The radio waves were filled with more adverts from Ben Dunne this morning. This time, with only a few days to go, Ben Dunne has decided to drop the asking price for placing an advert on BenDunne.com to €1.50. This is clearly a reaction to it’s biggest rival in this space, DoneDeal.ie
What worries me is that this rash decision was most likely in response to all the talk amoung many web professionals, who feel it’s a bad idea. No-one I have spoke to thinks that this site is going to grab much of the market share currently held by the likes of DoneDeal.ie, Gumtree.ie or even Adverts.ie – has Ben only realised now that there are many websites already occupying this space?
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#1 by John at October 15th, 2009
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The site is not even working. It was working yesterday and this morning but now cant be accessed!!!! You would imagine that if you were spending so much on radio ads, that you would at least ensure the site was able to handle traffic.
#2 by Tom Doyle at October 15th, 2009
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@John – According to the adverts, the official launch isn’t until next monday.
#3 by John at October 17th, 2009
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Check out the herald!! Official launch of BenDunne.com cancelled. Another failed enterprise. I am begining to wonder how great an entrepreneur is Mr. Dunne, tenderme.ie, sandwich enterprise, benddunne direct, and now bendunne.com. What a waste of money!!
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/my-buy-and-sell-site-was-a–disaster-admits-dunne-as-he-pulls-the-plug-1916115.html
#4 by David Behan at October 17th, 2009
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Hi Tom. Looks like the site isn’t going to launch after all, according to this Evening Herald article. Makes you wonder what was going on at all and who was advising him.
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/my-buy-and-sell-site-was-a–disaster-admits-dunne-as-he-pulls-the-plug-1916115.html
Rgds, Dave
#5 by Tom Doyle at October 19th, 2009
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@john & @Dave wow that’s crazy!!! Can’t believe it. Well I kinda do, because it was destined for failure – but God who was advising him at all?
#6 by Philip at October 19th, 2009
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This is silly, I know from my working on my own website, that you need to give these things time. Getting people to visit your site is difficult and takes time. My own site – http://www.farmads.ie/, has been going for a year, and it is growing, but slowly.
I think Ben Dunne was obviously not sufficiently committed to the classified ads world.
#7 by susan at October 22nd, 2009
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I wonder what DONEDEAL think of the fact that BEN DUNNE is mentioning them so much in his ads? It is not always about a lower price,as he seems to imagine.
#8 by Sean at October 22nd, 2009
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We have been watching this space very closely for obvious reasons given our offering on http://www.pluspoint.ie
I would really like to know who has been advising him on his online strategy. Its bizarre what is going on. The money he has wasted is unbeleivable, what is his strategy? to try and blow the hole out of every market he can.
Watch this space……
#9 by Tom Doyle at October 22nd, 2009
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It’s crazy, the site is live again and the ads are back on the radio – completely contradicting this statement last week…. http://2bscene.ie/l/75051/
#10 by john at November 3rd, 2009
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This is a great site much better than dunnes and its local I love it
#11 by rath at December 5th, 2009
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Ben, you have no excuse. Spend more on your website and less crap talking on TV. This is coming from someone with absolutlely no marketing budget and no contacts.
Get it right.
Regards
Nikki
#12 by Declan at December 15th, 2009
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Total waste of money – Tenderme.ie looks like a major flop, makes a few qiud per day.
Ben if you are reading this you need to call the professionals in, not sure who is advising you at the moment but you need to bring them into the board room , point your finger at them and say ” Your Fired ” They are feeding you total crap.