There's a word for Panjo Marketplace...

I just created a listing in the new MOA Marketplace. When I hit "Submit" a page full of scary-looking code appeared, but the listing seems to have gone "live" anyway.

My thanks also to whoever made the decision to move away from Panjo.

jconway607 said:

Okay, someone help me out here. Panjo is no longer involved in the MOA marketplace? But all the bikes and stuff that people had listed on Panjo are still on Panjo and have not been automatically transferred to the new MOA only site? So it will take a while for everyone who listed bikes, etc on the Panjo site to realize they are no longer being viewed by the MOA membership and that they need to take it off Panjo and re-list it on the new MOA site? I'm just trying to follow all this. I didn't see a link to the "old" Panjo site on the MOA webiste, am I missing where that is? Or do you have to "Google" Panjo and find the old site until the changeover is complete?

It does appear the new MOA site will be much nicer to use than the Panjo one. I would be one of the first to agree on that. Thank you to whoever did the work/ change to the new one. Is that you, Ted? We all appreciate it, I'm guessing.

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Back a few posts, Ted posted this-

t2moyer said:

A new Member Marketplace will launch March 1, 2016! The new Marketplace will give MOA members the ability to buy and sell motorcycles, parts, gear and accessories in a simplified marketplace. We think you will find the new Marketplace easier to navigate and it integrates easily with the MOA's existing systems. This means MOA members need only their MOA username and password to access the new Marketplace.

The existing Panjo Market will be available to members through Panjo's website and active listings will remain in place at Panjo.com until cancelled by the seller. The current Marketplace forum listings will remain active for the next 60 days and MOA members will be offered help to migrate to the new system.

The Marketplace is still free to MOA members with no restrictions on the number of listings. MOA Members who want to get a jumpstart can begin listing March 1! To find the new Marketplace, simply click the Marketplace title on the MOA homepage menu bar.

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It's all in the works.
OM

Well, I read all that material. It really doesn't address the issues that I was questioning, but that's okay. I managed to muddle through the last change to Panjo, as they constantly tinkered with it. Eventually the dust will settle on this new incarnation and we will all see the light.

This is a direct link to the Panjo Marketplace - https://www.panjo.com/p/bmw-motorcycle-owners-of-america.

We are in the process of contacting anyone who has an item listed and offering to also list it in the new MOA Marketplace. You can leave your items running at Panjo. It is not an either/or scenario. If you would like me to relist your items, send me a list and we will get it done, ted@bmwmoa.org

Well, I for one am missing some of the things I liked about Panjo--the newest listings clearly arrayed on the front page, the nice big pictures to mention two. But I didn't appreciate that Panjo and the MOA-Panjo linkup were still beta when released to members and that Panjo insisted upon inserting shipping requirements and PayPal into the business transaction. So all in all. I'm not mourning the loss of Panjo but am lamenting the loss of the two specific likeable features I mentioned. The new marketplace is, to me, not as well organized and takes more clicking and drilling to get a quick look at what's newly listed, or to browse the first few pages of recent listings.

The original Marketplace, both in the ON and online, provided exactly what many of us wanted--a quickly scannable look at what's listed and phone/email/PM contact to gather info and privately arrange transaction terms with no middleman intrusion. We didn't need fancy graphics or artistic layouts for that, and I hope that is the gold standard the new Marketplace is working toward. Simple. Concise. Efficient.

Thank you to Ted and all the others who have put a lot of work into this member benefit!
Best,
DG

What happened to "wanted to buy?"

mw074 said:

What happened to "wanted to buy?"

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I can see that option now.