I've been noticing for a while now that the BST section in WF is dying slowly. The threads are filled with sellers bumping their threads and not many buyers to buy their services/products.
Any thoughts on why this is happening?
We implemented much more aggressive anti-spam/anti-fraud plugins. Its cut down a shit ton of spam, that's for sure. Anti-fraud, its helped, but there really isn't much we can do once things head into Paypal territory between buyer and seller, so we're likely just going to let our awesome reps at Paypal deal with that from now on.
When you implement new plugins/features for anything selling related, you have to let it run its course for at least one month straight, just to be able to properly gauge what is helping and what isn't, and pick and choose from that point on.
So, the end of the month of those plugins are quickly approaching. The next round of testing starts this week. Should see an increase in activity, but don't expect a surge of it for another 10-20 days at the most.
When we've figured out the new mix of what works and what doesn't, we'll be coupling it with the new price changes. Which, by the way, will be based on niche/category selling.
Its been roughly a year now since we added pricing. People ran around yelling about a sky that was falling and our ultimate demise, and those people, as usual, were wrong. Since making the change from free to paid, I'd say quality sky rocketed, fraud/scams tanked (not to say we are so awesome, but we had very little of it before as it was... and yes, we ARE awesome), and the marketplace ultimately began to truly mature.
There will always be idiots. Can't get rid of them. Unfortunately, murder is not legal yet, so there is no way to stop them from showing up. But, if you're an active seller, and have been so for a while, you also know full well that this place makes you bank.
So, be patient, and focus on making your bank. Ya dig?