3+way trading market *Update: Win a Nintendo Switch*

[ForeverSublime]

Hey, guys:

I know I don't post here much, but I try to make my posts count, so to speak. I'm that guy (un)usually bumping the Osman/Cannon Dancer thread.

I've met some of you guys at DaveK's or in the Bay Area meet-up, and would like all of you who are friends, and friends of friends, to test a new app I made. Red Rover TradeMart is the first 3+way trading app for collectibles. Post your items, Wishlist other people's items, and the app connects trades between any number of people. It's a social network of things.

Bottom line, it's to save people money from going the auction route, and it's more efficient than posting trades in the wild while relying on a single person to have something you want.

Here's the sign-up page with a 3 minute video

https://redrovertrademart.com/

If you have any advice, I'm listening. By definition, community is in the spirit of the app, so let's make this great together.

Thank you!

PS - I opened signups as of yesterday, initially on the neo forums where I usually hang out. They didn't grill me, so I'm glad it's starting off well. You're welcome to see what people wrote there. http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthrea ... llectibles

[MintyTheCat]

I think it is a good idea: most of us are not impressed with EBay and the like charging for not doing a great deal.
Any chance you could set up Ethereum contracts on all actions?
It also puts it back in the collectors' domain and not in the postal, auction, etc. arena. I never buy anything with a "tax added to sale" by EBay. I have no interest at all in that.
Also, this EBay re-packaging con whereby they charge us double the postage is criminal.

The only concern I would have is that the user-base is too small or too big and things get out of hand. I think your platform has to prove that nothing gets lost. Your are essentially the arbiter between both users.

[ForeverSublime]

Hey, Minty:

I can be layman when it comes to terminology, so I admit I had to look up Ethereum contracts. However, you're absolutely thinking along the right lines. It's several levels deeper than what I think people need to understand now, but this is certainly complimentary to cryptocurrencies. It's no coincidence it's an information problem.

To all:

First contest is open to all and it's your chance to win a Nintendo Switch. The official link is:

https://redrovertrademart.com/giveaways ... do-switch/

But after you enter, you're not going to share the official link. You'll immediately get some share buttons and a unique URL. Each person that enters under your links gives you bonus entries. Sweet as that. Good luck and happy trading.

[MintyTheCat]

Definitely a novel and provable way to ensure transparency between parties. It would instill a level of trust that is not relying on any one party. Being able to prove what transaction took place and when and by whom is tantamount to trust. But then, you have to ask: would all members be happy to have the chain viewable publicly? It may be that the smart contract is used when cash is exchanged and it could be proven that the hosting site did not have any funds placed in their accounts during the transaction and only gets their fee AFTER the contract has terminated, i.e. when both parties signal or when a time agreed up on is exceeded. This is substantially more trust-worthy than some kind of dodgy admin group attempting to cream off the goods and cash and become a sort of mini EBay.

Best of luck with it. If you get the Ethereum API you can play with Smart Contracts and the services that the chain offers fairly quickly.
To be honest, the idea came to me not so much with trading Retro gaming items but in actual grading of Retro Videogames. I am not a fan of this myself, but it stands to reason: if someone wants to have their games 'certified' well, how strong is the certification body? Is it something to be relied up on or instead a bunch of spotty misfits operating from a little website? If I wanted to buy a certified and valued videogame I would want to know its entire track history: when it was certified, by whom and how many owners had taken possession of the item along the way. This may well be the way forward for the antiques and fine-art market too - time will tell.