Draft your cube at CubeTutor.com! - Demonic Tutor2024-03-29T09:55:09Zhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/forum/topics/draft-your-cube-at-cubetutor-com?commentId=3440403%3AComment%3A61478&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAwesome!tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-07-09:3440403:Comment:627022013-07-09T08:10:13.602ZThomas David Bakerhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/ThomasDavidBaker
<p>Awesome!</p>
<p>Awesome!</p> Mentioned on the Mothership!…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-07-09:3440403:Comment:626062013-07-09T07:12:02.961ZBen Titmarshhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/BenTitmarsh
Mentioned on the Mothership! <a href="http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg%2Fdaily%2Fsf%2F255" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg%2Fdaily%2Fsf%2F255</a>
Mentioned on the Mothership! <a href="http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg%2Fdaily%2Fsf%2F255" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg%2Fdaily%2Fsf%2F255</a> More awesomeness: http://www.…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-24:3440403:Comment:624952013-06-24T09:23:16.537ZBen Titmarshhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/BenTitmarsh
<p>More awesomeness: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CubeDraft" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/CubeDraft</a></p>
<p>More awesomeness: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CubeDraft" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/CubeDraft</a></p> if europe sucks but the US do…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-21:3440403:Comment:622322013-06-21T07:56:54.934ZGlenn Goldsworthyhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/GlennGoldsworthy
<p>if europe sucks but the US doesn't for this type of thing but your user base is US you sir are golden, also I still have no idea why most europe stores don't really do this some don't even have prices on there site (yes it's annoying to maintain but I would have thought it does put people off buying from them)<br></br><br></br><cite>Ben Titmarsh said:…</cite></p>
<p>if europe sucks but the US doesn't for this type of thing but your user base is US you sir are golden, also I still have no idea why most europe stores don't really do this some don't even have prices on there site (yes it's annoying to maintain but I would have thought it does put people off buying from them)<br/><br/><cite>Ben Titmarsh said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://demonictutor.ning.com/forum/topics/draft-your-cube-at-cubetutor-com?id=3440403%3ATopic%3A61227&page=10#3440403Comment62486"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Haha. AFAIK most of the European stores dont offer any price API so if you wanted to aggregate prices youd either have to get them to build one or get involved in the horrendous world of scraping.. Really interesting idea though. I think it would certainly be worth going down the geolocation route and providing region specific stores. About 80% of my users are American at the moment.</div>
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</blockquote> Haha. AFAIK most of the Europ…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-20:3440403:Comment:624862013-06-20T15:38:21.267ZBen Titmarshhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/BenTitmarsh
Haha. AFAIK most of the European stores dont offer any price API so if you wanted to aggregate prices youd either have to get them to build one or get involved in the horrendous world of scraping.. Really interesting idea though. I think it would certainly be worth going down the geolocation route and providing region specific stores. About 80% of my users are American at the moment.
Haha. AFAIK most of the European stores dont offer any price API so if you wanted to aggregate prices youd either have to get them to build one or get involved in the horrendous world of scraping.. Really interesting idea though. I think it would certainly be worth going down the geolocation route and providing region specific stores. About 80% of my users are American at the moment. All part of the service!tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-20:3440403:Comment:624852013-06-20T13:53:49.107ZRussell Davieshttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/RussellDavies
<p>All part of the service!</p>
<p>All part of the service!</p> and sexy cuddles obvRussell D…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-20:3440403:Comment:623022013-06-20T13:47:28.236ZGlenn Goldsworthyhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/GlennGoldsworthy
<p>and sexy cuddles obv<br></br><br></br><cite>Russell Davies said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://demonictutor.ning.com/forum/topics/draft-your-cube-at-cubetutor-com?id=3440403%3ATopic%3A61227&page=10#3440403Comment62484"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Meh, affiliate agreements are trivial, no need to get the suits in on them ;)</p>
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<p>Having comparative pricing for cards is an excellent idea IMO, but you might struggle to get people on there. TCGPlayer and MTGPrice both have…</p>
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<p>and sexy cuddles obv<br/><br/><cite>Russell Davies said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://demonictutor.ning.com/forum/topics/draft-your-cube-at-cubetutor-com?id=3440403%3ATopic%3A61227&page=10#3440403Comment62484"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Meh, affiliate agreements are trivial, no need to get the suits in on them ;)</p>
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<p>Having comparative pricing for cards is an excellent idea IMO, but you might struggle to get people on there. TCGPlayer and MTGPrice both have feeds from some big stores, but they're quite US-centric, and it may be difficult to find stores in UK/Europe who have the infrastructure and technical know-how to provide the data you need.</p>
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<p>Needless to say, if you're going down this route I'll be happy to setup a web service/feed or similar from manascrew.co.uk and an affiliate agreement, too ;)</p>
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</blockquote> Meh, affiliate agreements are…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-20:3440403:Comment:624842013-06-20T12:31:03.191ZRussell Davieshttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/RussellDavies
<p>Meh, affiliate agreements are trivial, no need to get the suits in on them ;)</p>
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<p>Having comparative pricing for cards is an excellent idea IMO, but you might struggle to get people on there. TCGPlayer and MTGPrice both have feeds from some big stores, but they're quite US-centric, and it may be difficult to find stores in UK/Europe who have the infrastructure and technical know-how to provide the data you need.</p>
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<p>Needless to say, if you're going down this route I'll…</p>
<p>Meh, affiliate agreements are trivial, no need to get the suits in on them ;)</p>
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<p>Having comparative pricing for cards is an excellent idea IMO, but you might struggle to get people on there. TCGPlayer and MTGPrice both have feeds from some big stores, but they're quite US-centric, and it may be difficult to find stores in UK/Europe who have the infrastructure and technical know-how to provide the data you need.</p>
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<p>Needless to say, if you're going down this route I'll be happy to setup a web service/feed or similar from manascrew.co.uk and an affiliate agreement, too ;)</p>
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<p></p> I think the card links is one…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-20:3440403:Comment:622292013-06-20T11:23:30.756ZPaul Hodgsonhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/PaulHodgson
<p>I think the card links is one of the better ways, and less intrusive than ads (although ads for things like ultrapro etc would probably be fine). The angle I was thinking of was that many people are going to be fiddling with their cube list, drafting, seeing how things come together and then tweaking by changing cards around. If it's easy for them to then click through to a comparative list of retailers - i.e. card X is available for these prices from retailer 1, 2, 3, 4 etc and you get an…</p>
<p>I think the card links is one of the better ways, and less intrusive than ads (although ads for things like ultrapro etc would probably be fine). The angle I was thinking of was that many people are going to be fiddling with their cube list, drafting, seeing how things come together and then tweaking by changing cards around. If it's easy for them to then click through to a comparative list of retailers - i.e. card X is available for these prices from retailer 1, 2, 3, 4 etc and you get an affiliate slice of the transaction. You actually build more useful functionality (users get the cards they are missing at the best price), and make some £££ off the deal.</p>
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<p>Hard part will be setting up the affiliate agreements, I know plenty of commercial lawyers who will work for burgers though ;)</p> Ben this all came about as we…tag:demonictutor.ning.com,2013-06-20:3440403:Comment:622282013-06-20T10:21:18.532ZGlenn Goldsworthyhttps://demonictutor.ning.com/profile/GlennGoldsworthy
<p>Ben this all came about as we were saying what a great job you've done but you've also put in a lot of work and this certainly has options for making money, advertising, linking to cards from shops (would probably have to be several shops as people in the US won't want to see madhouse prices and vice versa), you could also just sell the whole thing.</p>
<p>It's more that you have come up with something that everyone seems to be on board with it's now about making sure your getting the most…</p>
<p>Ben this all came about as we were saying what a great job you've done but you've also put in a lot of work and this certainly has options for making money, advertising, linking to cards from shops (would probably have to be several shops as people in the US won't want to see madhouse prices and vice versa), you could also just sell the whole thing.</p>
<p>It's more that you have come up with something that everyone seems to be on board with it's now about making sure your getting the most out of it as well</p>