First niche store on new software
January 13th, 2008 by Robert
I got my first store built using my new niche store builder today. As I mentioned in my previous post, building a better niche store, I decided to create my own software for building eBay niche stores.
I had a few minor hickups due to configuration between my development environment and my server, but nothing show stopping. I still need to build an install process to create the database and create the configuration files, so I will have to work on that. In the mean time I’m going to get a few more stores up that I’ve already bought the domains for and put this thing through its paces.
What is the store?
Oh yea, the first store to go up is UsedMacMini.com. Take a look and tell what you think! I realize the end result doesn’t show much of the software itself so when I get a chance I’ll create some screenshots of the admin interface to kind of give you an idea of how it works.
I’ve already got a name for the software and the domain name purchased so I’ll work on that as well and perhaps get some beta testers to try it out. If you are interested drop me a note and I’ll get back to you.
One thing to note however, I didn’t realize it until after I deployed the app that I used some PHP5-only features. This wasn’t a big deal for me as my hosting provider, site5, supports PHP5. So if you want to be a beta tester be sure you have access to a PHP5 server. If you don’t site5 is a good choice 
Rochelle Says
Interesting! I like the look of your macmini site. What are your intentions with the software you are building?
FYI - the text under the RSS feed button is garbled and unviewable. And, the images for the item I clicked on took a fairly long time to load (although I realize this may be beyond your control).
Rochelle (aka neeznoodle)
Jan 17th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Robert Says
Hmm.. There shouldn’t be any text under the RSS button, other than the table header for the listings. I did at one point have some text under the feed button but I removed it a few days ago.
Could you possible send me a screen shot? What browser were you using? I honestly haven’t tested it in IE, so that could be the issue.
As for my intentions, I’ve been working on a couple of options and I might make several of them available. I do plan on making it available to all in some fashion, I just have to decide how.
Jan 18th, 2008 at 9:43 am