GameGavel - Monthly Subscription - Unlimited Listings & Sales

[Parrothead]

Hello GameGavel Community,

 

Summer is finally upon us so we hope that means you can all get outside and enjoy some warmer weather! For us, it is business as usual looking at trying different things to keep enhancing the user experience here on GameGavel.

 

New Subscription Model vs. Transaction (commission) Model

Starting the following week or two we are going to make a change that we feel is for the better and we hope will promote more selling in the GameGavel marketplace. Since we launched three plus years ago it has been brought up by many to consider moving away from transaction based selling fees (commissions) to a monthly subscription model. We now have developed a system to do this and will be trying this out soon. It will simplify our billing and payment structure immensely and be much more affordable and predictable for our sellers and incent more listings.

 

So, instead of sellers being charged a % of each sale, and for listing enhancements, we will simply charge $7.99/month and open it up to unlimited selling. Seller stores, selling tools, the bulk uploader and listing photo uploads will still be included for free. Listing enhancements (bold titles, highlighted listings, featured homepage listings, etc.) since hardly ever used, will be removed and we will do other creative things to showcase random listings based on # of views, bids, starting and ending times, etc. $7.99/month will cover it all!

 

Also, with this change we will be integrating with Paypal through a new seller interface which you can easily set up monthly recurring billing through Paypal and not require using a credit card. However, we will still have a separate credit card option for those that don’t want to use Paypal to pay this monthly subscription fee. Also, you will be able to pause the program during months where you know you won’t be selling anything. Obviously, if you are only going to be a buyer on GameGavel you won’t have to worry about any of this. And, if you are fortunate enough to have a free seller account on GameGavel, you will continue to use the site free of charge!

 

While Ebay is continuing to raise prices and confuse everyone with their fee structure you can count on knowing on GameGavel you will only be spending a small, set amount each month regardless of how many items you list and sell.

 

Seller - Banner Advertising

The next new thing to announce is we are opening up our banner advertising to enterprising sellers who want to better promote their GameGavel stores or personal store websites. Our banner advertising runs in the header and footer areas of the GameGavel marketplace and forums. It is a great promo piece that can show everyone what you specialize in (retro gaming, modern gaming, specific systems, imports, Anime, etc.) and drive buyers to your GameGavel store or your website. Banners run $2/1000 impressions and can be purchased here - http://buysellads.com/buy/detail/59664 . Give it a try!

 

GamerSpots.com

Also, please remember to register on GamerSpots.com and help your fellow local gamers find video gaming hotspots in your community. Submit and rate your local independent video game stores, arcades, LAN gaming centers & video gaming shows or expos! Or use GamerSpots to find and get directions to gaming centers and stores all over the world.

 

Thanks again to all of you for being a part of our growing community of gamers. Know that with each listing and sale we are getting one step closer to being that Ebay alternative we all really want. As always, feel free to contact us if there are any issues or things you want to discuss.

 

The GameGavel Team

Edited June 23, 2011 by Parrothead

[anakedg]

I'll have to check this new stuff out when it rolls out, sounds awesome. I saw the banner ad was available for relatively cheap (immediately wishing I had something to advertise, didnt even think of GG store). I have been planning on doing some more extensive listing (as soon as summer classes are over). Would you care if we used the GG logo in a banner ad, say for our GG store if we choose to advertise them in the GG banner ad space?

[Parrothead]

Feel free to use our logo any way you want if it is running on GG +1 For monthly subscriptions.

 

I'll have to check this new stuff out when it rolls out, sounds awesome. I saw the banner ad was available for relatively cheap (immediately wishing I had something to advertise, didnt even think of GG store). I have been planning on doing some more extensive listing (as soon as summer classes are over). Would you care if we used the GG logo in a banner ad, say for our GG store if we choose to advertise them in the GG banner ad space?

[FND]

 

 

Seller - Banner Advertising

The next new thing to announce is we are opening up our banner advertising to enterprising sellers who want to better promote their GameGavel stores or personal store websites. Our banner advertising runs in the header and footer areas of the GameGavel marketplace and forums. It is a great promo piece that can show everyone what you specialize in (retro gaming, modern gaming, specific systems, imports, Anime, etc.) and drive buyers to your GameGavel store or your website. Banners run $2/1000 impressions and can be purchased here - http://buysellads.com/buy/detail/59664 . Give it a try!

 

 

 

Question ? since I have never puchased any Banner/ad space the pricing is somewhat vague to me what is IMPS?

I would think Impressions ? how do they work ? is it pay each time someone uses the link ? or maybe each time

you show it on the site ? how it is calculated

 

Thanks in advance

FND

[Parrothead]

Like all other websites we charge by the cpm or per 1,000 impressions. So $2 will get you 1,000 impressions. However,the advertising system will require a minium of 10,000 impressions which it will calculate based on the total impressions the site runs. For example, let's say you want to buy 10,000 impressions. Take 10,000/1,000=10 and multiply that x $2 = $20 for 10,000 impressions. Then your banner will be added into rotation throughout the month until it uses up those 10,000 impressions. You will also see your banner ad stats which will show you how many click throughs your banner is getting. It's pretty cheap to try it - $20 and you could see if your item views and sales increase. It can be canceled at any time. Click the link and you can play around with the various ad spots we have - some are only $1/1,000 impressions It is pretty self explanatory. You pick one, upload a 728x90 banner and it starts running.

 

 

 

Seller - Banner Advertising

The next new thing to announce is we are opening up our banner advertising to enterprising sellers who want to better promote their GameGavel stores or personal store websites. Our banner advertising runs in the header and footer areas of the GameGavel marketplace and forums. It is a great promo piece that can show everyone what you specialize in (retro gaming, modern gaming, specific systems, imports, Anime, etc.) and drive buyers to your GameGavel store or your website. Banners run $2/1000 impressions and can be purchased here - http://buysellads.com/buy/detail/59664 . Give it a try!

 

 

 

Question ? since I have never puchased any Banner/ad space the pricing is somewhat vague to me what is IMPS?

I would think Impressions ? how do they work ? is it pay each time someone uses the link ? or maybe each time

you show it on the site ? how it is calculated

 

Thanks in advance

FND

Edited June 23, 2011 by Parrothead

[caver]

Do I understand this right in that the commission model is no longer an option, and won't be in the future??? That would kill GG for me to sell on, since even when I list things I list maybe 5 a week MAX, and sell maybe 1 of those a week.... and they're always low ticket things...

[Parrothead]

We may have 2-levels of subscription. For example $3 up to 30 listings and $7.99 for unlimited. We will try and make it work for everyone.

[anakedg]

Question ? since I have never puchased any Banner/ad space the pricing is somewhat vague to me what is IMPS?

I would think Impressions ? how do they work ? is it pay each time someone uses the link ? or maybe each time

you show it on the site ? how it is calculated

 

Thanks in advance

FND

An impression is each time the ad loads, if that makes sense. So if the ad loads on someones screen, that is an impression. Clicks usually cost a lot more.

[the-topdog]

Will you ever offer an affiliate program other than banner ads? A referral based program would be awesome, you could provide a datafeed and people could list your auctions on their own website's pages... if someone clicks over to GG, then you pay the referrer for the click or sale or whatever conversion metric you use.

Edited June 24, 2011 by the-topdog

[Parrothead]

Ya, great idea and one I have been wanting to integrate for some time. I have someone that does the site for me and our hands have been full trying to get our search function improved which is taking forever the way the site was originally written. Once that is done we will move on to other things and this may be one of them.

 

Will you ever offer am affiliate program other than banner ads? A referral based program would be awesome, you could provide a datafeed and people could list your auctions on their own website's pages... if someone clicks over to GG, then you pay the referrer for the click or sale or whatever conversion metric you use.

[edintv]

I normally wouldn´t like suscriptions, but since is far less that what i pay in fees there, is very welcome.

 

Mike, did you ever considers to add gamegavel in the Google adwords? I will prefer to help you pay adwords (so Gamegavel gets more traffic) than use banners inside gamegavel. Since I will save money on Fees, I can offer you that money to invest it on adwords. you will be interested in that?