This morning we make a big change in how we handle classified ads and our local business directory. We've moved away from the sites handled by third party vendors and have gone 100-percent homegrown with a new site, Batavia's List.
Batavia's List replaces Shop Batavia, our real estate site and our jobs site.
Our goal was to create a very basic site that acts as a one-stop hub for all kinds of online commerce, from looking up a local business to putting items up for sale, and real estate listings, and job postings, and cars for sale and businesses with promotions and coupons -- all in one place, in one main feed that is easy to scroll through.
We'll also distribute the posts on Facebook (click here to LIKE Batavia's List on Facebook).
The new site also has an easy to use and free way for you to post your garage sales on a map and we've added a calendar of events (more on that to come in a future post). We'll add features as the site grows.
If you're ready to post something, e-mail me at howard@thebatavian.com and I'll send you a coupon code for a free, introductory ad placement.
Local business owners should make sure their business is listed and the listing is up to date.
Members of The Batavian Club can post for free, and as an introductory offer, we've reduced the price of a Club membership by more than half, to $24.95. The membership includes unlimited free classifieds postings as well as $300 in gift certificates to local businesses, plus we're still offering free T-shirts to new members.
And remember folks, if you
And remember folks, if you are a member you can delete your stupid comments whenever you want. It messes with history but such is life. I've been a member of "Angie's List" for years, because my wife bought it, and I have a "Save the Children" mean looking Haitian girl depending on me every month because of two door to door hippies working by the hour and an altered state of consciousness at the time the deal was sealed.
It aint Craigslist but at least it is Batavia's List and not Howardslist. It would be Georgasmslist if I had any say in the matter.