Tradingo.com made the front page of the Knoxville News Sentinel today. Here’s the link:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/nov/12/local-online-trading-site-has-eye-on-ut/
Tradingo Blog
October 13, 2009
Memories of “The Aud”
We here at tradingo.com are very proud to be selling commemorative orange seats from Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium, one of the most storied hockey and sport venues in North America. Leave your best “orange story” from The Aud in the comments section below. The best orange story will win a commemorative orange seat to be awarded Thanksgiving Day!
Don’t forget to leave your email so we can contact you.
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Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (also known as The Aud) was an indoor arena in downtown Buffalo, New York. It hosted the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League, the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, the Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association, the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Soccer League, the Buffalo Bandits of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League, the Buffalo Blizzard of the second National Professional Soccer League, and the Buffalo Stampede of Roller Hockey International. It also held a number an NCAA basketball games, as well as numerous entertainment events, such as concerts, the Ringling Brothers circus, Disney on Ice, and other things of that nature. The Aud opened on October 14, 1940, and was renovated in 1970 and 1990. It was closed in 1996 following the conclusion of the Sabres’, Bandits’, and Blizzard’s seasons, and remained vacant up through its demolition in 2009. CLICK HERE TO GO TO TRADINGO.COM/THESTADIUM TO PURCHASE AUD SEATS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA
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October 12, 2009
Tradingo.com Inks Exclusive Deal!
Tradingo.com has has signed an exclusive distribution deal with one of the largest suppliers of sports memorabilia and commemorative seats from demolished sporting venues. The deal will allow sports fans to browse for and purchase items such as stadium seats, bricks, signage and other items from such iconic arenas such as the Buffalo, NY Memorial Auditorium and the old Cleveland Browns Stadium, and others. Tradingo CEO and founder, Thomas “TJ” McNamara says “This will really put tradingo.com on the map” adds COO Scott Scheinbaum “We’ve put a lot of hard work into the site over the past few months, and having a big player come to us with an opportunity like this tells us we’ve made the right decisions”
Items from the first venue, The Buffalo Auditorium, will go on a pre-sale basis October, 8th. The Buffalo Auditorium was home to concerts, political rallies, dog shows, circuses, ice shows and sporting events and became the home of the Buffalo Bisons Professional Hockey Club and later the NHL Buffalo Sabres. Seats, signage, bricks, and other items will be available on tradingo.com in “The Stadium” of tradingo. An area dedicated to the sale of merchandise from demolished sports arenas.
Also available are seats from the Orange Bowl Stadium and Goalposts from the recently demolished Cleveland Browns Stadium. Both can be purchased at www.tradingo.com/thestadium
August 6, 2009
Complete Tradingo Text Tutorial
Welcome to the Tradingo! Online Tutorial! Check out the guide below to get started trading, buying and selling!
(If you prefer video tutorials you can find them here:
http://blog.tradingo.com/category/tradingotutorials/)
First, sign up. It’s Free.
Upload stuff to trade to your closet-that’s what we at tradingo call the area that holds the stuff you want to trade. Go to the toolbar in the right hand corner, and click on the double arrow icon:
Name the item, describe it, tag it, rate the condition (1=worst, 5=best), and add a picture of the item if you have one (items with pictures trade and sell faster). If you’re a TradingoPro member, you can add a price to the item if you want to sell it (more on that in a minute)
Once you’ve uploaded your stuff, you’ll need to know about the tool bar (in the upper right hand corner of the page:
And the Navigation bar:
Next, check out what people have for trade:
See something you like? Propose a trade:
You’ll get a message sent to your email letting you know if your trade was
accepted or rejected.
If you see an item with a price:
And you want to buy it, click on the picture of the item, and you’ll see this:
Either offer an item to trade, or, if you want to purchase the item, click the “buy it now” button and you’ll be taken to your PayPal account (you’ll need a PayPal account to buy items on tradingo) where you can transfer funds into the sellers account.
If you want to sell your items, you’ll need to sign up for a TradingoPro Account:
Before you can upgrade to a TradingoPro Account, you’ll need to set up a PayPal™ account if you don’t already have one. Once you’ve upgraded your account to TradingoPro, just add the email address you used to sign up for PayPal™ to your “My Account” area-its at the bottom of the page:
When that’s done, you’ll notice there’s a new field in the upload section, the “Price IT” field. This allows you to add a “Buy It Now” price to your items.
Now, other Tradingo members can either buy your item or offer an item for trade:
If they buy your item, you’ll get an email notification and the funds will be deposited into your ebay account. Don’t forget to send the item out within 24 hours.
If you have any questions, please contact us at support@tradingo.com
If you prefer video tutorials you can find them here:
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