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BUMP is the only peer-to-peer marketplace dedicated to streetwear (clothing, accessories & sneakers from brands such as Supreme, Palace, Nike). Sam and myself built BUMP so we coul…

BUMP (YC W18) hiring Android & Web people in NYC to help scale $1M Monthly GMV BUMP is the only peer-to-peer marketplace dedicated to streetwear (clothing, accessories & sneakers f…

BUMP is the only peer-to-peer marketplace dedicated to streetwear (clothing, accessories & sneakers from brands such as Supreme, Palace, Nike). Sam and myself built BUMP so we coul…

BUMP is the only peer-to-peer marketplace dedicated to streetwear (clothing, accessories & sneakers from brands such as Supreme, Palace, Nike). Sam and myself built BUMP so we coul…

Hi HN, Like the rest of the startup community, we love a good Paul Graham essay. However, when it comes to choosing one it's always a bit of a hassle. So we made Jumble! Jumble giv…

Jack from wantobuy here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11477823 - also somewhere on the first page - I agree with you Vishal and abhi3. Moreover, we were rejected the standar…

Googling is certainly an option if you've got the time/effort. But in these Facebook Groups, general 'want to buy' posts are created since there may be a brand/item that you don't …

Hey Chris, which part are you referring to? We're only using PayPayl to handle payments, employing a feedback system to combat untrustworthy users and in the beginning only allowin…

Local businesses are definitely important! We want to satisfy the casual sellers and the smaller businesses too. Ideally, we'll sync up with the stock these businesses are currentl…

Because sellers are able to see what people are wanting to pay for their item (its included in the listing), they can easily identify the going-rate for items and use that to decid…

Good to know, cheers for that. Perhaps taking payment before an order is placed so that as soon as the target amount is hit the order is automatically placed. Amazon has 1 click, w…

Interesting idea but what about the privacy of the information? I wouldn't want my life to be in the hands of anyone else, all in one place, due to the risks involved.

Yes, almost the reverse of current retailers. Instead of multiple buyers trying to purchase from one seller, we're looking at one buyer having multiple product options from other u…

Hey, we're from Britain too, Newcastle originally! To clear that up, when we talk about 'posting' we mean creating a Facebook post in a Fb Group. The only time something would be s…

Like any marketplace we're employing a feedback system where users can rate/report transactions to combat dissatisfaction. On top of that, when a user sells an item they must take …

Great question! Process - Although I never got a chance to use it, we have looked into this and it seemed like eBay's service was hard work for buyers. The whole process of creatin…

Thanks! Controlling the price 'want to buy' requests will be important. Currently, on Facebook Groups people advertise that they would pay a much larger figure than they intend to …

Thanks for the feedback Toby! Yeah for sure we're looking to control how much people purchase things for so people can actually follow through with their WTB requests - by not allo…

Cheers for the feedback Aron! Yeah, we're both in so many Facebook groups our newsfeeds are purely streetwear posts! As you say, the challenge comes when we want to get people onbo…

We were thinking of expanding into something similar eventually related to group buying. Were you focused B2C? We were considering looking into B2B but as you say, I can imagine th…

Great shout, you're right. I think it's about finding a balance between standardising the listing as much as possible but allowing for people to post any item they're after. Cheers…