FurBuy

From WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia.

Jump to: navigation, search
 

FurBuy is an internet-based auction website primarily geared for selling furry items and items of interest to furry fans.


Contents

[edit] History

The system was custom-made by Jurann and went live to the public on 1 December 2000. Prior to release, several months of research, development and beta-testing by actual artists was performed; the entire pre-launch process took approximately 10 months to complete.

On November 3, 2001, FurBuy announced in the News section of the website that "FurBuy will be closing permanently on December 1st, 2001", with "Thanks to everyone for an exciting 15-month project".[1] As of late June 2003, FurBuy had "re-opened as a free website and auction system".[2] Even though the system was no longer maintained and administrated, it remained online and operational during the period from December 4, 2001 through June 2003.

Initially FurBuy was based on a system that charged small fees for listing and closing auctions as well as enhanced features offered to sellers. After a couple of weeks of live service, it was decided that all fees would be dropped for use of the system due to a lack of users' desire to pay for such features. Since then the system has been completely free. FurBuy's features include image management/hosting, live auction status on foreign websites, co-branding capability and SMS/text-messaging.

In 2007, K'sharra joined the FurBuy administration team and took over as Lead Admin. Shortly after, a completely revamped version of FurBuy's site layout was rolled out on July 2, 2007, including a new logo and various additional features.[3] Since then, the site has undergone many improvements, several of which have been a direct result of user suggestions and feedback.

In November of 2007, FurBuy held a mascot contest (which was later separated into a mascot contest and a T-shirt design contest) which resulted in FurBuy's first mascot: Porter the Packrat[4] as designed by FurryVenus. As yet, the mascot has not been incorporated into the site design.

[edit] Status

FurBuy is still hosting live auctions and is continually maintained and updated by its admins based on user feedback and interest. In mid-2006 FurBuy announced its partnership with FurAffinity and since then has been working with FurAffinity to develop crossover features.[5]

In May 2007, Jurann posted that FurBuy had "added the beginning of the FurAffinity linkages, allowing new and existing users both to set their FA username. [...] I'm also working with the folks at FA about getting linkages on their side setup".[6]

In July 2007, FurBuy announced the addition of a feature to "add your VCL username to your account", which "adds a little icon after your name that links back to your VCL gallery".[7] In an added comment on the same post, Jurann stated that the addition of VCL links "actually precedes a deeper VCL integration that we were able to discuss with Ch'marr at AnthroCon."[7]

In February 2008, FurBuy announced its partnership with FURiends to provide non-adult auction listings on their website. Along with this partnership came the ability to "add your FURiends name to your profile under your My Account - Prefs page and a pawprint will appear by your name."[8]

[edit] Records

The current record auction on FurBuy stands at US$4025.00 for a digital commission by seller Orange04 that closed successfully on Mar 6, 2008.[9] The successful completion of the sale has yet to be confirmed by staff.

The previous confirmed record auction was US$3025.00 for a digital commission by seller Dark Nek0gami that closed successfully on Feb 23, 2008 and is confirmed by staff that the transaction completed smoothly between the buyer and seller.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Ghost Sites: furbuy.jpg on disobey.com. Last updated December 4, 2001. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
  2. ↑ Album: furbuy.com on 1134.org. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
  3. ↑ The New FurBuy is Launched! LiveJournal post by K'sharra. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
  4. ↑ FurBuy Mascot Contest on FurBuy.com. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
  5. ↑ It's Official. July 20, 2006 LiveJournal post by Jurann. Retrieved May 4, 2007.
  6. ↑ FurBuy Taking Off! May 17, 2007 LiveJournal post by Jurann. Retrieved May 18, 2007.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 VCL Integration! July 12, 2007 LiveJournal post by K'sharra. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
  8. ↑ FURiends and Email Verification February 28, 2008 LiveJournal post by K'sharra. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
  9. ↑ FurBuy - View Auction #1003433 Mar 6, 2008 FurBuy. Retrieved Mar 6, 2008.
  10. ↑ FurBuy - View Auction #1003273 Feb 23, 2008 FurBuy. Retrieved Feb 25, 2008.
Retrieved from "http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/FurBuy"
Personal tools