Hello All
I had a question for all karting enthusiasts, I would like everyone opinion on the used parts karting marketplace in general. What are your thoughts when it comes to shopping for used parts? Are you happy with searching the internet for used karting parts and accessories. Places like FB, EBay and local classifieds KartPulse? or would you rather see a single place dedicated to the sale of used karting parts, thanks in advance for your feedback and opinions.
I don’t the market is big enough to support a standalone platform. I could be wrong.
Cheap shipping or regional filters is the key. Used kart parts marketplace is regionalized/localized. That’s one thing Facebook does really well. It has groups like “North Florida karts and parts for sale” or something like that. A lot of kart parts are big and/or heavy items that usually cost a lot to ship, so we prefer to buy local.
If you want to make a successful platform then you should have a quck and reliable way to filter by location.
I’ve pondered same and there might be a similar topic discussing it here. There’s been a few attempts.
To answer your question would I use it? Even if its a marketplace that supports good window shopping, absolutely.
Easy enough to deploy using Wordpress. Driving traffic and adoption is the hard part. I don’t think you could even get it to a good point without paid acquisition. Which begs the question of how to pay for it. Sponsorships, ads, commercial listings and featured ads are the easiest ways to so. Again, adoption is hard part.
Facebook marketplace has it pretty sewn up so you have to find an edge. If you can make something that’s as easy to use and perhaps has karting specific filters of sorts maybe it can flourish.
The only downside to marketplace and Facebook groups is the proliferation of scams. They’re usually obvious (no one is selling a kart stand for $300 shipped from an undisclosed city), but they’re all over the place. I’ve left multiple groups because the mods made zero effort to remove scammers.
Ya, my policy with fb marketplace is to never buy anything sight unseen.