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Hi all,
BigFrank has been kind enough to let me announce the coming of a new TS rentals/resales site in the fall as well as allowing me to put a request out to all of you TS fans out there. Here goes...
I am designing a website that will essentially go head to head with the main TS rental/resales sites that are out there (Redweek, MyResortNetwork etc..) only it will be a lot cheaper (for the users) and hopefully a lot better in functionality and layout (but that will be for you to decide). The site will stick to rentals and resales (so no exchanges) but will offer a whole new series of options and searches that hopefully you will like.
The main thing about the site will be that it is intended to be super responsive to what you guys want so you will be encouraged to criticise it (constructively hopefully) as much as possible so that I can turn it into what you want most. I am a multiple week owner myself
The site will link directly to these forums to allow users who are attracted to the site access to all the great info available on here and hopefully add to the community feel. As an owner myself I wish I had found these forums before I paid the developer for my first two weeks...but that's another story.
For the first few months (exact timing is undecided) the site will be free of subscription fees or posting fees (6 month postings only) so you will all be able to post all of your rentals or resales (or both) for free.
Now comes my request. To make this site truly good and representative of the resorts we own and use I need good quality photos to display on the site and I do not intend to settle for some of the poorer photos some of the other sites settle for (not if I can help it anyway). I therefore propose to give every user who sends in a photo that I use on the site a year’s free membership to the site (maximum one membership per user and starting when the original free period ends), together with a credit for the photo (either under the photo itself or on a credits page). All submitted photos will need to come with a comment allowing me to use it on the site and confirming that you have the right to grant me permission to use the photo.
I would dearly love to know what you all think of these ideas and if you do wish to participate then please email me or PM me here as I don’t want to clog up the forums. Naturally, please ask any questions you wish and I will be more than happy to answer them (if I can!).
Thanks for taking the time to read this
Ziggy
BigFrank has been kind enough to let me announce the coming of a new TS rentals/resales site in the fall as well as allowing me to put a request out to all of you TS fans out there. Here goes...
I am designing a website that will essentially go head to head with the main TS rental/resales sites that are out there (Redweek, MyResortNetwork etc..) only it will be a lot cheaper (for the users) and hopefully a lot better in functionality and layout (but that will be for you to decide). The site will stick to rentals and resales (so no exchanges) but will offer a whole new series of options and searches that hopefully you will like.
The main thing about the site will be that it is intended to be super responsive to what you guys want so you will be encouraged to criticise it (constructively hopefully) as much as possible so that I can turn it into what you want most. I am a multiple week owner myself
The site will link directly to these forums to allow users who are attracted to the site access to all the great info available on here and hopefully add to the community feel. As an owner myself I wish I had found these forums before I paid the developer for my first two weeks...but that's another story.
For the first few months (exact timing is undecided) the site will be free of subscription fees or posting fees (6 month postings only) so you will all be able to post all of your rentals or resales (or both) for free.
Now comes my request. To make this site truly good and representative of the resorts we own and use I need good quality photos to display on the site and I do not intend to settle for some of the poorer photos some of the other sites settle for (not if I can help it anyway). I therefore propose to give every user who sends in a photo that I use on the site a year’s free membership to the site (maximum one membership per user and starting when the original free period ends), together with a credit for the photo (either under the photo itself or on a credits page). All submitted photos will need to come with a comment allowing me to use it on the site and confirming that you have the right to grant me permission to use the photo.
I would dearly love to know what you all think of these ideas and if you do wish to participate then please email me or PM me here as I don’t want to clog up the forums. Naturally, please ask any questions you wish and I will be more than happy to answer them (if I can!).
Thanks for taking the time to read this
Ziggy
and so I've actually never used that name on a forum for that very reason but I thought it was only right to use the name people know me by with a posting like that one. Thanks for having me here...I'm really looking forward to this. 
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