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sebi wrote:
buughost wrote:

You were doing one thing really well. Why compromise that in order to add half-baked functionality as well as diminish your ability to fulfill your original goal. I would strongly suggest polling your audience before making such huge decisions on their behalf. I understand you're the product owner, but you also don't want to leave your user-base feeling abandoned. I'm speaking not only as a user of the system, but as a UX/Usability professional.

Because we would have had to completely shut the website down in absence of a monetization strategy.

And certainly there are other options to explore than this.

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sebi wrote:
buughost wrote:

is this because you guys explicitly added a market/sales functionality? If so... Get rid of it.

Thank you for the (very candid) feedback, but we are pretty determined to create a functional and successful marketplace in addition to trading.

Then I'm sure you can expect quite a number of users to become frustrated with the site and largely stop using it.

You were doing one thing really well. Why compromise that in order to add half-baked functionality as well as diminish your ability to fulfill your original goal. I would strongly suggest polling your audience before making such huge decisions on their behalf. I understand you're the product owner, but you also don't want to leave your user-base feeling abandoned. I'm speaking not only as a user of the system, but as a UX/Usability professional.

This is why usability and focus-group testing are so important to the software/product life-cycle.

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Paddock wrote:

It shouldn't be a shock that your business model to facilitate 3rd-party transactions is in conflict with your sources card pricing.  I'd recommend scraping eBay regularly and creating your own historical DB of card values.

EDIT: typo

The problem with this is the inability to keep up with price spikes which is already difficult enough as it is.

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Have you looked at MTG stocks? I heard they recently opened an API.

EDIT: is this because you guys explicitly added a market/sales functionality? If so... Get rid of it. I feel like your primary user base is traders not sellers (though I could be wrong). Maybe you should do some research or poll your active user base. I've sold stuff here occasionally, but I'd rather have TCG pricing integrated rather than a specific sales function.

bump

I'd be interested in 1 savannah if you're willing to trade/sell separately.

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I decided to try a new direction for my Derevi deck so I need the following. Check out my tradelist!!

EDH Wants:
Cryptic Command (any)
Chord of Calling
Personal Tutor
Tezzeret The Seeker
Harmonic Sliver
Cauldron of Souls
Twilight Sheppard
Sphinx of Uthuun
Cloudshift
Diluvian Promordial
Grazing Kelpie
Transmute Artifact
Melira
Noxious Revival
Reclaim
Reshape
Fabricate

People want to pay less for expensive things. In other news, the sun is bright.

Basically, it doesn't matter what SOME people would buy them for, but market value on them (which isn't going down until a reprint). If you can sell them for cash at 15% below TCG low, get after it.

Title says it!

Modern Wants:
Foil Nature's Claim

Legacy Wants:
Candelabra of Tawnos
Intuition
Sensei's Divining Top
Time Spiral
Cunning Wish

EDH Wants:
Cryptic Command (any)
Personal Tutor
Foil Aurelia
Foil Jenara
Foil Ephara



A whole bunch of other random stuff on my wishlist, click my profile to check it out!

bump

I have a sealed Sorin vs Tibalt box if you're interested.

The short list of what I'm currently looking for:

Foil Aurelia
Foil Bruna
Foil Gisela
Foil Ephara
Foil Jenara
Foil Olivia
Foil Heliod
FNM Foil Remand

Beyond that, there is some simple smaller stuff.

Title says it!

Let me know if you're interested.

Notable Haves:
Blood Baron x3
Shardless Agent x4
Obzedat x1
Disrupting Shoal x1
Desecration Demon x3
Pack Rat x2
Phenax, God of Deception x1
Erebos, God of the Dead x2

bump

For standard need:
Brimaz x3
Precinct Captain x4
Imposing Sovereign x4
Detention Sphere x2
Temple of Enlightenment x4

Reckoner x2 (low priority)
Sacred Foundry x4 (low priority)
Assemble the Legion x2 (low priority)


Notable Haves:
Blood Baron x3
Shardless Agent x4
Obzedat x1
Disrupting Shoal x1
Desecration Demon x3
Pack Rat x4
Phenax, God of Deception x1
Erebos, God of the Dead x2

bump

Any interest in a white border bayou? Interested in a Trop.

only like a $10 diff. easier to trade you 1 verd + $10 in value

Looking to turn some Mesas and Verdants into Tarns. The fetches are not available for other trades, only trading them into other tarns.

Ledbottomironpants wrote:

I have an extra scalding tarn and need to pick up two overly hyped True name nemesis for my fish deck. Contact me if anyone is willing.

That card is NOT overhyped. Wake up kid.

I've got some nice foils here folks!

Check out my list to see if you're interested and have stuff I'm looking for!

Looking to get some bant-wizard-goodness! Check out my stuff and let me know if you can help me out!

Title says it! I've updated my wishlist with the cards I need for a new EDH deck!

Non-Foil Wants:
Red Elemental Blast (Beta)
Tundra x3
Volcanic Island x2
Cascade Bluffs x1
Sensei's Divining Top x1
Time Spiral x1
Cavern of Souls x1

Foil Wants:
Liliana of the Veil x2
Player Reward Wasteland x2

Any chance of bringing back the linking prices to the respective TCG pages?