The rules on Ahwooga.com will mirror those of a simpler time.

Ahwooga members will have the freedom to promote their items and share with potential buyers their terms, including payment methods they will accept. We also want to promote buyer and seller communication; sometimes a purchase needs more than a couple of e-mails. There is a point where a phone call can really help out both the buyer and seller. We still can't believe sites that allow major purchases to happen without communication. This would prevent scammers from hiding behind their computers. We also believe larger ticket item would be purchased with more confidence due to this open communication.

Monday, December 21, 2009

We are deep into our final test phase

It's been a couple days since I have updated the blog and I can tell you it has been busy at ahwooga headquarters since we have a little over a week until we unlock the site for everyone. We had one really good glitch experimenting with some server settings that made the site go down for an hour. What was almost comical about it was I was driving up to meet with an interested client when the site went down, then as I was driving away, the site came back online.

The help center is starting to get populated with videos and soon text lessons. I really have been stressed out a little about this part. One of our long term dislikes about some other sites, are you either can't find what your looking for, or the information is out dated. Having that knowledge, we are trying our best to build the center in a modular format with short pieces of information that can be changed as the site grows.

Over the last week I have spoken with some of the nicest people who are interested in selling on the site. I believe this is my number reason my spirits are staying high. God bless these kind folks.