Countries are added for sale on a weekly basis. As for those yet to be sold (including the big ones like the USA, Russia, UK, etc.), its a waiting game! The idea is that the site builds up to the bigger country auctions, with the best being saved 'til last! If there are any smaller countries that you're after, send me an email and I'll stick it up for auction next week.
As for press releases, they
do work a treat! It has, however, been too long since I sent one out. I'm drafting one as week speak for release this week. Now I have the running total revenue published, the site has become more interesting for visitors! Do you recommend paying for them to be released or doing them for free? If so, where?
I acquired the help of a PHP scripter to create the backend and boy did I work him hard! Its pretty impressive stuff now. The country owner's get their own control panels, plus optional addons! There's also a nice referral scheme system online which (although costing me $60 a month!) works a treat for traffic! Its all PHP based... simple, easy and, more importantly, effective!
Good to see I've got some bidders from here too! Make sure if you're interested that you signup to my newsletter or eBay mailing list so that I can keep you posted. You can always remove your address if my emails get annoying!!
Any other comments or ideas?
Daniel
www.ownthemap.com
