Recycle your old stuff.

**paullas** · 21-07-06

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Hi

I have started a new site http://www.recycle.co.uk where instead of throwing your old items in landfills, skips etc you can put them on recycle.

My quetion is i am getting people registering but people are not posting

i have been thinking of a way to get people posting etc.

Would a competition help this and does anyone have any ideas i can run as a competition. Or if anyone has other ideas i much much appreciate them.

thanks in advance.

ps.

i am having the site re-designed at the moment so hopefully the graphics will help.

**Brett** · 21-07-06

Originally Posted by laskos

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Hi

I have started a new site http://www.recycle.co.uk where instead of throwing your old items in landfills, skips etc you can put them on recycle.

My quetion is i am getting people registering but people are not posting

i have been thinking of a way to get people posting etc.

Would a competition help this and does anyone have any ideas i can run as a competition. Or if anyone has other ideas i much much appreciate them.

thanks in advance.

ps.

i am having the site re-designed at the moment so hopefully the graphics will help.

Hi Laskos,

You're probably aware of freecycle (a similar idea to yours). The thing that I like about them is their daily digest email of what's available and what's been taken each day in my area.

To get people listing stuff I would suggest you get your friends and family to list stuff that they are getting rid of and then tell as many registered people as you can what is being taken.

I think this way people would realise that your site does work and that it is a really useful resource and then hopefully they'd start listing stuff themselves as well.

Hope this makes sense

PS Great domain name btw - I'm sure you'll do well - good luck.

**paullas** · 21-07-06

Originally Posted by Brett

Hi Laskos,

You're probably aware of freecycle (a similar idea to yours). The thing that I like about them is their daily digest email of what's available and what's been taken each day in my area.

To get people listing stuff I would suggest you get your friends and family to list stuff that they are getting rid of and then tell as many registered people as you can what is being taken.

I think this way people would realise that your site does work and that it is a really useful resource and then hopefully they'd start listing stuff themselves as well.

Hope this makes sense

PS Great domain name btw - I'm sure you'll do well - good luck.

Thanks brett. yes i am aware of freecycle. once i have the site design finished i shall be try to promote it everyway i can (legally

)

Getting family/friends invloved yes good idea, will work on this...thanks

**leec** · 21-07-06

Hi

Great idea for a site, the perfect way to get rid of stuff you dont need!

Good luck with it

**paullas** · 21-07-06

cheer lee

just need to get it off the ground now.

**oldtrip** · 25-07-06

Hi

Unfortunatley you are to late take a look at www.free2collect.co.uk

**leec** · 25-07-06

How is he to late?

Just a bit of extra competition!

**paullas** · 25-07-06

ah so because BT does phone calls , ntl, cable, sky etc have no success ???

I also think Recycle.co.uk is the better domain for this.

**hirschnathan** · 25-07-06

laskos

I would take off the login for reading items for sale, but keep the login for postings

**paullas** · 25-07-06

Originally Posted by hirschnathan

laskos

I would take off the login for reading items for sale, but keep the login for postings

Hi

yes i realised that

so yes now you can read it all but need to register to post.

**paullas** · 28-08-06

Hi

well the site is certanly getting busy now

give it a few months and should be booming.

I would like to ask for any comment/suggestions on the site if possible as i would like to know peoples views.

thanks for looking

Paul

**km8** · 28-08-06

Originally Posted by laskos

I would like to ask for any comment/suggestions on the site if possible as i would like to know peoples views.

Great idea and great site.

As a comment, I'd say you do need to keep weeding out the "For Sale" posts.

What's novel/bookmark-worthy about the site is the recycle/"free-to-take-away" idea. The cheapskate "£20 computer monitor" merchants will quickly turn it into a free classifieds site if you let them.

Keeps a lid on them (as you're doing) and I'd say you're good to go.

All the best.

**OLBG** · 28-08-06

I only had a brief look and it certainly looks good. Some random thoughts

I think you could do more in terms of adding more categorisation & encouraging more information.

A 1p listing on eBay is almost the same as what you are doing and they have more info but I do think theres room for vertical competitors to eBay where the site offers something more focused.

By starting with Location as the main way to search & having everything free by default I think that is a good enough differentiator but I do think you'd benefit from having more info with the listings like pictures, categories of product, quality ratings etc.

You have to assume that anything sold is pretty bad otherwise it would be on eBay for £1

**paullas** · 28-08-06

good comments and will definatly take them onboard and work on them..

**paullas** · 06-09-06

hi all

ok quick update...

i have moved things around abit, and added a few nice icons etc, so again comments/suggestions welcome please as i would like to hear people views then i can get it right.

thanks in advance