Going to make a website to sell cards.

[andy]

My web design skills are getting rusty, so I'm going use that as an excuse to work on a site where I sell my cards that are too crappy for COMC. I know this is probably a bad idea from a business perspective, but don't really care. I already have hosting for other sites so it is only going to cost me my time.

So....I am wondering what things you like about sites that sell singles.

My thoughts:
*Easy to search (sportlots.com is a great example of searching done horribly)
*Allow users to create alerts
*Minimal graphics, few scans for fast page loads
*Lots of oversize/jumbo cards (uncirculated, 1976-77 NBA, graded)

 

[cmixer]

no clue - i have one, and only get "serious offers" about 6 times a year;
although i have almost 14K hits ???

I say text (so i can read quick);
with links to scans.

 

[andy]

I guess I should specify, I'm going to have a shopping cart and be able to take payments right off the site. Embedded images but most cards will not be scanned.

 

[andy]

Here is where I'm at. I'm not looking to sell yet, going wait until I have a good size database before I upload more inventory. Also need to add custom code because scans are not going to be so central to the site, although I definitely will have some scans.

Feedback would really be appreciated.

http://thecardsite.com/store/