A new way to search TradeMe

[sil3nt]

b.sil3nt.net

I was sick of the way TradeMe searches for motorbikes so I decided to improve it (hopefully).
You can now input the exact engine sizes you want to search for. Helpful because some people list actual CC e.g 599 instead of 600.

You can filter by multiple manufacturers and bike types.

You will need a modern browser to use the site (IE8 and above). Won't look good on low resolution monitors (anything above 1024*768 should be fine). All filtering is done by your computer so if its slow then narrow the search options so it doesn't have to filter so many bikes!

Still very much a work in progress so some things may not work as expected - such as ordering by price when there are bikes over $10,000.

Any issues or suggestions let me know

[Glowerss]

Mate, you're a genius. Makes one of my favorite hobbies of bike shopping on trademe 1000000x better.

Brilliant and well done.

[Owl]

Cool.

I get sick of searching for parts on a specific model, only to be bombarded with other crap due to excessive "key words." Asked Trademe to create a user blacklist (or modify current blacklist), so you'd no longer have to view a certain sellers auctions. They are looking at my suggestion.

[Akzle]

http://sil3nt.net/MotorTrade/

you are a god

[Skiwi]

Brilliant !

[unstuck]

Fuckin aye.

[davereid]

Very good bit of scraping, well done.

[dogsnbikes]

Nice

[BigAl]

Good Stuff

[HappyGOriding]

Brillant work there chap.

One suggestion that I have put to trsde me (but got the generic responce), was to do with the regions options.
You can choose one region to search in but why cant you choose a region (or two ) to ignore. I live in the lower north island and am not interested in looking or visting bikes in Auckland (for example). Being able to narrow your search down regionally would be great and save alot of downward scrolling. I know you could choose one region at a time but its all about user friendly and ease of use nowadays. Aint it?

But what youve done is awesome, already had a play. Being able to search 599 - 650cc for instance is brillant.

[HenryDorsetCase]

legend!

if I can use it, anyone can.

[sil3nt]

Brillant work there chap.

One suggestion that I have put to trsde me (but got the generic responce), was to do with the regions options.
You can choose one region to search in but why cant you choose a region (or two ) to ignore. I live in the lower north island and am not interested in looking or visting bikes in Auckland (for example). Being able to narrow your search down regionally would be great and save alot of downward scrolling. I know you could choose one region at a time but its all about user friendly and ease of use nowadays. Aint it?

But what youve done is awesome, already had a play. Being able to search 599 - 650cc for instance is brillant.

Thanks for that suggestion. Would be quite simple to implement and very useful. The only problem is my PC seems to have shat itself after I made this thread last night so updates may be delayed for awhile

[Retep5]

Nice work Page been saved

[steve_t]

Needs a sticky

[bogan]

Nice work dude!

Thanks for that suggestion. Would be quite simple to implement and very useful. The only problem is my PC seems to have shat itself after I made this thread last night so updates may be delayed for awhile

+1 for the region thing, maybe select between local only, nearest neighbor regions (maybe second closest too?), or national.