What Makes a Seller Trustworthy in Your Eyes? (And a Beta Invite)

bgrisso

I was able to grasp the basic concept readily and I think it could have value, the challenge will be to get enough reliable users on the site to actually have it function as intended. For me personally, I doubt I would use it to make any major purchases based on a verification badge alone. But it could be used to make the initial connection and then work out the details of how to make the financial transaction in a way that buyer and seller were both comfortable with.

theluckyluke

I think the private sales on OF works very well for sellers to propose their watches.

I am curious about the stats of the WTB section though, which is effectively the buyers’ section. I feel like it has some, but much weaker, reach than the sales one. (It’s not a shameless plug for my WTB!)

Connecting is a nice idea and I feel the sweet spot here is to improve on the buyers side looking for specific references. Sellers have already a multitude of platforms to reach the widest audience if they want. The only flaw is that whether it works always depends on the seller checking the website for people interested in a reference he might want to part with.

Having said that, it could perhaps be an interesting feature for a seller to be able to enter some of the watches he could be interested in selling, kept privately and not accessible to anyone. Then when a buyer matches that reference, the seller gets a notification and can decide whether he would like to reach out or not.

If this is mostly for collectors, then I suppose the badge system works quite well - many people will be on forums and could provide some proof. The feedback from these forums would help with the first layer of security at least.

“Be able to enter some of the watches he could be interested in selling, kept privately and not accessible to anyone.”

pdxleaf

How will you handle one buyer and multiple sellers?