 people buy it, well then you just sold 209 raffle tickets which is scamming people because you claim to sell 200 tickets when in reality you didn't.

Once you work on the website some more then promote it, do some ad's. I am the owner of btcpages.net you could post it on directory sites like this. Add it to the reddit bitcoin page, etc. If this is the only place you posted it than don't expect the site to pickup any traction.

[aandcmedia]

You did this all wrong. You are trying to build a company based on a technology you have no clue about. You need to do some research. You should have googled this or read through forums or contacted people personally that run websites like this.

To give you an idea you build it on a platform like Magento (a e-commerce CMS) Wordpress (a CMS), joomla with a shopping cart component or plugin etc. Then use a plugin for the shopping cart that allows you to use coinbase or many of the bitcoin merchant services.

I don't want to put down your hopes and dreams but go back to the drawing board and plan this thing out. Learn what it takes to build a complete company/site.

[andrewboy44]

You did this all wrong. You are trying to build a company based on a technology you have no clue about. You need to do some research. You should have googled this or read through forums or contacted people personally that run websites like this.

To give you an idea you build it on a platform like Magento (a e-commerce CMS) Wordpress (a CMS), joomla with a shopping cart component or plugin etc. Then use a plugin for the shopping cart that allows you to use coinbase or many of the bitcoin merchant services.

I don't want to put down your hopes and dreams but go back to the drawing board and plan this thing out. Learn what it takes to build a complete company/site.

I understand. Im still going to let it run and add improvements as I go. You have to start somewhere. Thanks for the advice

[aandcmedia]

You did this all wrong. You are trying to build a company based on a technology you have no clue about. You need to do some research. You should have googled this or read through forums or contacted people personally that run websites like this.

To give you an idea you build it on a platform like Magento (a e-commerce CMS) Wordpress (a CMS), joomla with a shopping cart component or plugin etc. Then use a plugin for the shopping cart that allows you to use coinbase or many of the bitcoin merchant services.

I don't want to put down your hopes and dreams but go back to the drawing board and plan this thing out. Learn what it takes to build a complete company/site.

I understand. Im still going to let it run and add improvements as I go. You have to start somewhere. Thanks for the advice

Hard to make improvements on a website that has nothing but basic HTML and a website building tool thats horrific. First drop GoDaddy's website buildign software. I don't like these sites to much but they beat the hell out of GoDaddy's solutions. Try Wix or Virb or something that can give you a better looking site. That would be the first major improvement that you could make based on your skillset.

[andrewboy44]

Alright, thank you

[imrer]

Cut that stories - write it in few points.

Everything important should be on main page. (user want to go and play not read text and then search for the game)

Anyway it's great you started with something. Don't let others to discourage you from your goal but listen to their advices.

[andrewboy44]

Cut that stories - write it in few points.

Everything important should be on main page. (user want to go and play not read text and then search for the game)

Anyway it's great you started with something. Don't let others to discourage you from your goal but listen to their advices.

Thank you! adding it all to the improvement list