Andrewck

Hi 928 crew,

My name is Andrew and I’m a regular over in the 996 hangout, which is where I first posted this. During my current search for snow tires, I realized how painful the process of buying/selling lightly used Porsche parts actually is:

1. There's no one location to see everything and keep organized (I have 20 bookmarked pages). I find myself looking at (996 forum, RL classifieds, ebay, craigslist, other sites)
2. Communication is often slow or poor and I'm often confused if a listed item has been sold or is still available
3. Sellers aren't always reputable and I worry about the quality of parts, legitimacy of transaction (mostly public listing sites)
4. All I want as a buyer is to have a clean, organized marketplace to compare parts and have a straightforward transaction

As a seller, I face similar frustrations

1. My quality listings get lost in the classifieds or buried among spam and other listings
2. I answer tons of questions about the product and never hear back from potential buyers (or get lowball offers)
3. I have to refresh or bump my listings on a weekly (or more often) basis to prevent them from going away
4. All I want as a seller is "set it and forget it" and to recoup some money to spend on more parts

Having this problem over the past couple years, I just got fed up last night and decided to build a marketplace to see if I can create a better solution: Flat Six Market. This is a marketplace for new and used Porsche parts made for Porsche enthusiasts, by a Porsche enthusiast. It's clean, simple, and populated by members of the Porsche community.

If this works and serves as a good resource for the community, I'll keep it up and continue to refine it. If not, then I'll let it expire and go back to crawling the various classifieds, forums and auction sites for parts. If you’d want to give it a shot, I’d appreciate any feedback.

https://porsche-parts.sharetribe.com/

GT6ixer

Nice idea. I like it on the surface. Much more intuitive than the parts marketplace on RL.

hb253

The name "Flat Six Market" makes us V8 and 4-cylinder owners feel slightly unloved. Otherwise, interesting idea.

Hugo

Alan

Rethink the name! - it is a very silly choice unless you really want to exclude consideration from a large number of Porsche owners to whom it clearly doesn't apply.

Harsh? - no! just the reality that people don't look at sites that clearly indicate by their name that they are not relevant. Come up with an inclusive name - "No Substitute Market" comes to mind - you get the idea.

Alan

Imo000

Nice but how are you planning to advertise it so it becomes popular?