www.expeditionmeister.com connects buyers and sellers of expedition vehicles worldwide.
We bring enthusiast from all over the world together and connect them with the right vehicle for their expedition/overland journey.

Individuals and companies (business plugin) can create listings.
for the business profiles there are some advantages (verified logo)

extra features: Receive free shipping qoutations

We are curious with what you guys think would be a great new extra feature for buyers and/or sellers.
Do you know a (php) tool that would be great to implement let us know. Maybe some advice on travel routes? but we dont want it be bloggy a like.

Nice job Hugo although I would recommend revisiting your color combination/choices as it feels fragmented.. Personally, I would stay away from gold and shades thereof for site-wide usage (it's ok to use for logo). Pick a "selling" color and consistently apply it through out the site (no variations except for highlighted ads).

Another thing you could look into is the seller's description / profile - feels redundant having details listed twice so gather all details under one seller info section.

Mobile version looks great too! Only thing I would recommend now is Cloudflare + setting up PWA.

By the way - how did you manage to host your pages on the root path without messing up your categories?

Cheers

Thanks for the reply Wiz!

Going to dive deeper in the mobile design (contact details of the seller)

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't PWA only if you want to create an app for it? and Cloudflare is just another hosting provider (why recommend switching)?

For the root system with pages; what do you actually mean? You mean the static pages? or the slugs of the categories?

Yup, PWA is progressive web apps - so you'll have your classifieds site posted as an app in Apple / Google app stores... helps with extending site reach as any sound site strategy should include mobile and have mobile as the primary focus.

As for Cloudflare, and seeing that you're targeting the world, I would highly recommend it for several reasons:

1. Cybersecurity - through WAF and other must-have site security features ie. Bot-fighting, Invisble Captcha(no-script), hot-linking etc.

2. CDN - I noticed your site is hosted out of the Netherlands which is great as that country hosts one of the top 5 internet exchanges in the world but it mainly benefits mainland Europe. By implementing and fine-tuning Cloudflare / caching (you can start with the free plan), you'll ensure your site is fast and performant globally. Also, Google and other search engines love fast sites (mobile / web versions).

3. Cloudflare is synonymous with privacy - highly recommended for GDPR jurisdictions. They also offer privacy-focused site analytics which I think you get the basic version with the free plan. You can also opt for Matomo (open source, easy to install and it's free).

4. Speed .. You get http3/QUIC out of the box which accelerates site access. Also, Cloudflare has the most POPs (Points of Presence) in the world - so a customer of yours in the US would get served by local/regional pops (static / cacheable content). Dynamic content will always be served out of AMS/Netherlands but it will get served over Cloudflare's networks which are optimized for delivery / shortest path.

While you may have secured your site using a firewall, it isn't sufficient to defend against today's attacks and cybersecurity challenges. Cloudflare adds that missing layer of protection and speeds things up for your site audience.

As for the pages - yes, I meant the static pages. I noticed you had them hosted under / with your categories also hosted under / ... usually with Osclass, you can have one or the other but not both which honestly makes no sense as wordpress is capable of doing that out of the box. Did you modify your core files?

Never mind, I just noticed you hosted your categories under /for-sale/

Thanks again Wiz,

Which (pricing)plan from cloudflare do you recommend for me?

Thanks again Wiz,

Which (pricing)plan from cloudflare do you recommend for me?

No problem.

Start with the free plan and set it up to meet your needs. If you find later that you need additional features only available in the pro plan then upgrade. Pro is $20 per month.

Looks very cool

@ Hugo
Great work on your site, you need some litle modification on mobile version. May be on my mobile it does not fit on the screen well. By the way you have few listings but great number of traffic how do you make it? Some of us have over 3000 + listings but no good traffic

@ Hugo
Great work on your site, you need some litle modification on mobile version. May be on my mobile it does not fit on the screen well. By the way you have few listings but great number of traffic how do you make it? Some of us have over 3000 + listings but no good traffic

Thanks!

I try to create a community (since we are active in a niche). Every add is uploaded by the seller them self. It is sometimes hard to convince people to use our website. We focus on gaining traffic through social media and some automated options that post on several social networks that we had to create our self.

How did you manage to get 3K advertisements? Did you auto upload them or users them self did it?

I do think there are some great options to create more traffic. With our team we are currently working on a strategy to improve our position. you could always contact me for help.

A tip: Be active but first create a strategy and justify what you are doing. Sometimes you might not see the results the first day.

Thanks for advice, I will try this option "autopost on social media"

All my listings are from sellers , my own listing are about 30 items. I focus most in inviting sellers locally through chats. it's some hard work. Tried Google and Facebook compains didn't work for me. Only got clicks and bounce rates😆.

What do you say about creating blogs? And focus on keywords

All my listings are from sellers , my own listing are about 30 items. I focus most in inviting sellers locally through chats. it's some hard work. Tried Google and Facebook compains didn't work for me. Only got clicks and bounce rates😆.

This is so hard, I know the struggle; many people have a lot of doubts when you approach them or don't even reply. you have any tips or scripts that you use?

What do you say about creating blogs? And focus on keywords

Always good to do; it is a long term strategy but you need to start somewhere.

Hi Hugo, my recommendation is to NOT move your hosting content to Cloudflare. Speed of internet pretty much everywhere is highspeed. We are not anymore in 2010. Also try not to rely on other parties. If you have your vps server then it should be fine.

You have a great website overall, but there is always room for improvement, e.g.:

On home page - you have these continents listed. It needs to be shown as buttons, as currently they just look like a text.


On Become a partner page - you have these three options given. My question is why someone interested shouldn't be allowed to pay right away and then after you can ask for further details if you really need them? You worked hard to get them on that page and then you have to work hard to have them provide details, and again work hard convincing them to pay for partnership. You need to improve and make it shorter and easier for partners interested.

Also you need to keep the brand colours consistent across your whole website. I see 50 shades of yellow and 50 shades of grey. Your brand colour consist of two colours: yellow and black.


I like your Wanted section, I am trying to do that on my website but don't know exactly how. Did you used a custom plugin or used osclasspoint plugins? Submitted a feature request to osclasspoint but don't think they are taking it serious or rushing into at all.

P.s. sorry posting this after 1 year from your original post.

Thanks

very interesting. the way u put the youtube video in listing page really awesome. wish i could to that too. just cnt coz i dont knw coding