Someone please make a good marketplace

[Altoidnerd]

Just copy ebay.  Who cares.  I'm so sick of ebay fees, they're way too damn high for sellers.  Someone do this, you'll make a bazillion dollars.  Make an excellently organized legit marketplace that isn't on the deep web!

[justusranvier]

FellowTraveler is working on it.

[Altoidnerd]

FellowTraveler is working on it.

Good.  Once we have that and I can buy all my food with BTC, may actually be able to do everything with coins.

[justusranvier]

and I can buy all my food with BTC

Last week I opened a feature request support ticket with LocalBitcoins for exactly what they'd need to do to enable that.

[Altoidnerd]

and I can buy all my food with BTC

Last week I opened a feature request support ticket with LocalBitcoins for exactly what they'd need to do to enable that.

Would love.  The big old libertarian eff-the-bankers political agenda is nice, but its not why I want to use BTC more than I am.  

1) Ebay is trying to force me to set up recurring payments once again (I closed the card they had on file hehehe) because they can charge me without my explicit permission.  What bugs me though is they're not even allowing me to make one time payments at all.  They HAVE to be able to charge me when they feel like it.  It's as if they're admitting that our business relationship isn't mutually beneficial enough to trust that I'll pay them what I owe...

^ best feature of bitcoin.

2) Bitpay really is awesome because there is no "checkout form" when buying online.  Fast as hell!  I Christmas shopped with BTC and it was very quick affair.  Not every user will aggree that BTC is faster though.  Ease of use is up to the individual really.

[Altoidnerd]

and I can buy all my food with BTC

Last week I opened a feature request support ticket with LocalBitcoins for exactly what they'd need to do to enable that.

If you don't mind, I'm curious how you pitched it.  I sell on LocalBitcoins so I am familiar with their system. 

[justusranvier]

If you don't mind, I'm curious how you pitched it.  I sell on LocalBitcoins so I am familiar with their system. 

Opened this ticket on the 26th. Still waiting for a reply, but I kind of expect that due to the time of year.

I propose that you add a new advertisement type: "local shopping."

Local shopping ads are offers to pay BTC for something purchased at a store instead of cash, for example: groceries.

Local shopping ads are specific to a geographical region, can only be claimed by a single buyer, and expire after a certain amount of time.

Buyers who willing to purchase BTC by shopping for someone else can register for notifications in a particular area/radius. Any time a shopping ad is posted in their radius they receive email and SMS notifications, giving them the opportunity to claim the ad.

Settlement is finalized at the time of delivery, in a manner similar to coupons. The seller needs to estimate the final cost and have enough btc to cover it in the wallet prior to creating the ad. The buyer texts the exact receipt amount to LocalBitcoins which locks up that many btc in escrow.

There are several advantages to creating this type of ad:

1) Finally we'll have something to respond with when people bring up that you can't live off of your Bitcoins.

2) Buyers who want to buy btc with credit cards and other forms of payment that are normally high risk will be able to do so without paying exorbitant markups.

3) This could significantly reduce legal risk for US users of LocalBitcoins. Buying and selling products and services for bitcoins is not money transmission according to FinCEN, and so should not expose casual traders to potentially severe legal penalties.

It's also possible to create a "online shopping" ads with similar functionality.

[Altoidnerd]

This is really nice.  Online grocery shopping is widely unavailable in general and this motivates that too.  Don't I know you from wordpress?  Have you pressed this?

[justusranvier]

Don't I know you from wordpress?

Probably not. I've got a Blogspot blog (linked in signature) though.

[Altoidnerd]

Don't I know you from wordpress?

Probably not. I've got a Blogspot blog (linked in signature) though.

You commented on my blog.  I recalled your name.  Small BTC world eh.

http://altoidnerd.com/2013/11/07/bitcoin-bubble-not-this-time-a-qualitative-analysis-of-bitcoins-price-and-lifecycle/

Can I make a blogpost with your idea, quoting you precisely and giving you full credit?

Alternatively you can blog it and I'll reblog.

[justusranvier]

You commented on my blog.  I recalled your name.  Small BTC world eh.

Oh yeah. I do comment from time to time.
http://altoidnerd.com/2013/11/07/bitcoin-bubble-not-this-time-a-qualitative-analysis-of-bitcoins-price-and-lifecycle/

Can I make a blogpost with your idea, quoting you precisely and giving you full credit?

I don't really want to scoop LocalBitcoins in case they decide it's feature they want to implement.

It's something that could be done as a standalone project, but makes the most sense on a site that already has an active community of traders.

[Altoidnerd]

You commented on my blog.  I recalled your name.  Small BTC world eh.

Oh yeah. I do comment from time to time.
http://altoidnerd.com/2013/11/07/bitcoin-bubble-not-this-time-a-qualitative-analysis-of-bitcoins-price-and-lifecycle/

Can I make a blogpost with your idea, quoting you precisely and giving you full credit?

I don't really want to scoop LocalBitcoins in case they decide it's feature they want to implement.

It's something that could be done as a standalone project, but makes the most sense on a site that already has an active community of traders.

Ok that's fine.  If you do decide to write something up let me know and I will post it too.

IMO: I think localbitcoins has a clear head start...so if people started talking about this it would only encourage them to bring in the feature, not threaten their position.  I could be wrong though.  Happy NY.