Following article was released by TagVillage Staff reporter earlier today:
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 9:45 AM"Can I write the article yet? Can I write the article yet? Can I write the article yet?..."
I have been so impatiently waiting for the authorization to post something here in our News Room for our members. If you are as excited and filled with anticipation about the Bazaar as I am, then you must not be sleeping at night either. Finally, after what feels like years of agonizing wait, I have been authorized to tell you what is happening and what we expect to happen in the near future.
Our incredible development team has been working tirelessly for months developing a state-of-the-art marketplace that we feel will revolutionize a very popular, very powerful method of selling goods/services online. We have been negotiating with countless retailers and distributors to make sure this will be a tremendous success. Everyone that sees the concept and the particular approach we have taken says they are happily impressed!
On Monday, July 11th, at 12:00 noon central time, we introduced the Top Secret Project, now known as the Bazaar, to about 20 hand-picked members of tagvillage! These members qualified to be included in this limited group by various criteria our company established to make sure we had a very good representation of our membership. We are happy to announce these 20 tagvillage members are experiencing the Bazaar and helping our developers enhance it to perfection as you read this.
Now don't get me wrong, we wanted to include every one of our members in this special pre-testing phase, but we must make sure every step in the process is extremely effective. So, our developers asked for 20 members they could work in direct contact with so they could get the best feedback. We established certain criteria, such as dedication to the site, activity, number of referrals, technical qualifications, and other things. We found 20 members who qualified and they all swore to extreme secrecy and signed non-disclosure agreements and other top secret legal documents that ensured our team they would honor the integrity of our business.
I was talking with our CEO yesterday and I asked him, "What good does it do the rest of our members to be told there are 20 members testing the Bazaar now? Wouldn't it be better if they could actually speak with these 20 members?"
In my opinion, I think you would rather be able to speak with one or more of the 20 members that are testing the bazaar now. This way, you can get first-hand testimony that the Bazaar is for real. You can hear from an actual tagvillage member that people will in fact be able to buy actual products for as low as 0.10 tagvillage Credits. I think you should be able to ask an actual tagvillage member if the Bazaar is designed well, works well, and will really be this amazing, incredible BOOM we expect.
So, our CEO agreed. After speaking directly with the team of 20 tagvillage members who are now testing the Bazaar, he agreed to allow them to disclose a few details to the general membership. First, he allowed them to disclose the fact that they are a testing member. Second, he allowed them to disclose whether or not the Bazaar is real and that actual items will be sold for as low as 0.10 tagvillage Credits. Third, he allowed them to disclose whether or not the Bazaar is well designed, functioning well, and well planned. Finally, he allowed them to disclose their opinion as to whether or not the Bazaar is about to COMPLETELY EXPLODE your tagvillage business!
I am still not allowed to reveal the exact details about the Bazaar to you. Also, the 20 testing members are not allowed to reveal the exact details about the Bazaar, like how it looks, exactly how it works, etc. But, they can discuss things within the four parameters the CEO authorized. So, I suggest you seek out these testing members on this special VillageTalk Page, on Facebook, and other sites. I am sure they will be talking about the Bazaar as much as they are allowed and will be happy to share their opinions with you.
This just leaves one final question. What is the future plan? As things stand at this time, the developers feel comfortable establishing the following tentative goals:
1. We will be testing the Bazaar with our 20 member test team until July 17th, 2011
2. We hope to be able to test the Bazaar with all our members around July 18th, 2011
3. We hope to complete all testing of the Bazaar by July 24th, 2011
4. We hope to be able to launch the Bazaar live on the site by July 25th, 2011
Of course all the tentative projections listed above are not set in stone. They can and may be changed if we discover any major issues, bugs, or changes needed. It is our strong desire to meet each of these target dates. However, we beg our members to understand things happen, bugs appear, and we may be forced to change targets and delay the launch. We have an amazing team of developers who are working extremely hard for you. They will do their absolute best to meet these goals.
Have a great day! Keep building your Tag inventory because they are about to be worth a LOT MORE to you when the Bazaar launches! And go find one of the 20 testing members and see what they think!
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