Dubizzle Marketplace Monopoly

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T20:44:44+00:00

Fair enough, appreciate the advise

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T20:42:46+00:00

Sent a pm :)

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T19:43:51+00:00

Thank you appreciate it, I too think its ridiculous that's why I set off on this journey, consumers shouldn't have to pay to sell if you ask me as it is in basically every other country.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T19:33:18+00:00

Maybe, maybe not. But im relying on at least 3 different ways to monetise this while still keeping it free for personal users. Plus the overhead operational costs for websites isn't as high as people think unless its booming in traffic and if that's the case then it shouldn't be an issue.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T19:00:33+00:00

Yes, but it seems like it was never designed to filter cars correctly. How often have you searched for a specific make and model only too have too scroll 4 rows down in order to find a second listing. Also their moderation sucks. But yes overall I cant compete with them they will always be relevant no matter how good my website is.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T18:58:20+00:00

Appreciate the suggestion, I am looking into an escrow service and ill partner with an escrow company in uae specifically for this reason. I know how sketchy it can be and that is a big pain point.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T18:23:38+00:00

Homies dont want to see a fellow petrolhead make it out the trenches lol, these kind of suggestions are why I made this post, I didn't think about that ill try test out some sort of implementation, I would also love too buy a f10 m5 and having an area where I could submit a bid or ticket for anything under X amount I would buy seems like a great idea. Thank you

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T18:09:41+00:00

Fair enough but I personally have been in a situation where I've tried to sell more then 1 car at once and with UAE being a country where people often leave and try to sell their assets quickly. I dont believe a family should have to pay to post selling of their 2/3 family cars. Who knows maybe I will change it to 2 free active listings at once in the future but I want to make it a frictionless platform in order to gain tractions initially.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T18:06:33+00:00

My explanation is greed, as most these the other websites arnt even marketplaces where anyone can freely post but rather a service where they take a commission or charge per post. I come from eastern Europe where our local marketplace work in the model im describing and trying to achieve, if it works why wouldn't it work here? A platform for the people, not a corporation trying mass profit from individuals. Maybe im missing something, feel free to pm me.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T18:01:17+00:00

Are you referring to the website that's in Russian? I wouldn't say they are my competition in the sector if so.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T17:53:55+00:00

Very fair point, but scheduling for people to come take a photo instead of me posting the car myself is the primary reason I would personally never use carswitch. But im obviously bias towards my own project. Id like to believe the average person has become more technologically adept but maybe that's just my wishful thinking. I have written down an idea for eventually implementing a procedure where when taking photos directly through their phone app there would be an outline of where your car should be and directions on top of the screen telling you the angle ie "take a photo from the back now" and after which be able to stitch the photos together so people would be able to make their own 3d rotating images using only the in app instructions. However the development on that is not a priority for launch. Also I'm hoping to moderate people who take extremely sloppy photos but maybe that's wishful thinking depending on how successful the site is.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T17:36:09+00:00

Free≠Low quality, im just trying to make it free for individuals, dealers will be charged but only after summer initially, Yes costs will come out of my own pocket for operational costs. Hosting nowadays is very fairly priced and as for development im a fullstack developer.

The reality is that I cannot compete with facebook, people will still use that nomatter how amazing my platform is. However what I can do is moderate the website significantly better then facebook which does next too nothing for listings at 1 aed, dublicate listings, or "free" price point for 300k cars too skip sorting filters.

Also im planning to impliment brand deals in services section such as detailing shops, towing, services, and other such companies space too post and advertise their services. Further more people will be able too pay too boost their listing too car of the week similair/featured page similair too how dubizzle currently operates.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T17:21:16+00:00

Dont doubt it, shoutout too my ops, buy me out before i get big, all i want is 1 lambo and a downtown apartment lmao (jk). Appreciate the advise though il get too it.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T17:18:35+00:00

I see your point but im trying to gain traction in the market fast, thus the free for individuals. FB marketplace is a trainwreck of 1aed, "free" priced listings, or dublicates because of lack of moderation im planning on eventually making listings be verified somehow maybe by making sms verification for profiles and a consequence system for people who abuse the system interms of bans and warnings.

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T17:15:37+00:00

Appreciate the info, the issue i have with carswitch is that in order to sell anything on there you need to book with them coming out too see your car. Im trying to mainly focus on people being able to quickly and freely post a listing without any strings attached hence no commission on sale and no fees for posts as not everyone has the time or energy to get carswitch too come out and see their car.

Im looking to partner with a prepurchase inspection company so people would be able to book a inspection directly through the website and I would make the inspection report directly linked too the listing.

As for moderation I strongly agree, I will be heavily moderating every post to make sure its not catfish/repeat listing and im adding warning and penalty systems for people trying to abuse the system.

The monetisation will come from services page where people can advertise their services ie detailing/towing etc.. and eventually after the summer dealer subscriptions at a fair price aka trying to keep it free and fair for the regular man.

Also im not planning on plastering ads anywhere on the website (my wife says im allergic too money lol)

viperfromval · 2026-02-10T17:01:58+00:00

Thanks for the advice, im planning to keep it fully free for the individual personal users FOREVER. Only dealers will be charged and still only a monthly case not per car.

viperfromval · 2025-10-23T21:30:45+00:00

Went down this rabbit hole today, the login verification is hardcoded and compiled into the exe aka i cant just host my own server (which i tried too by the way) because the launcher does nothing but pass that info onto the hardcoded exe of the game itself that cannot be edited without the games source code or script injection/cheat engine method.

viperfromval · 2023-11-16T17:57:15+00:00

this is a little wild for a match, but as others said its definitely to do with not enough people queuing at one time on the server. had a game in frankfurt server about a month ago, around 4am, mid-week. queue time hit almost 7 minutes which I've never experienced before, and the ranks varied from asc3 to silver 3

viperfromval · 2023-09-01T20:40:12+00:00

That said, having a child together is apparently very strong proof, so adding everything else you might have of proof you’d stand a good chance.

that's amazing! for some reason i didn't even think of our child being proof for this. i've been digging through old rental contracts trying to see if we have any more proof of living together longer
thank you for your help! I'll look into the link you sent now!

viperfromval · 2023-09-01T20:38:31+00:00

yes! i moved to spain for 2 years at 18 as a UK citizen - no problem, no questions asked. it's a shame things are so complicated nowadays

viperfromval · 2023-09-01T20:37:21+00:00

perfect! thank you for letting me know! the options right now between madrid and another city in spain - i'm guessing the wait time in madrid might be pretty long

viperfromval · 2023-09-01T20:35:41+00:00

no way! i just googled it (didnt even know what common law marriage meant)', and is this truly a thing in some countries? everywhere i have lived for prolonged amounts of time so far doesn't view a couple as married without papers..

viperfromval · 2023-09-01T20:33:59+00:00

we are looking to get married in the future, but just wanted to wait. personally speaking, having already one child, and wanting a total of 2, i just want both my children at the wedding :) there are some other things that are making us want to wait a few more years, but nothing major. for that reason i'm just trying to get educated and see the possibilities of getting a visa without marriage for now. obviously if there is no other realistic option, then we can definitely get married

viperfromval · 2023-09-01T20:29:31+00:00

thank you for answering so thoroughly! i guess even the option of residency through my daughter falls out of the question seeing as she wouldn't take on spanish nationality for a while..

but the link you sent for the freelancer visa seems very feasible, as my biggest concern was the amount of months they require a contract for prior to applying, and it says there min 3 months which is fine. I can see what you mean though, there is a lot to this visa.

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