Suggestion Duplicate BST Threads

Hello Mods,

I have a suggestion for you that will prevent you from losing valuable members & will make you loads of cash too..

You do not allow duplicate threads. That is fine but most members simply can't find a new thing to sell everytime.

Just imagine a company having to launch a new product everytime just to run an advertisement?? Seems odd to me.

The fact is that Service Providers like me HAVE TO offer the same service everytime here. We can't find new things to offer.

If we do, we won't be able to concentrate on one thing and that will ruin the service quality we provide. I think i have a valid point here.

Many members provide nearly the same services with some modifications. I think you should NOT discourage people from offering the same thing again and again in BST. It makes them a kind of an expert and increases the value of the forum. DP owes all to its users just like a country exists because of its people.

I have got an infraction for trying to sell something i sold previously too. My thread was removed.

Why Members Can't just use signatures to drive attention to their threads & Why they have to create new threads for the same thing?

• The thread gets down within a few days even if it is popular.
  
• Sometimes, the OP gets many orders & is not accepting any more orders anytime soon. So he or she has to open a new thread whenever he/she is ready to take on new orders.
  
• Sometimes the thread dies out due to other new threads.
  
• The OP wants a break and doesn't accept PMs.
  
• There can be many other reasons. If you have sold anything on BST, you know the reasons.

You allow neither thread bumping nor "unique threads but with same thing to sell". Members find it difficult to do business due to that.

My Suggestion:
I understand that you have to manage a large forum & limit spam. You have to provide opportunities to all and you can't let a few members keep bumping their threads & opening the same threads over and over again.

Implement a bumping system:

• Just like other forums have it. Have a fee that members can pay every time they want their thread to be at the top. That makes you richer!
  
• Members have to regularly update prices/offers/services in their thread. Implement a system where members can make a post to update their offering WITHOUT bumping the thread. That will serve your purpose & ours too. OR implement a system where a member can't bump his own thread.
  
• This will make you good money & let us do our business without any fear of getting banned or inviting infractions that we simply don't deserve.

I have previously got an infraction for a valid post where i just updated my services, no duplicate post, no spam. I never spam! Still, i have received infractions mostly for invalid reasons. You can check that.

Once i PMed 7 - 10 link buyers at Link Sales thread about my link building service & I received 5 points! I didn't deserve that at all!!

I am 100% sure that most service providers/Link Sellers/others will agree with these suggestions. These are good for you & us. Lets make business easier for both of us. We don't want big post counts. Why would we?
We need attention to our services.

I'm not a useless member:

I see myself getting infractions like crazy. Just check my posts, I don't ever spam. I don't need to & I'm not interested in doing so. Its of no use to me!

I always value everything that is valuable & I really think this forum IS valuable.

Just consider this: Members are spending so many hours of their life on this forum & they have to make posts to make their stay enjoyable. Why would someone need to up their post counts? For selling signatures? No way, 15 or even 50 bucks a month don't matter to many old members here. They are making enough money so they don't need to increase their post counts for these reasons.


I have lots more to say but I doubt whether there is anyone to listen!! Possibly, I'm getting an infraction for this thread too... If you were patient enough & did read this, please let me know what you think about this.

Thanks for everything,
jacky8

 

if you had taken the time to search through the Suggestions forum, you would of seen this has already been suggested.

nice post though.

 

Your reasons people "can't" use their signatures to promote them are precisely the reasons they should.

 

Thanks for the responses Mods.

I have a 5 point PM spamming infraction. Is there any way my 5 point PM spamming infraction could be reversed because I just PMed 7 or 8 persons in the Link sales section about my link building service They were looking for certain niche links & I just offered my niche link building service. Can you please take some time to investigate that? I'll surely love it if you can.

As you may judge, I am not a spammer. I'm here to contribute & add to the community (By offering services & advice to others) I have never spammed nor do i intend to do it in future.

Also, please tell me when you guys are gonna grow even richer? When will you implement a paid bumping system?

If you are not convinced that a paid bumping system will be good, then read below. I'm sure YOU WILL BE CONVINCED:

Reasons why a paid bumping system will benefit DP:

1. It will attract high quality sellers in all sub-forums of the BST: Long term genuine product sellers and service providers (like myself) will come here & offer their services more often. DP will be more predictable, more reliable for them and they will be able to get traffic / buyers anytime they wish. It will lend them more reliability & make the job easier for them. (Genuine buyers/investors/service providers often have Ease of doing business as their topmost priorities. They seldom care for fees or any other thing.)

2. It will reduce the number of duplicate threads: People won't need to set up duplicate threads. No need to say more here.

3. It will attract high quality buyers: Obviously, if you have high quality sellers here, the high quality buyers will be automatically attracted. That will make DP a better and more valuable place.

4. It will make you richer: You will earn a lot of money from this system. I don't know why you haven't implemented this yet. You are the leader, you must have done this by now.

5. BST will no longer be a waster/resource eater for you: You guys always say that the BST section eats all of your resources but doesn't make enough money for you. Implementing this system will make this a profitable & a major source of income for you. You will be able to allocate more resources to BST & make your own job easier.

6. It will eliminate many noobs: Scammers won't ever be ever eliminated from anywhere. They exist in every country and every city. But you can reduce the number of noobs offering services and products on BST by implementing a paid bumping system. Currently, noobs take advantage of the fact that the reputed sellers can't make a new thread & are unable to attract buyers while a noob can make a new thread about a service that often disappoints the buyer(s). The low quality stuff will be cleaned out from here once you implement such a system.

Well, there are many other advantages that i would like to discuss in private with anyone. I doubt there is anyone patient enough to read these long threads of mine.


OKAY, I understand that you may be confused whether to implement a paid bumping system or not.


I have a solution to this problem too.


Solution: Make a DP Unique Offers forum (there is one at Warriorforum) where members can pay to start threads & then pay to bump threads. Lets try out the 'Pay to open a thread' & a 'Pay to bump system' in the new DP Special Offers forum. If it works (There is no reason why it won't), you can think of extending the system to the whole BST forum.

Wishing You Success,
jacky8

 

The question has already been asked.. How can i open a new thread that offer the same service i offered in a previous thread that's been dug to page 20? I offer the same service, nothing new..

Can i request to close the thread, then open a new one that offers the same service?

 

Then how can service providers like me get more exposure in the BST area? Just a signature link would not obviously attract the same kind of attention like a thread in the main services page... A lot of provider's income is mainly dependent on this.

 

As I answered already via PM, use your signature link. You cannot start a duplicate thread for any reason. Those who are active in relevant discussion areas of the forum will benefit most from using their sig links. It's entirely up to you whether or not you choose to do that, but it's your only option.