Due to my thread Sheep Marketplace - First Impression and Analysis: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=214467 and the subsequent thread at http://sheep5u64fi457aw.onion/forum/topic/sheep-marketplace-first-impression-and-analysis-7be18b53e0f834eb787b078dfb068c9c this post will in a practical sense explain how this System is supposed to work. It will be written primarily for Sheep Marketplace as they're pretty much my last hope as I've given up on Silk Road ever implementing any major changes.A) IntroductionB) ListingsC) FiltersD) FeedbackA) IntroductionSo let's start with the basics, what we see now at Atlantis, Silk Road, Black Market Reloaded, Sheep Market and others I'm currently not aware off is a front page generally showing a picture, a listing with weight embedded in it and a price point. If one were to instantly change to the Upgraded Listing Options overnight we would either be technically stuck with the same system we have now as Vendors would not be aware of the changes, the alternative would be to have "employees" go through every single Vendor/Listing manually and mark the price points that way. Basically the more Vendors and Listings involved makes this Project harder and harder to implement as it's just not a systematic change but a mindset which has to be applied by all Vendors individually. The good news with this is that any site with a low amount of listing or any New Site which has no listings at all which applies this mindset and programming will have an instant massive advantage over any current site which does not use this system which is currently every single one in existence.B) ListingsSo time to define what type of Listings are available and how they would operate. These are Types of Listings currently mostly in use:1. Product with Quantity; A Product which has a set amount of Stockpiles predetermined by the Vendor. Most Vendors have only one Stockpile somewhere in the vicinity of where they live while others have them all over the world through Bulk Contacts and the like.It's important to note here right away the Bulk Aspect of this for a future issue. The reason Vendors are using the "Finalize Early" concept they simply can't wait for days to receive their funds as they have to pay their supplier right away or they won't be able to get new Product and they're effectively being held hostage by the Buyer unless they get the Funds right away. Any new System must be able to accommodate for this fact and provide the option of forcing the Buyer to Finalize Early for specific listings. However this also has to take into the Account the Vendor might have specific rules, so this would mean the funds should first go into Escrow and they would not get transferred to the Vendor until the moment he accepts the order. Now to be clear on this point as most that will eventually read this are from Silk Road is the fact that Silk Road does not have this feature - it's either an order is in or it's In Transit, nothing in between. The moment the Vendor has accepted the order with a "Finalize Early" attribute the Buyer will officially have decoupled himself from the traditional safety net of the site in question and should not expect Support of any kind, similar to how it currently works in that regard except now it would work automatically without strange workarounds.Now for the Quantity itself as I've mentioned before it would be a system of Price Points, where the Vendor would first have to decide on three different points which are: When the price goes up due to a small amount of Product, when the price stays static due to the Standard amount of Product and when the Price goes down due to a large amount of Product. Now some Vendors would obviously only pick one or two of these Price Points but that makes no difference for the System itself. So the price for when the price stays static due to the Standard amount of product should always be the default listing which is shown on for example the front page. It's important to note here as I've mentioned before the Postage option should have a fixed Quantity based on the specific Price Point ordered as well.2. Digital Downloads; Now this isn't my area of expertise and Sheep Market has actually been fairly successful in providing a Service on this matter, as they have the option to instantly provide a predefined message with for example a Download Link whenever a Buyer buys a Listing with that option enabled - Silk Road does not have this option and requires the buyers to manually contact all Buyers after the transaction has been initiated. There's plenty of ways to improve on these types of Listings as long as they're not treated the same as a Product with Quantity. Although I will say an interesting evolution on this Aspect beyond what Sheep Market has implemented already would be having the ability to setup multiple Unique Messages in Advance, so for example say you were selling ten separate CD-keys you would setup them in Advance and each time a Buyer buys that specific listing they get a Unique Message for each Quantity - it is of course removed after the order has been Finalized.3. Lotteries; Again, not my area of expertise but it's clearly a Type of Listing which is somewhat popular and is very poorly integrated into any Site of this Nature at the moment. I would leave the implementation of this for others to figure out as I'm not exactly clear on what the purpose or how they work is, but the fact they are being used warrants it's own Type of Listing.4. Services; Similar to Digital Downloads in one sense, but this Category should differ in the sense it should encompass all work done manually by a Vendor for others. In this sense it would make sense for Vendors to pay for their Vendor Bond in regards to exactly what they are offering, in other words a Vendor only providing Services and nothing else whatsoever should get a significantly cheaper Vendor Bond/Fee and be subject to a different Set of Rules. If the Vendor in question decides to start selling Product with Quantity the Vendor in question would have to apply for that specific Vendor Bond/Fee and start following the rules for that Category then and only then. Good examples of Listings in this category would be Fake IDs and Registering an User Account for Buyers on Services like a Bitcoin Exchange, Bank or Mail Forwarder5. Money; Although technically this would qualify as a Service the reason it has to be treated separately is the need for specific Rules as the current way it works is by Vendors putting up Bitcoin Listings with the price set to 0 with the idea the work will be done off the books which doesn't make much sense - it's kind of sanctioned on Silk Road as well which can be seen in the thread Official Policy on Services provided from Person to Person: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=203436 - What needs to be done the Commission in this Category must be reworked so the max rate might be 0.5 % - 1.0 % or something to that effect.6. Custom Orders; Now here it gets a bit tricky as this point alone doesn't stand as a Category. Each category described before all have the potential for Custom Orders and the way of creating those currently is by creating a new listing, however with Upgraded Listing Options it would work like this:Whenever a Custom Order is made a Buyer initiates a Custom Order based on a listing, he would then get to propose all variables for the Custom Order like Quantity, Price, Stealth and so on. This Custom Offer would then be sent to a Vendor who gets to see this Custom Offer and it's variables - the Vendor in question would then have the option to either accept the Order as suggested by the buyer alternatively modify the terms and send it back to the Buyer. Whenever both parts have accepted the deal the funds from the Buyer are sent into Escrow and it's treated as any other Order with the exception this type of Order has very clear Custom Terms which have been accepted by both parties.C) FiltersOne major benefit of implementing this system will be the ability to filter almost everything from Product, Shipping to alternatives for Vendors like excluding exact Countries to ship to or increase prices based on specific regions - without even having to register a new Product! There will be the possibilities of creating groups based on filters which can be applied for purposes like Good or Bad Buyers/Vendors/Listings. Also there will finally be the option to almost perfectly compare Products between various Vendors, something that before has largely been a manual task for the Buyer.D) FeedbackWith the possibility of Vendors getting their Feedback per Offering instead of per Listing all Feedback will be Consolidated and opens up for improvements yet unseen in most Feedback Systems available at all current "Black Market Sites". Specifically it will be a lot easier separating Feedback in terms of Shipment, Quality and the Vendor itself.----------Hopefully I didn't miss any major point, in the end it is a fairly complicated Concept which requires advanced programming and that all Vendors take in a new more advanced Type of Mindset. As far as I see it is not a question of if this System will be implemented or not as it is already far superior, the only question is who will be the first site which is competent enough to fully implement this successfully?