SponsorMySociety.co.uk
When I was Captain at ULBC we were always looking for Sponsorship. Applying to a wide range of companies in the hope that one would want to want to sponsor us. Sadly the case was more rejection than acceptance. Many other university societies face similar troubles in finding sponsors to help support the good work they do. SponsorMySociety.co.uk is our attempt to help societies and businesses to come together in one place. Rather than having to fire off 100 emails to differing companies, we...
Read MoreThe iPhone Auction
The iPhone auction is the first promotional campaign for Baylif. Where we are selling a black iPhone 4S 16GB. It is starting at £700 and ending at £0. But how long will you wait to buy it? When we were thinking about baylif, we were thinking how we can make shopping exciting and entertaining where hundreds of items are on sale, both new and old, dropping in price every second until someone buys it. With the iPhone auction we have made one rule, you have to list two items to sell. So you can...
Read MoreOne month on.
It’s been a month since we released the beta version of Baylif.com. For those that don’t know Baylif.com is an auction website where the sellers set a start price that drops to the reserve price over the period of time they have set. It will drop until the buyer decides to buy. Both are happy. There have been several trades on the site in the last month, membership is growing and the types of products are expanding. But all this isn’t easy and it is only the start of what we...
Read MoreWe have lift off!!!
And they’re off!! Shooting down the race track to unseeable finish line in the distance! So its out there for everyone to use and play with, our little baby has been released out the bag and is now flying around the jungle that is the internet. What is baylif? Well, imagine you have just finished a year at university or have just graduated. You’ve spent a fortune on books rather than using the library, and now want to get rid of these irrelevant books. How can you do it? Easily, go...
Read MoreBaylif – the origins
Baylif will be launching in Septemer 2011. What is baylif? It is not the people who enter your house when you haven’t paid your debts. Baylif will be a Dutch Auction website like eBay but upside down. Basically the price of an item will start at its “maximum” price and continously fall over time until it is bought buy someone (clicking buy) or it reaches the “minimum” price. So the price will drop 1p proportionally depending on time and the gap in prices. Every...
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