Dear friends,
I was very excited to read about the availability of the new #steembay service today. Basically it's an auction bot, which makes it very easy to sell something to the highest SBD bidder.
The proof is in the pudding
To test things out, I just made the following drawing, which I'm willing to ship to the highest bidder after 7 days.
The drawing is made using permanent marker on ribbed 90g paper and has a size of DIN A4 (8,27x11,69 in).
I made the signature on the backside, as you can see to the left.
Auction process
When you want to bid for this drawing, you have to comment with bid + the amount you're willing to pay. As I will pay for the shipping, I will set the starting price to 3 SBD, so please make sure, that your bid is higher than that.
After the end of the auction you must be willing to provide me your shipping address. I'd suggest, that you contact me on steemit.chat (@shortcut) to do so. I will then send the drawing to you and you pay me the SBDs of your winning bid, after you received the drawing.
Thanks a lot to @pollux.one and @schererf for making this project real :-)
Good luck with the bidding and have fun!
P.S.: Payout declined, so there is no need to vote.
Thank you for using #steembay. This is an automatic auction, that will moderate your sale. The auction will start as soon as you upvote this comment and set a starting price with a comment.
To set the starting price and to open your auction, upvote and reply with:
start 1.0
Bidder Information
Bids have to be placed in the following format:
bid 1.0
The currency is SBD.
Lower, equal and invalid bids will be rejected.
Placed bids can be revoked by:
revoke bid
start 3.0
Auction is now opened. Starting price is: 3.000 SBD
Bids will be accepted until cashout time: 2017-11-27T20:20:15 UTC
This is a really cool idea. Obviously we still need to trust people. I hope not too many try to spoil it with fake votes. The evidence will be there to show that
Yes, trust and fair play are definitely needed to make this successful. But if it works, it is a really cool addition and can prove the awesomeness of this community.
Maybe if a bid required a vote and/or transfer it would weed out the fakes. I'm sure it will develop in time
That's an interesting idea! Like in an "American Auction", where every bidder instantly pays the difference to the previous highest bid.
bid 21
Wow!
I need a piece to add to my STEEM gallery ;)
That's pretty cool :-) I also own a small collection of Steemit-Art, which I placed in my home-office and I would feel very honored to become part of yours!
Bid accepted! Highest bid is now @jeffjagoe's bid of 21.000 SBD
The #steembay Auction has finished.
The winning bidder is @jeffjagoe with an amount of 21.000 SBD - Congratulations!
Bid 20
Bid accepted! Highest bid is now @bescouted's bid of 20.000 SBD
@bescouted's bid of 20.000 SBD has been overbid by @jeffjagoe's bid of 21.000 SBD
Sorry can't afford to overbid that :)
Anyway, thanks a lot for your bid, David! Maybe next time...
Welcome, thank you for your support with delegation :)
Hope so :) keep that art coming :)
By the way: You should definitely consider selling some of your photos through #steembay :-) I'd be interested.
I wish i had time, too busy with my startup right not, to make prints, and take care of deliveries... Maybe some day if i get back full time to photography :) Would be nice to run a small individual business like that i think :)
Do people even buy prints nowadays?
I'd definitely buy a signed print from you. Maybe you can integrate Steembay in Bescouted one day.
bid 6
this is a VERY cool service! thanks for the info my friend!
You're welcome, Jeff :-) It's really a cool tool.
Thanks a lot for your bid!
@jeffjagoe's bid of 6.000 SBD has been overbid by @bescouted's bid of 20.000 SBD
Bid accepted! Highest bid is now @jeffjagoe's bid of 6.000 SBD
Bid 4.0
Thanks for your bid, Steve :-)
Bid accepted! Highest bid is now @steevc's bid of 4.000 SBD
@steevc's bid of 4.000 SBD had been overbidding by @pollux.one's bid of 5.000 SBD
bid 5
Bid accepted! Highest bid is now @pollux.one's bid of 5.000 SBD
@pollux.one's bid of 5.000 SBD has been overbid by @jeffjagoe's bid of 6.000 SBD
Wow, this drove home how potentially awesome this could be. Hope we get a UI at some point.
working on it...
will be probably a downloadable application, no homepage, only posting key needed.
I am thinking about a sorting system, no limitation on the tags used, on-system storage of remembered items + a possibility to blacklist / limit people who are voting (e.g. minimum SBD holdings, minimum reputation etc.)
Glad you like it ;-)
Yes! I'm also pretty much amazed, how this is picking up pace :-) A steembay-app would make it just perfect.
Totally agree though I'm currently encouraging people to think bigger with their naming conventions. Steembay is too limiting, now "dbay" on the other hand ... ;)
Good point. Using the word "bay" in any auction related service might cause some legal issues. The guys creating "openbazaar" did quite well in creating a brand. Maybe something like "auct-chain" will do ;-)
"bay" is a word, you can't trademark it. No one uses openbazaar and auct-chain is again too niche. "dbay" is how I would go. It piggybacks off of their brand without violating their IP.
Appreciate your feedback on this and I'm not a lawyer, but doing a quick research on "Trademark Laws" tells me, that I should avoid choosing a name which is too similar to an existing brand.
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Awesome! Been away from steemit for just a day and then this happened :D
I think I'm going to try this out too!
And I would've bid, but it's already out of my league, good job & good luck!
Thanks Maarten, I appreciate your intention to vote on my drawing.
The new auction tool is really awesome and I'm even a bit suprised, how well this first auction works.
You should definitely give it a try!
THX for using this service! I love that you like it and actually are USING it...
Thank you for the idea and @scheref for realizing it!
Also many thanks for your bid.
This is very cool. Maybe there could be a trust level system. Like if anything goes well ( delivery sent and received + money sent) both participant of the final deal gain +1 trust.
That's a real good idea. Until now, the only way to trust eachother is by Steemit reputation. I will tell the developers about your proposal.
Cool!
you have done this, but still not find which thing should i made foe auction.
I don't now, but you could sell a postcard from your hometown, some cool stickers, incense sticks, soap...
Seems like you got your first one .Hope you get the the bid you want :)
Thanks! It's much fun, so the price is secondary right now.
I'm amazed by the attention and the current bid, though.
Me too ,as i am seeing the bidding in front of my eyes .
good work buddy !
What a great way to support each other! I am already going through my brain to see I can contribute to Steembay!
Yes, it's really a fun way to spend your SBDs and get some nice things for it (or the other way around). I'm looking forward to your first auction.
Amazing I have been harping on about this sort of system for ages. A great step for Steemit Love it #steembay!
You're right, #steembay is really a great addition to the Steemit ecosystem. You should definitely give it a try!
I'm on it do you add postage on top then?? Loving the idea great progression :)
It's totally up to you, if you add postage later or set a higher starting price to cover this (like I did).
Now this SteemBay stuff I can get behind... How exactly does it work?
https://steemit.com/dsound/@paulmoon410/im-sorry-paul-moon-with-z-e-k-e
I'd suggest reading the announcement post first. Then, if you want to buy this drawing, you can place a bid by replying with the word bid and the amount of SBDs you're willing to pay. The highest bidder (at payout time) will get the drawing, after providing me an address.
Driving... can’t read a lot and drive effectively.
No problem, check back later. You have 7 days to place a bid ;-)
Im going to start selling items I've made... that would be awesome!!!
You absolutely should! It's really awesome :-)
Who’s covering shipping and handling?
World wide gets expensive!
In this case it will be about 5$ for normal delivery and about 10$ for fast delivery.
When does the auction close? At post payout?
... I’m eager to win!
Hi Jeff! I'm thrilled to congratulate you for winning the auction :-)
You might want to contact me on Steemit.chat (same username) to give me your address, so that I can send it to you a.s.a.p.! Have a great day.
Woot woooot! Did I just win one of the first STEEMBay auctions ever?! (If not thee first!)
Yeah! Actually it was the fourth #steembay auction ever, but the first #art auction and only one of the earlier auctions received bids. So we both made some Steemit history and I'm excited, that you've won :-)
That’s awesome! I’ll contact you on steemit.chat shortly. Have a great week @shortcut!
Great! Have a great week, too!
Yes, it will end at payout time, if I don't end it earlier. But I guess, there is a good chance that you already placed the highest bid ;-)
Hello @shortcut, I hope you are enjoying Steemit!
This is a great place with a great community -- glad to have you around!
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