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Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 3:42 pm Post subject:
Why's there an issue? If it works, we could take the nice bits and copy them. It's not protected in anyway I can see.

Becki

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 6293
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 4:02 pm Post subject:
If you are after things other than food, I might be interested. I could put a few cards on, or something.

gil
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 4:16 pm Post subject:
Might be up for this, July onwards. Do we need to discuss a 'stall' policy on things like delivery times, etc or use our individual working practices ?

jema
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28239
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 4:16 pm Post subject:

Nick Howe wrote:

Why's there an issue? If it works, we could take the nice bits and copy them. It's not protected in anyway I can see.

More an issue of who nicks the idea, e.g. this is potentially.

1) A heck of a lot of work to write.
2) Quite lucrative, as even if you are not trying to make money I really do think it probably make sense to charge.
3) A good thing for downsizer to be doing in my view.
4) A good thing for me to be doing tying in with my aim to make ecommerce available in my free forums empire.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 4:50 pm Post subject:
Oh, I thought you were suggesting we'd be stealing ideas, breaching copyright, etc etc. No, but those things you've identified are Fun Problems. Think of them as Opportunities. I'd say have a bash on their site, see what works, see what doesn't, and steal wholesale the good stuff.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 6:25 pm Post subject:

Nick Howe wrote:

I'd say have a bash on their site, see what works, see what doesn't, and steal wholesale the good stuff.

Agree entirely

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 5025
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 9:15 pm Post subject:
Was thinking the other day, Downsizer would be one hell of a "brand name"........... River cottage seem to have done rather well. If its a case of "chuck a tenner in the kitty" and get a global market audience, count me in, costs me double that for 4 hours farmers market stall space !

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 9:16 pm Post subject:
I could bring out a brand of organic t-shirts

jema
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28239
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 07 9:22 pm Post subject:

Blacksmith wrote:

Was thinking the other day, Downsizer would be one hell of a "brand name"........... River cottage seem to have done rather well.

If its a case of "chuck a tenner in the kitty" and get a global market audience, count me in, costs me double that for 4 hours farmers market stall space !

It does have attractions at the "downsizer enterprise" level, maybe the answer is for me to develop this sort of solution on myfreeforum and then to look at stealing the code from there for downsizer?

That already goes on to some degree, the gallery uses a version of the myfreeforum code.

Maxwell Smart

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 607
Location: London Town

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 07 8:58 pm Post subject:
access to fresh yummy non tescoated food? i'll stand in queue now....

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Tue May 01, 07 9:31 am Post subject:
I think this is an excellent idea - a lot of work but great concept I can see a lot of work in trying to keep it up to date - many of our traders especially those with meat do not have it available all of the time and the site would need to give current info all of the time Also does this site have one shop or is it linking to the traders own shops -

Hobbitfeet

Joined: 12 May 2007
Posts: 1
Location: Durham

Posted: Sun May 13, 07 9:44 pm Post subject:
As a - albeit small, producer of bacon, smoked salmon and the like, I would be interested in taking part in a DS stall. I'm not sure of the logistics but am interested.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sun May 13, 07 10:00 pm Post subject:
Would it not be simpler to do a "big barn" style site? Justme

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Sun May 13, 07 11:17 pm Post subject:
ummm

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon May 14, 07 8:54 am Post subject:

Justme wrote:

Would it not be simpler to do a "big barn" style site?

Justme

Having said that in 2 years we have had TWO people say they found us on big barn....

Justme

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