Hellow from Yahya

[tke71709]

I like the site, not into collecting things of any sort myself but I have to admit that stamps are pretty darned cool.

I'm not going to rehash all the fine points stated above although I heartily agree with the fact that you are probably selling them for too low a price.

My suggestions are as follows:
- Package stamps and sell the packages. Otherwise you are going to have people buying all the great ones and leaving you with the less valuable ones. If you package together valuable one and less valuable ones (although themed) you can move both kinds at once.
- Not sure what you are using for the individual stamp shopping cart but (if you have time) it might be worthwhile to include more detailed descriptions for the search engines to use (e.g. Columbia - 10 cent stamp - 1959 - Mint).
- I'd make at least one more price point for the more valuable ones, maybe 3 instead of 1. I'd rather sell 50% less product and make 50% more money.

Did you take all the photos of the stamps yourself? You could try putting them on the stock photography websites to make a few bucks from that as well (you've already done a lot of the work).

[Kay]

Isn't there some law here (UK) that you can't actually run a lottery (other then the National Lottery, who are obviously exempt), but you can run a game of skill?

My point was more that the laws are complex and strictly regulated. It's not something that most people should delve into unless they're prepared to pay hefty legal fees.

There's a not bad article about it here:
http://www.out-law.com/page-6780

It's easy enough to run a competition. It's when you start asking people to pay to enter it, then that's considered to be 'gambling' and that's when all the rules start to apply.

The article specifically mentions the question, "What is the capital of France?"

If questions are too easy to deter a significant proportion of potential participants, or to eliminate a significant proportion of entrants, it will not satisfy the skill requirement. A question such as "what is the capital of France?" is too easy.

I don't know if the article is totally reliable, but I think we can agree on the fact that if you're going to run a lottery or competition with an entry fee, then you're going to need to pay for good legal advice if you want to stay on the right side of the law.