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Especially for you bike guys... we're still in Beta, but its pretty close. If any of you want to register, login, create listings, browse, etc, your feedback would be much appreciated :)

For now, there are just a few dummy listings in the Street Motorcycles / Aprilia section. Feel free to create anything/anywhere. We'll delete everything, including your user profiles in the next week or so.

Edit:

If I can get 20 people to actually register and add a product (as the admin I get to see this stuff), and give me some useful feedback, I'll make a $50 donation to the Roadracing World Action Fund for soft barrier deployment in the name of Pelican Parts Off-Topic

http://actionfund.roadracingworld.com

I assume you already know your competitors - including Sprocketlist.com, which are the same guys running racingjunk.com.

Sure do.... their sites are a mess. We're trying to improve the user experience. :)

Cool. I do like how you have the manufacturers/brands listed right up front and easy to find.

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Jim

No Bultaco?

Needs a zip code thing. I live on the edge of a lot of states.
The light blue hurts my eyes. Really.

We have an Other section for various makes & models. Bultaco can't have its own section, since its been so long since they were made.

Agreed.... distance searching is something we are working on.

The blue is too light and hard to see? Anyone else think this? Looks great on my Apple display :D

No MoPeds?

If I can get 20 people to actually register and add a product (as the admin I get to see this stuff), and give me some useful feedback, I'll make a $50 donation to the Roadracing World Action Fund for soft barrier deployment in the name of Pelican Parts Off-Topic :)

Welcome - RoadracingWorld Action Fund

Yes, it's too light.

Noted, thanks.

BTW, when clicking around, you may inadvertently see the wrong 'home' page. It will have the 50 US states listed on the left side and will look ridiculously busy. This is a nature of the beta site and will not see production. Clicking on any link will get rid of this page.

I can't get past the shipping and handling field even though I enter an amount.

hmm. had to delete the $ sign. Not a problem for the price field.

I didn't really like having to click the upload after selecting a photo.

It needs a lot of ads.

Jackson

Cool. How about isolating the year or allow year range in addition to the zip code and distance to for sorting or searching.

Jrboulder.... someday, hopefully :)

Soukus: great idea, thanks.

Yeah, that bugs me, too.

We still need to fix the default values in the price fields.

Tried to up load a dummy pic of my Rudge and it gets stuck on shipping and handling. I put in $1000 and it won't take it and won't let me advance to next step.

The blue font and grey headers are too light. Like the colors are all washed out.

I also can't get past the "Shipping & Handling" field when creating a new for sale ad. I enter a value and it tells me I haven't when I click the "next" button.

Haven't tried uploading a photo, yet.

when you get a search result and to the ad, will you have a "post to facebook" link?

Hugh, I think you have to enter just a number, without the $ sign

My business is motorsports websites (well one of them anyway)...

So some thoughts: (And I'm gonna be brutally honest because being all touchy-feely won't help)

1. Lacks pizzazz. Front page is rather dull. Functional, but dull. Light blue font on white background not advised.

2. Style looks too much like spam. I first saw the page, I thought it looked like the website is a domain camper (ie sites that only link to other places hoping for click and search revenue). This might work for craigslist, but I suggest a little something more.

3. Lacks a grabber on the front page. Most consumers leave after 3 seconds if they don't see what they want.

4. You need a geographic (proximity) search.

5. In the course of doing a few quick security checks for you, I attempted to find your administrative page. In the process, I noticed that your 404 page redirects to a domain camping page where your hosting provider is probably making money off of you. Since it's a domain camping page, it kills ANY credibility you had with the consumer.

Try it, go to: http://www.motolist.com/xyz and watch the spam come up from your hosting provider.

Just a few quick thoughts. Ping me if you want to talk about it.

OK, guess colors are too light for some monitors. Will dial in more contrasting colors mañana.

Looks like the price fields are causing problems. Highlighting the entire default contents and replacing with a whole number, 1000 for example, should work fine.

Yes, sure will.

Tried to up load a dummy ad of my Rudge in Race, Other and it hangs on the the shipping and handling and won't let me proceed.

OK, I just did a dollar amount without the $ and it loaded.

Yep, the default $ sign is throwing people. Will remove that and make the field empty as default.

Whose other Rudge?

Mine :D

I agree with cstreit: the home page needs some visual grab. This is a bike site. Go with pics of bikes. (Or at least pics of umbrella/Fast Dates calendar girls next to bikes. ;)) Maybe once the site is up and running, you could have a portion of the home page offer a slideshow of bikes currently listed for sale.

1-3 noted. We're going for the simple Craigslist look. We'll add a simple intro paragraph above the listings to add some credibility.

4. Agreed

5. We're on a temp, shared account server for now. Will launch on a dedicated server and the 404 pages will be modified appropriately. Thanks for thinking of that aspect.

You own an effing Rudge too, and you never said anything!!! Did you ever check my signature? Are you a member of the Rudge Enthusiasts Club? "Don't Trudge it, Rudge it!" Mine has been in the family since around 1940.

You should have a dedicated category: Custom Harley based monstrosities that some dumbass paid $50,000 for at the peak of the market.

I tried adding a pic, but the file's too large. What's the limit on file size? Or do I just keep making it smaller with trial-and-error attempts?

Hugh, I wish I owned one... but its the internet, so anyone can now own one :)

Those parameters should be made clear on the upload page (max px and file size).

CL works because it is CL and goes to the utter extreme of minimalist. With the shading bars you cross the line into some aesthetic, so I agree that you should have a bit more visual grab going on. It doesn't have to be much, but something that differentiates it from other sites, especially ones that use a lot of preformed widgets/look/feel.

If there's demand, we'll add that category. But I have a feeling those things stay hidden away in basements out of shame.