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I need some advice on this particular website idea....

One of my biggest passions in life is working on cars, motorcycles, and basically anything mechanical.  I didn`t have a lot of money growing up, so a lot of the parts I bought were used.  Autozone and those types of stores have a lot of inexpensive small parts you can buy, but components like wiring harnesses, interior panels, special bolts, etc is nowhere to be found in those types of stores.  Plus, their prices are rather high.  Considering there is a huge number of junkyards in this country, it`s considerably difficult to gain access to their inventory without visiting them yourself.  Some people shop on ebay or search local classifieds to find used parts, but finding the right part is still difficult on those websites because there`s not an organized way to search.

The idea is to create a website that is free to sellers to post their items and free for users. The junkyards and other sellers can post their inventory on the website, along with pricing, contact information, shipping info, etc.  The website would be setup with an easy to use search function where users could search by name, part number or location of part on the car. The key to this website would be to have a strict format that posters would have to follow but a format that would make it easy to junkyards with a large inventory to post the items.  Specific information and pictures of the product would have to be included when posting.  The website would also use a specific shipping service that would result in lower shipping costs.  The website would have an electronic shipping form that the part seller would print out and slap on the box.  The shipping company would pick the items up without the seller having to make a trip to the post office or shipping post. 

The main idea of this site is really to create a centralized website for anyone looking for any used and hard to find auto/motorcycle/boat/rv parts.  Junkyards, private sellers, etc can all use it for free provided they include the required data.  (A lot of sites I`ve seen try to do this fail to include pictures, email address, part condition or even price - they usally say "call for price" which irritates me)

Any thoughts?

www.car-part.com

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Michael Shemwell
www.mymobilecarcare.com
www.evercleancleaningservices.com

Like it. Good niche market potential.

its nice to launch this kind of website but the condition is ,it should be freely to post vehicle's ad so after a period you will gain from your site.

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   I remember When Car Part .com got started.

Me and my brother had a similar deal and should of worked with them more.

I own a salvage yard for 10 years.

What needs to be done is one for the other stuff like tractor parts / boat parts / exc..

Get the idea, now you have the million dollar answer.

Might as well tell you about it, i can no longer do anything with it.

Good luck

OH by the way carpart it is based off the Hollander used parts numbering system.

So when you look up a part say for engine witch = 300-????? for interchange.

It will show even the notes, mile's exc. that the counter person is looking at.

 

 

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It seems all set for launching your website about used automotive things. So, why are you waiting for I would like to tell you that you should instantly devlope your business website. You can easily sell automotive parts with this site as well as used parts too.

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