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General Section => General Joe Talk => Topic started by: martin-montreal on July 02, 2012, 12:35:43 AM

Title: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: martin-montreal on July 02, 2012, 12:35:43 AM
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Announcing YoJoe! Pro
 
 We at YoJoe are dedicated to bringing you access to all things G.I. Joe for the community, by the community. Today we would like to announce the  next step in bringing YoJoe into a new user experience with YoJoe-Pro.
 
 YoJoe! Pro is a new and exciting collection management and buy-sell-trade platform fully integrated with the YoJoe archives and forums.
 
 YoJoe! Pro is available in four different packages.
 
 Basic Package - FREE - Allows users to maintain a checklist of the items they current have or want to own in their collections. This membership level also allows for unlimited and free for-sale listings and only 0.99  cents / 2.5% fee per transaction. All the regular features of YoJoe  that you've known and loved for the past fifteen years, Archives, Forums and News will always be FREE. If you are already a YoJoe Forums member you automatically have a FREE basic membership (no sign-up required).
 
 Option 1 - $20.00/year - Full feature collection management including uploading your own photos, adding in notes, dates acquired and price paid for your items. Also includes the ability to export your personal collection to Microsoft Excel (TM) for your own use. This plan also gives you access to set your collection photos to public to show off your items and a listing of recent sale prices on items. Package also includes 25 FREE sales/trades.
 
 Option 2 - $30.00/year - Same as option 1 but with 50 FREE sales/trades per year.
 
 Option 3 - $40.00/year - Same as option 1 but with 100 FREE sales/trades per year.
 
 If you are attending the G.I. Joe convention this weekend (6/29 - 7/1) come visit the YoJoe booth and receive 50% off any YoJoe Pro membership package if you sign up for YoJoe! Pro during the show.

See more here: http://forums.yojoe.com/news/88245-announcing-yojoe-pro-membership.html

So, before I get the WTF comment... yes, I know, we are here on JoeCanuck, not Yojoe... but still, I wanted to know what you guys are thinking about this new formula? Interesting or not?

Right now, I'm not too sure about this. From what I can see, a seller will need to assume the 0.99  cents / 2.5% fee per transaction + Paypal fees... or will add this to his price. So it will look like eBay...

Martin
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: bandonov on July 04, 2012, 07:17:42 PM
Stupid question here:

How will they know you made a sales transaction?  Are they going to read your PMs to find out?  I'm not a member at yojoe.com so I do not know.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: grunt 4 mvp on July 05, 2012, 12:20:40 AM
I assume you would host your inventory on their site and buy through them, like an online store. I wondered the same thing. Seems hard to orchestrate.

If they read PM`s it would be a pretty big privacy problem and people would just switch from pm`s to personal email addy`s to conclude the sale to avoid those fees.

Also martin, while it has fees just like ebay, it doesn`t seem to be an auction format so unlike ebay, you would be assured of your price. And I assume your listing doesn`t expire...
Disappointed if the old FS threads aren`t used anymore. I`m sure we`ll see more signature links to private webpages if that is the case.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: BHMike on July 05, 2012, 07:05:52 AM
*sigh*

Read the entire thread. It gets explained more:

"You'll still be able to list B/S/T threads as before here for free. The Pro membership adds in the collection management features. You'll be able to keep track of the items you own, add pics of your own items, store information like condition, price paid, and date acquired. It's this feature that will then allow you to list an item for sale with just a few clicks. Alternatively, you can select that you're looking for an item, and search what's available in the marketplace. "

I also believe a link with your item for sale will automatically show up on that items page in their new archives. It's a solid idea and I actually plan to use it for some Harder to find items.

MUCH better than paying for a badge and larger signature image. You actually get something out of this and it helps you sell your extra items.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: bandonov on July 05, 2012, 11:19:27 AM
hahahaha, I guess I will read the whole thing next time.  I like you hit on the other site that will not mention.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: martin-montreal on July 05, 2012, 09:42:43 PM
What I still don't get is... what if 100 persons have a Mutt helmet for sale. From what I understand, in the Archive, a link to every seller will show up. So, that's kind of weird... They will maybe put a limit on the number of sellers per item.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: grunt 4 mvp on July 06, 2012, 12:44:09 AM
Maybe it's one link to click that shows you a screen with all items matching...?
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: morgardee on July 06, 2012, 08:52:05 AM
My take is personally I wouldn't bother paying for the service.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: martin-montreal on August 04, 2012, 05:09:35 PM
I went through the Yojoe Pro system (free subscription) to ID my figs. I have 141 individual characters excluding:
It was easy to use, but few things would have to be improve to make me go to another subscription level, like:
So, overall an easy way to know what you have, if what you have is standard.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: Emags on August 05, 2012, 05:33:06 AM
Martin - thanks for posting this info.  I have been meaning to sign up and upload my collection, but have been busy with work.

Question - can you put in figures not on the checklist?  Meaning, customs?  I have a number of ME customs of ARAH figures, so would I be able to enter those somehow?  I could also do the same for my Canadian sets.

Strangely, I asked someone at yojoe, why the Canadian sets were not there and he did not have an answer.  It is weird, I thought these were blessed in 2010 in Joe Declassified by yojoe, but were never put on the website.........



Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: BHMike on August 05, 2012, 06:48:53 AM
They were, someone has to submit them, and no one has yet.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: martin-montreal on August 05, 2012, 03:15:31 PM
They were, someone has to submit them, and no one has yet.

Bringing back an old topic... http://www.joecanuck.com/jc/index.php?topic=4392.0 (http://www.joecanuck.com/jc/index.php?topic=4392.0) I think many people tried... and the last answers were positives. It looks like were are not far from the result. I think time is limited for everyone... but everything I read is positive.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: Emags on August 05, 2012, 09:52:39 PM
Hopefully they get posted.......I think it would be be good publicity for next year's CJC.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: martin-montreal on August 06, 2012, 07:59:04 PM
That's what I thought... in 2010  ???
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: BHMike on August 06, 2012, 08:37:17 PM
I'd like to see more involvement from folks here. If you want the CJC items posted t yojoe, feel free to submit them. You'll get your posted as photo credit as well.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: martin-montreal on August 06, 2012, 10:35:50 PM
I'd like to see more involvement from folks here. If you want the CJC items posted t yojoe, feel free to submit them. You'll get your posted as photo credit as well.

I think some of us tried... without success...

Reading this: http://www.joecanuck.com/jc/index.php?topic=4392.0 (http://www.joecanuck.com/jc/index.php?topic=4392.0)

I tried: No response
turner: No response
5h4rk: No response

Finally, when we read this:

How strange you posted this as I'm in the process right now of taking images for it.

I think everybody stopped and waited. From what I understand now, you want us to start this process again. I will make contact with YoJoe to see if they have standards to respect.

I don't have previous figs from the Joe Meet era. So, who wants to help taking pictures for:

2004: Joe Canuck
2005: JoeCanuck card
2006: Black Ice
2007: Shiver
2008: Snowbank + Timbit
2009: Back-stop, Chacal Noir, Cobra Frostback Trooper, The Dead Eye, The H.A.T.E. Tank
2010: Cobra North Guard, Snake-Byte, Hazard (Hailstorm Pilot), Hailstorm
2011: Captain Ruin, Valkryie, Spook, Coyote Trooper (x2), Traceroute, Mudslinger, Take Down, Comic Book, ...
2012: This year  :)

I'm currently in the process for the 2011 set. So all other year are available  ;D

Reply here and I will send you information from YoJoe.
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: Emags on August 06, 2012, 11:28:30 PM
I e-mailed yojoe about the CJC figures and never got a response either.

Are any of the guys from yojoe going to be at the convention?  Maybe we can bring it up then?
Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: joss789 on August 08, 2012, 04:45:31 PM
I can help with some pics.... after the con :)  I will ask to my wife, she's better than me with camera.

I don't own all of them but a few. 
-2006 Black Ice
-2008 Snowbank
and all boxset!

Title: Re: YoJoe offering new B/S/T options...
Post by: martin-montreal on August 08, 2012, 09:52:22 PM
I can help with some pics.... after the con :)  I will ask to my wife, she's better than me with camera.

I don't own all of them but a few. 
-2006 Black Ice
-2008 Snowbank
and all boxset!

Wow, that's great!

I know it's summer, but still no answer from YoJoe  :'( .