New Bladeforums dedicated Spyderco for sale sub forum

[Darkfin]

Greetings,

Spark put up a thread in the feedback forum asking for ideas for new sub forums, and a dedicated Spyderco for sale forum was suggested and is getting some traction. The idea would be similar to the Buck or Busse dedicated for sale forums, the reason being that Spyderco is a dominant player in the general forum, with many folks only looking for Spyderco brand knives (you know who you are :p ).

Anyway, if you like the idea, why not mosey on over and do your democratic +1 duty?

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showt ... ?p=8935322

Happy Holidays!

[MCM]

Great idea!

[bh49]

I love it

[cougar337]

I think it's a great idea. I'm shamelessly one of "those" that are usually looking for Spyderco's :p

[AJF]

Great! I went there and cast my vote. :spyder: :)

Andrew

[Jay_Ev]

I think this would be great. Sometimes it can get a little tiresome having to sift through every single post looking only for the Spyderco ones.

[chuck_roxas45]

I'm for that.

[Jay_Ev]

One issue that comes to mind is that if you give Spyderco it's own sub forum, what about all the other hundreds of brands of knives? Are they somehow less deserving of their own sub forums as well? I guess what I am asking is what makes Spyderco so exceptional and exclusive that it deserves it's own special forum?

[Bill1170]

One issue that comes to mind is that if you give Spyderco it's own sub forum, what about all the other hundreds of brands of knives? Are they somehow less deserving of their own sub forums as well? I guess what I am asking is what makes Spyderco so exceptional and exclusive that it deserves it's own special forum?

You are here and you have to ask???? This is for people who want to buy "those ugly knives with the big hole in the blade." If that's not special, I don't know what is!

[Mr.Sparkitle]

I put in my vote on it.

[The Deacon]

One issue that comes to mind is that if you give Spyderco it's own sub forum, what about all the other hundreds of brands of knives? Are they somehow less deserving of their own sub forums as well? I guess what I am asking is what makes Spyderco so exceptional and exclusive that it deserves it's own special forum?

Just like the Buck and Busse sale areas, it actually does the other brands a favor. It keeps the general sales area from being flooded with posts for one brand. That might be more important than ever given the new way the sales forums are being managed.

[JacksonKnives]

To be honest, I prefer the knife-bst.com board for Spyderco buying/selling... Bladeforums is bigger, but bigger isn't always better.

There are quite a few Spyderco sales through the existing forum, and although it woul be nice to make sorting through them easier, it works just fine. If anything, sub-forum sales will attract less attention from the rest of the forum (i.e. those who aren't looking *specifically* for Spydies) and might devalue them, or lose the interest of sellers who have large lots containing multiple brands.

[Darkfin]

To be honest, I prefer the knife-bst.com board for Spyderco buying/selling... Bladeforums is bigger, but bigger isn't always better.

There are quite a few Spyderco sales through the existing forum, and although it woul be nice to make sorting through them easier, it works just fine. If anything, sub-forum sales will attract less attention from the rest of the forum (i.e. those who aren't looking *specifically* for Spydies) and might devalue them, or lose the interest of sellers who have large lots containing multiple brands.

Bigger means more offerings. As far as Spyderco getting less attention, that is doubtful based on the popularity of the Busse forum since it split off a couple of years back.

If you are selling multiple brands including a Spyderco, you should still list in the main forum.

A Spyderco sub forum isn't a reward for a deserving company, it is simply a traffic management tool. For those who don't want Spydies (I hear rumors they do exist), this gets the holey knives outta their way. (At present, nine of the first 25 threads making up page one are Spyderco threads.*) For those who do want Spydies, it gets the non-holey knives outta the way. Win-win.

*By comparison, there are 5 BM, 3 EESE/kin, 2 Casexx, 2 Bradley, and 1 each of Strider, Boker, Fehrman & Enzo

[Bluntrauma]

Put in my vote yesterday. I am Liveitoud over there.

[SmoothOne25]

+1
i never and i mean not even once bought anything other than a spydie. i do the same thing you all do and browse till i see sals namesake. :D
i hate when people just write "a bunch for sale" or " knives fs or t" and i have to go digging.

this way, just like kbst is mostly spy, we can all shop a little easier and get only what we want.

[Creepo]

I contributed. :)

[Evil D]

One issue that comes to mind is that if you give Spyderco it's own sub forum, what about all the other hundreds of brands of knives? Are they somehow less deserving of their own sub forums as well? I guess what I am asking is what makes Spyderco so exceptional and exclusive that it deserves it's own special forum?

Well, if you had some whatevertheheck brand that never comes up for sale, a dedicated forum for just that knife wouldn't get much if any hits and would go to waste.

[JacksonKnives]

Bigger means more offerings. As far as Spyderco getting less attention, that is doubtful based on the popularity of the Busse forum since it split off a couple of years back.

If you are selling multiple brands including a Spyderco, you should still list in the main forum.

That's the problem, though...

The Busse forum is for "hogs"; they know what they want (anything with INFI will sell...) and they know the re-sell market is there if they want to take advantage of it.

Spyderco users are, for the most part, general knife enthusiasts. Certainly there is a population of us who only buy/collect Spydies, but that's not the case for the majority. he sub-forum would not be bigger, it would be smaller. Where an EDC spydie might get 50 pageviews on the general FS forum, it might only get 10 on a sub-forum. So long as it's the right knife at the right price you won't have any trouble selling to the Spyderco community, but you're weeding out the newbs and generalists who might buy a knife they know little/nothing about.

The multi-brand threads are what makes this a bad idea, IMHO. You're splitting up sales of similar knives, and making it more difficult for sellers to keep track of what they've listed. For Busse, that makes sense (Hogs only want INFI anyway); for Buck collectors, that makes sense (they're looking to buy and to sell collectibles); for me as a Spyderco user, the collectibility is second to EDC practicality--I like looking at multi-brand sale threads, even though I'll more consistently buy Spydercos.

I'll continue to use the forums either way, I'm just sayin' it's not the most logical distinction to make (even if you can't stand Spyderco, you'll still see the knives in multi-brand sale threads.)

[Jay_Ev]

If you are selling multiple brands including a Spyderco, you should still list in the main forum.

OK so now a buyer has to check TWO forums: The main forum and the Spyderco specific sub-forum. This doesn't make it easier or more convenient; quite the opposite. Checking multiple forums is time consuming. Plus, if that ultra-rare highly collectible Spydie is listed in the main forum in a post with multiple brands, a collector could miss out on it.

(At present, nine of the first 25 threads making up page one are Spyderco threads.*)

In the interest of fairness, there have been plenty of times where ZERO threads on page one are Spyderco threads.

[Pinetreebbs]

Done. :spyder: