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I should have done a little more research before posting. Amazon is probably not the relevant competitor in Australia. Nevertheless, there is a probably a go to

I should have done a little more research before posting. Amazon is probably not the relevant competitor in Australia. Nevertheless, there is a probably a go to place for used books. If you wanted to buy just some random novel used, where would you go? Do they also deal in text books? I was just trying to say that there is probably some big competitor out there who will be the go to source of used books of any kind unless you have something unique to offer.

meric 16y ago
I have a bunch of "unique" features that most of them nobody seems to use. Listings can be commented on by other people. Listings can be closed so you don't get continually spammed after you sold your book. You don't need to login to browse listings or message the listing's owners. You can upload an image of your book to your listing. You can search listings by course code. You can add a "Request" listing instead of the normal "Sale" listing. You can add additional details to your listing. The website is also compatible with Google Chrome. You can clearly see how long ago the listing was made. Listings are sorted by time submitted by default. None of the features I've mentioned are available at Textbook Exchange. They can't even make the website compatible with chrome, blaming it on: 'Having problems clicking on the "more" button? If so, you are probably using the web browser Chrome. Textbookexchange has been around a long time - way before Chrome existed, so we're still sorting through this issue.' There is only one thing left that their site can do my site can't - send an sms to the owner of the listing. I will get that up as soon as I have enough economy of scale. As you can see, because textbookexchange is a website that isn't even competent enough to maintain compatibility with a major browser, I don't think they deserve to be the largest textbook classifieds website in Australia. They hire 15 full time staff to put up a piece of <insert expletive here>. I can do better with just me, and I haven't even graduated yet, let alone have had any "software engineering job experiences". Well, long story short, every time I tried to contact a book seller from their website, the book is sold already but the listing is still there. I'm just one really pissed off customer. :D

meric 16y ago

I have a bunch of "unique" features that most of them nobody seems to use. Listings can be commented on by other people. Listings can be closed so you don't get continually spammed after you sold your book. You don't need to login to browse listings or message the listing's owners. You can upload an image of your book to your listing. You can search listings by course code. You can add a "Request" listing instead of the normal "Sale" listing. You can add additional details to your listing. The website is also compatible with Google Chrome. You can clearly see how long ago the listing was made. Listings are sorted by time submitted by default. None of the features I've mentioned are available at Textbook Exchange. They can't even make the website compatible with chrome, blaming it on: 'Having problems clicking on the "more" button? If so, you are probably using the web browser Chrome. Textbookexchange has been around a long time - way before Chrome existed, so we're still sorting through this issue.' There is only one thing left that their site can do my site can't - send an sms to the owner of the listing. I will get that up as soon as I have enough economy of scale. As you can see, because textbookexchange is a website that isn't even competent enough to maintain compatibility with a major browser, I don't think they deserve to be the largest textbook classifieds website in Australia. They hire 15 full time staff to put up a piece of <insert expletive here>. I can do better with just me, and I haven't even graduated yet, let alone have had any "software engineering job experiences". Well, long story short, every time I tried to contact a book seller from their website, the book is sold already but the listing is still there. I'm just one really pissed off customer. :D