Can you please add a listing to our new website; FreeRatedTraders.com

[Dan]

Hello lads and ladies,

I've been working on a new website. www.FreeRatedTraders.com.

Mobile View for it.

It's a directory but it will come with some awesome features and it's well optimised. I'm aiming for a check-a-builder and mytrader type website, but free for both the customers and the tradesepeople.

I need some listings adding so that I can make sure systems and processes are working.

There are some dummy listings on there, but there are also some real listings on there too.

Can any of you be so kind as to register over there and then I'll optimise your listings for you and make sure they're ranking for your area.

I haven't installed the County's in Scotland, Wales or NI yet. So I will get round to those. Let me know in the comments to this thread if you're from one of those "devolved counties" (governments words not mine) lol and I'll PM you when I've added your county.

If you have any problems trying to add your listing then let me know. I've just fixed (i think) a ReCaptcha problem. But not 100% certain so need to get testing.

Let's call the site in BETA mode for now. And when we've got some listings on there and some blogs on the blog and it's ranking well, I'll we'll have a more official launch of it, and activate some of the other features. It has booking systems on there and a job posting system that hooks up to it too. But I didn't want to take too much on too quickly.

Been looking for one of these for years.

@Lou and I will start to copy over ALL FORUMS Listing systems to the new site once members have done theirs. Then we'll start to roll back the directories on the forums so that they can be redirected to the new listings and closed off eventually on here. As it's not helping the forum threads rankings with us having lots of areas with no listings added etc.

Anyway, please go to www.FreeRatedTraders.com and sign up and add a listing for me.

Report back here in this thread with any problems please.

 

[Lister1987]

In terms of feedback management, the thing that all other sites suffer from (poor/fake/false/slanderous etc), how will these be managed and verified?

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I clicked on register, entered info and nothing happened.... seems not to let me login?

 

[telectrix]

i tried and failed when it got to the add listing page. it just stopped.

 

[GJCES]

Hi, I'm unable to register, it just says: Make sure all the required fields are not empty!
worked second time.

 

[SparkySy]

Hi @Dan. Thanks very much listed myself today! Good luck hope it all works well!!
Sy
Infinity Electrical

 

[steamboatwilly]

Hmmmm, given up with mine for the time being as it keeps expiring and disappearing. Every time I 'Renew' it it only lasts 5-10 minutes before it expires again?

Also, how do you delete images? Anyone got that far yet?

 

[SparkySy]

I tried with the pictures but they were all too big and couldn't work out how to make the file size smaller, but when I put them on they did have the option to delete in the top right corner of the pic!
Sy

 

[Gerry Robson]

I,m retired now but I wish you and your team all the best for the future

 

[Dan]

There's a new introductions THREAD (not forum) over there so ALL TRADES can introduce themselves if they're the type that'd hang around on a forum. I thought it's a nice place for a trader to find a local contact if they need one and don't have one.

https://freeratedtraders.com/commun...ons-thread-come-say-hi-in-this-thread-please/

 

[Dan]

Been having a play with the listing. Don’t seem to be able to add a you tube link

I put it in the box but does not appear on preview or when I press continue. When I go back to edit the site the you tube box remains empty. Apperciate it is a new site so everything may not be fully operational yet.

I am able to add a section so you can add YouTube videos but didn't think people would use it to be fair lol - I'll stick it on my to-do list.

In terms of feedback management, the thing that all other sites suffer from (poor/fake/false/slanderous etc), how will these be managed and verified?

To be honest mate, if I know of you from my forum I'll erase the poor feedback.
If there's one thing that 20+ years of running forums has taught me, it's how to spot a fake. Can spot them a mile off on Amazon Reviews, eBay Feedback, our forums here (when we had a lot of training courses feedback), automotive forums I'm involved with that have a lot of second hand car parts trading hands and then the new owner of said parts finding out it was the wrong one they ordered but can't send it back and then leave a review as if the company they bought it off tried to burn their house down or something.

Nutters are everywhere but as an avid nutter myself I'm able to spot them a mile off. lol

I clicked on register, entered info and nothing happened.... seems not to let me login?

i tried and failed when it got to the add listing page. it just stopped.

Hi, I'm unable to register, it just says: Make sure all the required fields are not empty!
worked second time.

It's glitchy that's for sure. It's only a bit of a soft launch (BETA - So Testing Phase) right now.

Try now though, as listings are coming through again now thankfully.

Hmmmm, given up with mine for the time being as it keeps expiring and disappearing. Every time I 'Renew' it it only lasts 5-10 minutes before it expires again?

Also, how do you delete images? Anyone got that far yet?

It's drag and drop, so drag them away. If you're on a phone, click it, then click delete.

If you link me to your page, and let me know which images need removing I can do it for you for now but I will need to look into this to see if it's a bug. So it's on my to-do list.

I tried with the pictures but they were all too big and couldn't work out how to make the file size smaller, but when I put them on they did have the option to delete in the top right corner of the pic!
Sy

Sounds like I need to increase image file size again. I did it once but then broke the site and had to roll it back so I'll stick that on my to-do list also.

I,m retired now but I wish you and your team all the best for the future

*Tips hat to the gentleman.

Perhaps you could come hang around the trade forum area and chat to fellow retirees.

https://freeratedtraders.com/commun...ons-thread-come-say-hi-in-this-thread-please/

 

[telectrix]

sorted now. thanks dan.

 

[msomersby]

Ok done it. Pressed SAVE AND REVIEW and goes no further. No button to press to progress.

Same here. Pressing Save & Preview and nothing happens.. I'm using Firefox though so will give it a go with Chrome and see what happens.

 

[Dan]

Has it worked in Chrome