Not any more. Two people bought it so the price doubles each time.
I will answer all PMs shortly.
First person buys it $20, next $40? This is a hack buying the main categorie hashtag for pennies
And the next is 80/160.
And $20 guy still gets the first spot in search results?
No, but not fully sure yet. We believe the higher paying bid should be higher, if its not like that, we will fix it.
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Damn, wasn’t aware of this. How many sponsored search slots for each keyword?
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If user A buys a keyword for $20 because he/she is first and then someone later buys the same keyword for $40, they shouldn’t get precedent over user A. User A would have likely also paid $40 to be #1, but didn’t because that wasn’t the price at the time.
Since I proposed this idea, here are my thoughts:
You sell a limited # of slots per keyword i.e. 3 slots. We don’t need to see 10 sponsored results; 3 is plenty for the user experience. Slot #1 should be more expensive than slot #2 and so on.
If you allow 10 sponsored keyword spots and if it’s random, it greatly diminishes the value and creates a bad user experience for users + the sellers who aren’t paying to be featured.
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This is my thought process as well
Also, @SWAPD perhaps you’ve already considered this, but if not, you should look into https://www.algolia.com … their tech would GREATLY enhance search on both the search bar and messages + provide some really cool ways to present sponsored posts in search and give you more control over rankings, etc.
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For now, we will test our way. There are four slots per keyword. If someone pays 160 USD for a word, it’s only natural he gets top. The first one gets it cheap, so that’s a bonus. We will run our way for a while and see how it goes. First place doesn’t mean a guaranteed click, anyway. It’s all in the topic title.
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Also, currently the person who paid more isn’t on top (bug), that will be resolved soon.
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In this case, you should sell 4 slots:
Slot #1: $160
Slot #2: $80
Slot #3: $40
Slot #4: $20
I would prefer to have the option to be #1 at the $160 price and not be stuck at the #4 slot just because I was first to buy
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You always complain!
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We are switching this to BETA because of the listing order. We will make it so a higher price = is higher on the list. This should be resolved tomorrow. If you see any other bugs, please report them here.
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I agree
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Find one member that disagrees with me
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Don’t be the first to buy, then 
Problem solved. This is literally a beta version in its primitive form. We first want to see if users:
- WIll be interested in this
- Will continue to be interested over time
- Will continually use this
Every little “request” from you guys costs thousands of dollars in developer costs. And besides, I’ve personally quit listening to you when you all asked for auctions, yet no one uses them.
We will test OUR WAY for a few weeks. If interest is there, we will pursue suggestions from members, and automate the buying process so staff isn’t needed.
/end of rant
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Even though I am mad at everyone, I’ve heard your requests and decided to oblige.
Starting now, you can purchase direct slots. Today’s purchases were already adjusted to reflect this change. I’ve edited the original post with the new rules.
For more info, also check out:
Update: We’ve received two reports that some browser ad blockers may hide the results. We will try to combat this by removing the word “Sponsored” from the list. We will do so in the next update.
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