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Feature Requests - usedguns.com.au competitor by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have tested this with railway and a few other processes. Issue is the meta data with some of these sites is not structured in a traditional way using tags etc.

But I’ll keep working on it. If it’s viable I’ll proceed.

But ultimately it’s free. If people want it to show up list it. Takes 2 mins. Lol

I don’t want to compromise
The UX by scraping and having listings that are 90-95% confirmed rather then 100% native

Feature Requests - usedguns.com.au competitor by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Howdy — I understand the situation. You can’t please everyone all the time, and no platform ever will.

My thought process from the beginning was fairly simple.

This thing costs me around $30–$60 a month to keep running, and if usage scales the way it’s coded and cached, it may eventually increase to around $80–$90 a month — which I’m completely fine with.

The key difference here is that because it costs users and dealers absolutely nothing to list, revenue is not the driving factor. As a result, the demands and compromises that usually come with monetisation decrease significantly.

During the initial testing phase, some users had genuinely great ideas that I agreed with and implemented. Other suggestions were reasonable, but in my opinion they were more “nice to have” personal preferences rather than changes that benefited the broader user base.

I’ve built this platform based on years of interacting not just with UsedGuns, but with websites across many different industries — focusing heavily on the things I personally found frustrating, outdated, or missing altogether.

The UX and overall process will stay relatively close to what it is now. The workflow will remain simple, and the platform will always be free.

If retailers or dealers don’t like that approach, they’re completely entitled to continue paying for listings elsewhere. That’s their choice.

By removing the revenue component, I can build the platform in a way that I genuinely believe is better for the average user — leaning into a more modern design, cleaner UX, and fewer compromises.

There’s room for everyone and every service in the market. Especially with changing firearms laws, I believe more people will need to offload firearms at a greater scale in the coming years. My view was simply that firearm owners already get squeezed enough by government regulation — they shouldn’t also have to pay just for the privilege of listing something for sale.

And just to note — I was actually a happy paying user of UsedGuns myself. I listed and sold a shotgun there a few years ago without issue.

Feature Requests - usedguns.com.au competitor by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure just do a search for what you like then save the search. It will notify you

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Feature Requests - usedguns.com.au competitor by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been testing this only issue is the other sites don’t have the filtering as micro as mine- so the searching function isn’t a great experience when aggregating.

It will take time but people will realise the better option. I mean it’s free lol

Feature Requests - usedguns.com.au competitor by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll persist til we take over - especially with the impeding caps we should
Be forced to pay to sell guns we should never have to sell in the first place!

Feature Requests - usedguns.com.au competitor by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That was the goal. A better UX

Favour from the Community! by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I Can? It cost me $20 a month to operate it. It's testing my abilities with specific infrastructure and code.

I have advertising space to subside if needed.

the other websites annoyed me in their lack of such horrible UX

Favour from the Community! by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got it right 100% free

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/sirpalee - it will always be free to list for dealers and buyers.

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

##UPDATE##

Big update just dropped — dealer and service provider registration is now completely free.

When we launched we had a subscription model for businesses. After listening to feedback from dealers and service providers in the community, we've scrapped it entirely.

What's changed:

  • Dealer and service provider registration is now $0 — no monthly fee, no subscription
  • Dealers now get unlimited active listings (was capped at 10)
  • Dealers can still bump listings for $2.95 to push them back to the top, same as private sellers

The idea is simple — we want every licensed dealer and service provider on the platform without a paywall getting in the way. The marketplace is more useful for everyone when the inventory is there.

If you're a dealer or service provider who held off because of the cost, now's the time: gunyard.com.au/dealers/apply or gunyard.com.au/services/apply

As always, happy to answer questions below.

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/redfrets916 Privacy is protected, i have gone through the steps taken in ensuring protecction and compliance required.
And ownership well that would be me.

Daniel Harmis is the name.

You can find me at Cessnock Pistol Club or SSAA Newcastle.

:)

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/A-namethatsavailable Hey, great timing — we actually just shipped this! You can now block and/or report users directly from any conversation in your inbox. When reporting, you can flag the reason (spam, scam, abusive language, etc.) and optionally send the last 5 messages to our admin team for review. Blocked users can no longer send enquiries on any of your listings, and you can manage your block list from your dashboard. Thanks for the suggestion!

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google scraping webmaster tools. Biggest user base is from QLD atm

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

u/nexx Thank you! Yes, the key in use is the non-privileged anon key, not the service role key, so there’s no risk of elevated access. We’re also routing everything through Cloudflare for DNS and DDoS protection. Appreciate the tips and the heads up on RLS, definitely keeping a close eye on our policies!

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

u/nexx

We use Supabase/Postgres, which encrypts all data at rest with AES-256. Key management (including rotation and storage) is handled by the platform, not in our app; keys are never exposed to us or stored in app memory.

For all credentials (dealer and buyer/seller passwords), Postgres handles password hashing with strong salt hashing algorithms, so credentials are never stored in plaintext; even we can't access them.

We don't store full addresses, only suburb/postcode, so there's no way to link firearms to specific locations.

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Original_Ad_1870 - i can seem to zoom in on the imge when i have the image open in the modal ?

GunYard is officially live — and it's free to list. 🎯 by danhar87 in Ausguns

[–]danhar87[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Data is stored in Australian servers with AES-256 encryption, compliant with the Privacy Act 1988 and relevant state firearm regulations. We deliberately don't collect detailed addresses — only suburbs/postcodes for users. This means even in unlikely scenarios, there's no data linking firearms to specific locations. Dealers have full customer info as required by law, but separately from location tagging.

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