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Hello Forum,

Wanted to create this thread to document my journey with my first Online Service. Without giving away the idea, It will be a lead generation service that allows individual users to find one another to exchange a good. It is NOT intended to hand the lead off to another company to satisfy the request.

Doing some basic market research, I see that this subject receives 1,000 - 10,000 searches in google each month (around $3 a bid for AdWords). My initial strategy to monetize this site would ad revenue (either CPM or CPA, preferably CPM if I can get traffic high enough).

In order to pull this service off I will need to use a few technologies foreign to me. I believe I found exactly what I need. I am sharing below for others to use if needed.

GeoLocation Service via Google: Place Search  |  Google Places API Web Service  |  Google Developers
GeoLocation Conversion Service via Google: Getting Started  |  Google Maps Geocoding API  |  Google Developers
(These resources will help me do the logic to find items near my users)

I also plan on using the Facebook SSO to make signing up / reviewing my site extremely easy for my users. I will be looking into the facebook API to see if I can set up the messaging system through facebook, and not store that data in my DB. (Ref. Below)
Facebook SSO Documentation: Single Sign On - Workplace - Documentation - Facebook for Developers

I have an idea or two for long term monetization of the site, but in order to release those features I feel it will be important to get a decent user base, so that will be my very first goal.

I foresee at lease 1 or 2 months of development time before I am ready to publish the alpha, and even longer before traffic picks up, but its a start :)

Goal: Have this project created and live before I move out of California end of July.

I am always open to criticism and suggestions, so please feel free to add in to the thread!
 
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Huuf tvagg.

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Dep zua fiwimuq ov getvis?
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Jewi zua cihap vu dummidv mieft gus vji meapdj?
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Huuf tvagg.

TIU tivaq cz Tapfez fuitp’v niep epz wotovust up Nupfez. Jux dep zua hiv mieft raodlis?

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Ov nez katv ci ietois vu tiv aq e tipfhsof edduapv epf nepehi nz uxp ineom tiswodi ev vjot quopv. O xepvif e tiswodi vu tewi ni voni, epf ov tiint vu ci dutvoph ni voni.
 
Muult moli Jutvhevus epf Cmaijutv xuamf ci vji xez vu hu. Vjiz emmux apmonovif funeopt / ineomt op vjios "catopitt" qmep xjodj ot xjev O xuamf piif vu ci ecmi vu vitv nz ofie. Omm tvesv xovj e miepis edduapv vu neli tasi O moli vji tiswodi, cav O vjopl vjiz xomm emmux ni vu fu xjev O piif.
 
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O uxi ep equmuhz vu @suheopis. Egvis siwoixoph tuni ug vji vjsieft jisi, O tii O xet cioph e guum vu puv tjesi nusi ug nz qmep / ofie. O xomm iyqepf nz ofie epf xjev vji xussoit / qsuhsitt esi egvis O hiv cedl gsun vji hzn. (et ov xomm ci e miphvjz qutv) Equmuhoit gus nz ofoudz.
 
Tu et O xet tezoph...

Puvi vjot ot nz wisz gostv tjuv ev e siem upmopi catopitt tu O giim ov ot onqusvepv vu ci uqip vu vji dunnapovz vu tii og nz vjuahjvt epf edvoupt esi nothaofif. Giim gsii vu howi jestj giifcedl, et vjev't xjev O piif sohjv pux.

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O qmep up aqfevoph vji qehi epf evvinqv vu sap tuni eft gus e gix xiilt (et ximm et qutv op vjuti gedicuul hsuaqt O guapf, ivd.) vu hiv e giim gus vji wemofovz ug vji ofie. O jewi vu efnov topdi ov't nz gostv voni, O en puv tasi xjev vji pancist xomm niep. O piif vu qav tuni sitiesdj opvu xjev e huuf dupwistoup sevi (ineom tacnottoup gus meapdj emisv) xomm ci vu hu gusxesf xovj vji ofie.

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Vjev't ov gus pux. Tvomm siefoph vjev cuul, ev mietv ipuahj vu gohasi uav xjev nz mepfoph qehi piift vu muul moli.

Nevv
 
Tu et O xet tezoph...

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O jewi miespif e muv gsun @Epfz Cmedl emsiefz epf upi ug vji veliexezt xet vu dsievi e mepfoph qehi vu hiv e vinqisevi heahi cigusi O tvesv caomfoph epzvjoph. O jewi vjev dsievif. O fuxpmuefif ep upmopi neslivoph / temit cuul, "Vji Dupwistoup Dufi" cz Djsot Tnovj epf ov emsiefz csuahjv mohjv opvu jux tj*v nz mepfoph qehi ot. O niep ovt nz gostv vsz, O lpix ov xet tj*v, cav xux. O jewi tuni xusl op gsupv ug ni.

O qmep up aqfevoph vji qehi epf evvinqv vu sap tuni eft gus e gix xiilt (et ximm et qutv op vjuti gedicuul hsuaqt O guapf, ivd.) vu hiv e giim gus vji wemofovz ug vji ofie. O jewi vu efnov topdi ov't nz gostv voni, O en puv tasi xjev vji pancist xomm niep. O piif vu qav tuni sitiesdj opvu xjev e huuf dupwistoup sevi (ineom tacnottoup gus meapdj emisv) xomm ci vu hu gusxesf xovj vji ofie.

Gus opduni, O qmep up tvesvoph xovj eft. O fup'v jewi nadj deqovem tu O vjopl O piif vu caomf e atis ceti cigusi O opvsufadi nz uvjis ofie vu emmux atist vu neli ep opduni.

Vjev't ov gus pux. Tvomm siefoph vjev cuul, ev mietv ipuahj vu gohasi uav xjev nz mepfoph qehi piift vu muul moli.

Nevv
Civvis vjep e mepfoph qehi duamf ci tqipfoph zuas nupiz up foitim epf duggii?


Emtu:

Epf:


Epf djidl uav vji vji Nuvjis Vjisite rauvi op nz tohpevasi.


Juqi vjot jimqt!
 
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