Free things online... absurd 😲
What's dumb is you have concept that works elsewhere in life, "the want ad"; and folks saying it could never work because of the print format being more updated/timely, and localized..all factors in folks likelyhood of response.
It's such an outpour of negativity I have to wonder if some folk aren't scrambling for the copywrite paperwork or hoping thier brand hits market first.
Want ads are not as effective as sales ads, but they do work. Need for better exposure to the item sellers is the drawback, and here is an answer for attracting a motivated seller. There is no better grouping to attempt this with; If you've never said "I didn't see it first pass" you have great focus.
The fact he two parties are on one plot of land for this reason already increases the likely hood of a mutual meet and agreement being made very quickly too, imo.
Free applications are all over the place today. Free with ads (some appropriate in amount, some so full of ads they become usesless) and 100% free & clear type free as well (a good free app may land you a nice job coding more sophisticated stuff ...some folk do it for fun/personal reasons and share....imagine that... )
The small software sales game of today is free apps missing some of the better features, paying only for premium features, $2-$20, normally about $5, commercial use allowances vary.
We have monitors at our dmv that list phone numbers and paper ticket numbers as placeholders for who is next in line and you get a text when your # hits the top five. Simple stuff.
Change to alpha/numeric list vs timestamp, and limit wanted input. Charge per listing or per electronic contact to an ad, or both.
Seller abuse of the system being most likely means any reply charge should go that way imo.
Early requests could be key to a seller loading something into the trunk or not.
Serving it via Bluetooth, wifi, messenger/messages etc. becomes the only real devolper cost issue.
It would actually do good for the various organizations that promote the venues to institute features like these to appeal to both vender and shoppers alike.
I'm not saying it appeals to me as a world shaker, but it doesn't make me say I wouldn never use it to quickly snag my needs so I could casually explore my wants.
Active sellers won't have time to read these, and I guess some might prefer the naps and reading the paper to a list of good sales leads, but I'd likely watch it like the boards at a horse race when things got slow.