Hello and welcome to Food Finds Pinas! Food Finds Pinas is a forums, business directory website for Filipinos passionate about food. Here are some things to do before you get started.
- Click on the burger menu on the top right, and sign in. If you haven’t registered yet, sign up first and confirm your email address.
- Add only details on your personal profile that you want to share publicly.
- Just like Facebook marketplace, users can post listings of their goods and services for free so the community can search for their business. Click on add listing and put your details on there. All your ads in the buy and sell section will also show your profile, and your profile will show all your listings. You can check out the food finder tab and filter the results by category. Don’t forget to put your contact details in your profile so interested buyers can contact you.
- Adding backlinks to classified ads are strictly prohibited anywhere. If you want to bring users outside the site, have admin informed and verify your identity. We will create a specific profile for you and this is only where you are allowed to add backlinks. There is a one-time fee for this feature. Your account will gain the ‘Verified’ checkmark and will automatically appear on all your posts. The verified checkmark gives assurance to members that they are dealing with legitimate business owners.
- You can boost a sponsor a specific ad of yours to appear on top of search results.
The website is free to use for everyone, and we will never take money from any of your transactions. We optionally only offer some premium features for those who want to do business easier and bring their customers to their site.
The business directory, the one-time verification fee, and sponsored listings are the main revenue sources for Otaku Philippines
The Different Classified Ads Categories:
The categories for the classified ads go beyond the regular buy and sell features. Since I can control the features of the website, I’m adding new categories that normally isn’t available on Facebook Marketplace.
Dine-in – these are establishments where people can visit their place and offer seats (brick and mortar restaurants and cafes fall under this category)
Takeaway – these are establishments where people can drop by to or order directly for delivery (brick and mortars and food tubs/tray sellers fall under this category)
Catering – these are establishments which offer packages with their food like labor in form of servers and tables and chairs (traditional catering, mobile carts and food trucks fall under this category)
Rentals – these are establishments which offer rental services including but not limited to transportation and tables/chairs for events
Suppliers – these are sellers who sell food business needs like raw materials or packaging, usually in bulk
Events – members can post the date, venue and time of events they will be hosting
Consulting Services – these are businesses that provide their expert knowledge and insight to improve your food business
Training – these are classes, workshops and courses offered so you can study cookery
Introducing Forums Again
Welcome back to the internet before social media! Facebook groups nor Reddit quite capture the feeling of forums from the 2000s (who here remembers using Philmusic, Symbianize or TipidPC/TipidCP back in the good old days lol) and honestly with all the information available online, well-curated forums from yesteryear might just to make a strong comeback. Forums offer easier access to information unlike the newsfeed format that is Facebook groups or Reddit. Forums just feel so organized in comparison because all topics can easily be read and are listed from newest to oldest. So we’ve added forums as a feature so members can have a more immersive experience with the community here.
If you have a large-enough community of fairly active members and you want to have your own forum that you yourselves are willing to manage, you can just message me and I can add a new message board for your group.
Hope you enjoy your stay here at Otaku Philippines!
-Admin
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