New Posts For Thread: Calling 'Traders' onlyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-onlyHow's your view on how things are these days - much tougher, better, worse, reasons etc....?tommycockles Does the 107% figure include customers transferred from Blue SQ? .........Do we think the figure is even a +ve? Taking out the Blue Square acquisition it could easily be negative. How on Earth could anybody know? Talk about misleadihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532289619#532289619tommycockles Does the 107% figure include customers transferred from Blue SQ? .........Do we think the figure is even a +ve? Taking out the Blue Square acquisition it could easily be negative. How on Earth could anybody know? Talk about misleadiWed, 15 May 2013 11:58:49 -0500the bot that drips 1.99 invisible bets into markets is really frustrating. you're trying to make a book, and the longer priced selections keep getting matched 1p at a time.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532288989#532288989the bot that drips 1.99 invisible bets into markets is really frustrating. you're trying to make a book, and the longer priced selections keep getting matched 1p at a time.Wed, 15 May 2013 11:37:30 -0500I'll keep putting money up for exactly as long as I think I'm getting value. The thing with niche markets is you might only be willing to take £5-£10 on a price at a given time due to the huge uncertainty. If someone is min bet Qjumping you, that'shttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532287923#532287923I'll keep putting money up for exactly as long as I think I'm getting value. The thing with niche markets is you might only be willing to take £5-£10 on a price at a given time due to the huge uncertainty. If someone is min bet Qjumping you, that'sWed, 15 May 2013 10:58:53 -0500tommycockles, ah that must have been it, the people I was calling the employees' grannies were Blue Sq customers. Maybe they've even done some double counting.'Cost of customer acquisition' is a pretty useless metric imv, since you don't know how prohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532067057#532067057tommycockles, ah that must have been it, the people I was calling the employees' grannies were Blue Sq customers. Maybe they've even done some double counting.'Cost of customer acquisition' is a pretty useless metric imv, since you don't know how proTue, 07 May 2013 12:34:30 -0500when was the bluesq acquisition? is that included in the +107% figure or was it after the relevant period?their advertising's improved massively since the dark days of the betfair front room, so I suppose that could be relevant. but it does lead to ohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532066783#532066783when was the bluesq acquisition? is that included in the +107% figure or was it after the relevant period?their advertising's improved massively since the dark days of the betfair front room, so I suppose that could be relevant. but it does lead to oTue, 07 May 2013 12:23:23 -0500Does the 107% figure include customers transferred from Blue SQ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532066693#532066693Does the 107% figure include customers transferred from Blue SQ?Tue, 07 May 2013 12:19:29 -0500This shd be the stream:http://www.livestream.com/betfair_internalAs to good prices / fair prices / best prices, how price-sensitive can recreational football punters be? The implied cost of setting up fifty or so accounts, and the time or carrying cohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532066683#532066683This shd be the stream:http://www.livestream.com/betfair_internalAs to good prices / fair prices / best prices, how price-sensitive can recreational football punters be? The implied cost of setting up fifty or so accounts, and the time or carrying coTue, 07 May 2013 12:19:15 -0500I wd guess the truly miserable limits are for shrewdies, to prevent themselves i.e. the sportsbook's 'crack trading team' being caught with their pants down on a steamer. This happens all the time w/ the conventional industry.One v. interesting stathttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532066403#532066403I wd guess the truly miserable limits are for shrewdies, to prevent themselves i.e. the sportsbook's 'crack trading team' being caught with their pants down on a steamer. This happens all the time w/ the conventional industry.One v. interesting statTue, 07 May 2013 12:09:43 -0500really? why poison your own brand like that?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532066359#532066359really? why poison your own brand like that?Tue, 07 May 2013 12:07:53 -0500They replied re the sportsbook that they had no intention of being best industry price--only to offer prices that weren't rank or were as good as a bettor might expect.The presentation was at 10am but I didn't watch it live.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29884487/calling-traders-only?post_id=532066315#532066315They replied re the sportsbook that they had no intention of being best industry price--only to offer prices that weren't rank or were as good as a bettor might expect.The presentation was at 10am but I didn't watch it live.Tue, 07 May 2013 12:06:09 -0500