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Off topic again ^^ lol I give up.

"But when it comes to the marketplaces, what would you like to see implemented? What would make you sell on the site?" Your manifesto had nothing to do with the only question asked. Sorry again, won't read off topic.

It is definitely not intended to make money. My approach is traffic wise. I think past management failed to advertise in outlets that would really bring people. I do have several places I want to explore to bring sellers. The site is nothing without sellers and the site is nothing without buyers. So that is definitely my main concern. Sorry to me your post and thoughts are a waste of (my) time, specially if they are going off topic. I just see a worthless wall of text. Sorry to be harsh but is the truth.

Pipercup, posting stuff like that or derailing the subject is the best way to lose my respect; I don't have much left for you to be honest. If I buy something It ends up being a trashcan in flames, I'll just sell heat. You can question my gut all you want, at the end of the day I'm the one losing money aren't I? Like I "lost" with Noah's Ark, Duke Nukem Genesis, Wisdom Tree, etc etc etc etc. I just got login details like 2-3 days ago, sounds like the secure browsing certificate has expired. All that will be fixed once we start working on the site. You should be able to log in with no problem then. Also, on your comment about credit etc. I didn't buy a business entity, so any debt anybody may have towards Game Gavel LLC I have no stake on it.

Not a fan of that thing. Logo is not that bad, but I less is more. So a simpler one would be best. Kind of like Ebay and Google de-made their logos a while back.

Hopefully you are mistaken; However It would take me about 1-1.5 years to get a website rank organically how GG is ranked on google now. Or several thousand $ in advertising to get it where the domain is now ranked to get it in some reasonable time frame (more than 6 months). I do think customers are smart enough to figure out that a website is under new management and other entities are not scamming them.

Piko Has nothing to do with this though.

I suppose I do get what you guys mean and feel as you paid Mike a lifetime membership. If I were in your shoes I would also feel like I should keep my grandfathered account. If you were in my shoes I bet you wouldn't be so thrilled to give away free accounts. But I thought of a compromise that should work pretty well. What I am going to do is to grandfather any free account that has listed/sold items up to 4 months prior the cutoff date. Cutoff date is when we move to a new platform so it should be a while from now. So there is plenty of time for everyone that wants to keep their unlimited account to list stuff for sale and be active. Win Win!

Sure =)

I'll address the suggestions later on today. But quickly @icemanxp300 Unfortunately we just bought the domain, logo, name, and Ip. We didnt buy game gavel llc. That business probably is or is going bankrupt and are liquidating assets to pay creditors etc. So we are not responsible for lifetime memberships. The site will be built again from the ground up, the only thing that will stay the same is the domain, name and logo, social media accounts.

Ahh I see what you say. Yeah, on ebay normally you have to go through a couple of sub categories to land there.

Yes one of the biggest issue on Ebay is that is a broad marketplace. So they clearly dont have specialized staff that know about video games. So yeah we will have a support email where you could write about an issue. On the category, that is a double edge sword. You just described how I find deals on ebay. Most of the time items in wrong categories have no bids or go way less for what they sell for. Same with misspelling on title.

I have a plan, starting locally in stores, flea market vendors, people in local meets etc. Then visiting expos in the Texas region and maybe Oklahoma to recruit sellers. I also plan to recruit other vendors that work in the monthly membership industry that liquidate their slow moving or left over inventory on the site, so members can get cool deals. Same bringing over "artists" vendors like the ones that do custom shirts, etc etc etc. I'd like to bring over Half Price Books and 2nd and charles as I know a couple of people in corporate. These should bring a ton of listings. (and educated them on how to reasonably price their games!) (may be bring goodwill too). Incentives like giveaways/prizes for vendors that bring more sales or more listings. Also, one thing I do plan is to really keep an eye for reproduction/bootleg games. which is something ebay,alibaba, and amazon are really not paying attention. Their marketplaces are full of them now. This turns off vendors as it is very hard to compete with piracy prices.

Hey guys, as many of you may not now. I (Eli, not Piko Interactive) bought out GameGavel.com and Retro Magazine. GameGavel.com is currently running a very outdated system. Want to keep it a marketplace and slowly incorporate other cool features. But when it comes to the marketplaces, what would you like to see implemented? What would make you sell on the site? I plan to make it free for listings that are sold in a local meet (like letgo/craigslit). Free listings and only 3% commission on a sold shipping item on the site. I don't even know if we should keep the auction side of things as it seem everyone currently listing are listing mostly "buy it now". I plan to dynamically bring more people to sell to the marketplace etc. But features you'd like to see, comments, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

this x1000.

What? So if I make a convention/expo about retro gaming, I cannot add a picture of Mario 3? Because I am a competitor of Nintendo? So JJgames, nintendosforsale.com, estarland, all those online sites are infringing trademark/copyright for using Nintendo characters to advertise their stores? That is fair use to me, but oh well.

I know is been mentioned like 30 times here the whole advertising on their site. But this would fall in fair use, because they are advertising an event that will/may have Nintendo products. It is like used game shops put up posters of Mario Kart or whatever to advertise they have the game. It bugs me that this point keeps being brought out because is Moot. That comment on Kotaku is what I suspected, them not wanting their logo to be placed on games that are infringing on Nintendo properties, because Nintendo very likely would come after them and not the homebrewer. The way they handled the situation with the Facebook page/fan sites. That's another story and I still stand with my point of view.

Im pretty sure, original IP owner can come and claim rights to the ports done by someone else. But Colecovision is a dead platform they are not interested in. But I am sure it could be done. Unfortunately project like that (Space invaders port, Kung Fu port, etc) are piracy and are stealing; and even though they might be cool, I always suggest homebrew developers against it. Stick to new content! We've past the ports, hacks, repros; the homebrew scene has to evolve and moving away from those kind of projects will be the first step.

Ahh ok ok, That is why I asked if it was stab, because tone doesn't translate in forum post. Piko will have nothing to do with that, and I paid whatever I am willing to lose. When I started Piko, I was being bullied by Chinese factories; I didn't even know if the contacts I was speaking with were real companies. I invested in Piko whatever I was willing to lose and sent out a wire transfer to a Chinese account. Everything worked out for the best! So I hope this works out, if not, no harm. In regards of stocks etc, The Majority stock owner is responsible to distribute the money acquired on sale of assets; kind of like a trustee during Ch7. Not too worried about it. So parties will have to come to him for that.

Contact this guy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siwaters/

Attached is a quick logo I made, if you have photoshop you can change the font and the color style will stay. You can change the color style in the Blending Options of the layer. Colors can be changed on Gradient Overlay I just picked whatever colors.. (Right click the text layer, click Blending Options, then click Gradient Layer. The black stroke you can change in stroke option under Blending Options as well). We use "Play On" Super Nintendo or Nintendo for example in our packaging. Super Nintendo has the font Agency FB which is the same as the Super Nintendo logo. but we use it without being italicized. I changed to "Play On" from the "For Play On" that the previous owner of Wisdom Tree suggested. I just didn't like the way it sounded. Then just add your notice "This game is not produced, endorsed, or published (or whatever) by Coleco. Coleco and Colecovision are trademarks of Coleco Holdings LLC" That should cover everyone's a$$ In my opinion. logo.rar

Sorry the doctor, thought you were replying directly to me! Apologies. One note though; people can still legally claim rights by filing for trademark and getting it awarded. However it has to be special case, like actual asset abandonment on a closed chaoter 7 case or something. Now they do hold the trademark, only company that can come out of the woodwork and do some damage is Hasbro, but they can argue that they have had the trademark longer than 3 years, which would give them a strong case with a judge. And having an actual product released and sold under them, gives them a stronger case. Even if they didnt buy it from Hasbro, pretty much it belongs to them now to do as they please.

Is this a stab or an attempt to a stab at me? I am genuinely asking; I would double think before taking a stand like that on me Scott; Why not ask Mike UK to put you up to speed on some of my plans? Cause I very well start double thinking on my end as well.

You just described Capitalism.

I don't understand your point or why you copy and pasting stuff. I know the process and fees.. I already covered this.