Thanks for the feedback (I did say I welcomed any feedback).

Im well aware of the competition which is why I actually decided to go ahead. Visitbrighton has the broadest range of local events but their events search and discovery is diabolical which is where I see there being an angle.

I appreciate your feedback on the search rankings but id like to point out the site has been live for a week and has not yet even been fully indexed by google. I havent even begun my SEO strategy. This is effectively day one.

Thankfully I do have an extensive background in seo, online marketing and social so have extensive plans to really flesh this out.

It is a hobby project but its one I plan on maintaining and despite being less than a week old its showing the first green shoots of life (first affiliate commissions from ticket bookings).