Trader Score

[sammad_kh]

Actually the idea behind the trader score is that people who successfully trade items with the sellers give the sellers a satisfaction rating and a short reiew of how the seller carried out the transaction. If there were any hiccups in the transaction such as late delivery or damaged product etc, the buyer can rate the seller lower points. Also the system shoudl ensure that the seller cannot give himself a rating. As time goes by, the trader score for a particular seller builds up and so does his repute on pakwheels

Brilliant idea!

but what about counter measures?
such as,
how does the genuine buyer gets identified?
how does only the genuine buyer upscore a sellers?
i mean its not adequate if any user can upscore the other, is it?

and i remebered, like there was this idiotic guy who Epicly Failed on advertising his towing service by operating a thread with dual ids, that was hilarious when he got busted by replying back all of a sudden with the same account for thanking!

https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/sale/156068-i-need-argent-towing-service-can-some-one-help-me

the thread is already closed and comments removed, even the highway he posed to be stuck at was closed at that time!

so jokes apart how we counter specifically ppl with such kind of fakea** attitude ?:S

[2c]

Im sorry? I didnt know we were on gup shup terms??

i am sorry if i am spoiling your thread.

[askhokhar]

This is really a wonderful idea!

A lot of buying and selling goes on in PakWheels and I think it is a brilliant idea to streamline the activity. Off and on, the members new items to the forum for selling but there are issues like payment, transportation of merchandise, quality of the product, etc. We have the successful model of Ebay working in several countries.

I think the administrators should look at the possibility of either adding onto the existing structure, or open a new E-Commerce based website. Owing to very wide variation in prices in different cities, I think it would be beneficial for the community. PakWheels is already engaged in buying/ selling of cars ... there is just a need to streamline the existing provision, and to add the parts and accessories to the list.

[sammad_kh]

I believe ads.naitazi.com is already an e-commerce type of website. However, its not the same as pakwheels. The traffic here is much more than pakbaord.com. That being said its been a month now and no response from any admins. Seems like no one is monitoring this thread.

[askhokhar]

PakWheels enjoys the trust of the members, and there are substantial number of visits to this site for making it feasible as an e-commerce website. We can follow the model of Ebay or Amazon. Classifieds are already there on PakWheels, but since the mechanism for payment and credit rating is absent, it is not successful so far.

The used car classifieds also have this flaw.

Paypal is not yet operational in Pakistan, and that is the reason potential customers are unable to purchase from Ebay. According to net resources, there are some issues faced by paypal in pakistan due to which it has not become operational.

Purchase through credit card has many stigmas attached to it. I have credit cards for more than a decade now, but I have not used them on the internet. I registered my credit card on Ebay, but next day I received phone call from my bank regarding some charges ... I had not purchased anything, yet somehow, somebody got hold of my credit card number and charged a minor amount ..

I think a good option is direct bank transfer. I have purchased couple of items from a seller on PakWheels based in Karachi. Same way, I have purchased some items from a Lahore based online shop and another one in Karachi. I did not face any frauds ... but yet it is important to have some kind of protection cover for the buyers. Same goes for protection for buyers.

There is another possibility for PakWheels ... it can start something like You Pick, We Buy! - Buy anything from eBay in Pakistan while doing Online Shopping in Pakistan to facilitate purchasing by members of PakWheels ... However, I would not recommend You Pick, We Buy! - Buy anything from eBay in Pakistan while doing Online Shopping in Pakistan to members of PakWheels because of very high service charges.

I think PakWheels has the potential to become Ebay of Pakistan ...

[ENGINEERzz]

gud suggestion:)lets hope for the best

[usarwar]

good sujjestion