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[atomium]

New Updates

1) We have just released a new messaging system for buyers and sellers, this new system will allow better communication between the buyer and the seller and will also greatly increase sales to sellers for those buyers that want to buy your products but are doubtful and have some questions to ask before purchase. Buyers can now ask a question through your product page or through your store page, this was something major that was missing and we finally released it, it still has some minor bugs but the overall functionality works.

2) Our store directory page has now started ranking stores by their activity and the amount of information they provide. Stores that are ranked highest are those that include a store logo, facebook and twitter profiles, and by the number of products they have for sale. So we urge all sellers to please provide the most information so they can be moved to the top of our directory. Our store directory also now includes the number of products each store has next to the store name.


New Bug Fixes

1) We released a new system earlier this week http://www.coingig.com/stats that will let us know if MtGox gets delayed with prices so that it can notify us, since our bitcoin prices are being pulled from the MtGox API when we update every 30 seconds, our new update will ensure that if MtGox goes down, we will not be affected and we will use the last price that was sent to us. You can check out our stats page and see how it works.

2) We have cleaned up some major database redundancies that will make querying faster and an overall faster user experience. We want our site to be accessible and stable 24/7.

Thank you all for your support! We haven't forgotten about all the features/bugs you want us to fix, we have a big list of tasks to do and we will get them all complete so please hold on a little longer

[nebulus]

The "Checkout" issue was fixed. Sorry for the  inconvenience.

[atomium]

We have also fixed the 413 Request Entity Too Large error. This error came up because there was a limit of 1mb image upload size, we have now increased the limit to 5mb.

[nebulus]

Sup, folks!

Ken and I got several more thing accomplished. Posting here to keep you updated on what has been done.

1) We changed the way products are displayed the site. From now on, every store owner is given a slot on something what we call Coingig Showcase. We've decided to go away from our previous model of showing all listed products. With this we are going to address two things: steadily growing inventory and redundant looking entries. We plan to allow sellers to select the product they think fits best to be on the front page and promote it to the the Showcase. (Lookout to the changes in the add/edit product form, this is where the sellers will be able to toggle on this feature).

We guarantee equal maximum amount of views for all the sellers via the combination of this unique interface and our exposure algorithm.

2) We have added something, we call Top Store section on the left side of the main page. This is to display stores that score highest in our ranking system. Stores are selected via a formula that takes into consideration user feedback, store inventory and quality of presentation. Basically, the best stores undoubtedly make it and gain higher exposure!

3) We've made more database changes to speed up content delivery.

4) We've made improvements to Coingig statistics page.

Our next steps will be:

1) Multiple images + image preloading
2) Image aspect ration fix (for vertical images)
3) Ability to select a showcase product

Happy buying/selling!

[nebulus]

If you have been having issues marking orders as shipped please try again. The issue should be resolved now. Thanks for reporting!

[atomium]

If you have been having issues marking orders as shipped please try again. The issue should be resolved now. Thanks for reporting!

We have also fixed the shipping carrier name issue, where if you chose Other it showed as UPS or if you chose USPS it chose Other. This is now all fixed to the correct shipping carrier.

[nebulus]

As requested, product description character limit increased.

[atomium]

As requested, product description character limit increased.

Character limit has been increased to 2000 characters and we have moved the description section underneath the product image, this way its not so cluttered and it's easier to read. We will be introducing description formatting soon so that sellers can use linebreaks and bullets.

[Bitcoin Oz]

If you add a craft section bitcoin would have an easy to use etsy.com competitor.

[atomium]

If you add a craft section bitcoin would have an easy to use etsy.com competitor.

I agree that would be really cool, do you know of a better name we can use, right now the closest i see would be our "art & collectibles" section,

I found this: Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items as well as art and craft supplies.

[nebulus]

Folks, the issue with renaming stores has been fixed. We've identified two stores that have been affected. Let us know if you are someone experiencing problems. We will fix right away if we already haven't. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[nebulus]

We've improved our store ranking algorithm. If you don't see your store among the top you are doing something wrong! Happy coingiging!

[atomium]

We've improved our store ranking algorithm. If you don't see your store among the top you are doing something wrong! Happy coingiging!

To be on our top stores we require a full store description, a nice store logo, more than 1 product, facebook and twitter social links, and a great name. Many stores can be on the top if they dedicate the time to fully finish setting up their store!

[DrHaribo]

Stop spamming please. I get enough spam mail already.

[atomium]

Stop spamming please. I get enough spam mail already.

Sorry for that, we will stop.

[atomium]

Newest Features/Fixes

-Affiliate program released! Now you can earn bitcoins by advertising Coingig products on your site/blog
-The description field when adding products is now larger to give you more space to type
-We included linebreaks to be allowed in descriptions, as well as Bold, Italics, and Underlining.
-Checkboxes for multiple deletion are now active and working
-Buy/Sell order pages in login have been better formatted and organized so that you won't be confused anymore.

Stay tuned for our next batch of updates! We are making selling products for bitcoin effortless

[nebulus]

Folks, we've found a bug that causes store logos corrupt on upload. We are working on resolving this. Sorry for the onconviniece!

[Vikerus]

Will you ever expand the kinds of coins you can use? Why limit it?

For instance what if I wanted to sell something for GLDcoins?

[atomium]

Will you ever expand the kinds of coins you can use? Why limit it?

For instance what if I wanted to sell something for GLDcoins?

You have a point, why limit ourselves? But as you know there are tons of new alt coins out there and it's hard to know which are legitimate and which are scams, for now bitcoin is the most legitimate one that we can trust to a certain extent. We do plan on expanding out into more currencies but when the demand is high enough. Your best option would be to sell your products in btc and then exchanging them into the alt coins you prefer. Thank you for that great question!

[atomium]

Our Newest Features

-We have added the currency exchange rate for all the products in our inventory as well as lowering the bitcoin price down to four decimal places so it’s easier to read.



-Product description has been improved, we now allow linebreaks, bold, italics, and underlined text. The size of the description box is now larger to make it easier to write all the necessary information for the product. When adding new products, our system will place them instantly in our New product section on our homepage, for your products to be ranked higher and shown more often please remember to provide an accurate description of your product as well as uploading high quality images.



-The Buy and Sell orders pages are better formatted and organized with a drop-down menu to categorize the status of each order.



-Checkboxes are now activated so multiple deletion of products can be done.