Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform
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#2I hate that Facebook has taken so much of craigslist's market. I can't stand Facebook but as a seller or a buyer you have to go where the network is. Marketplace is still in the outcompete stage so it feels friendly and convenient but eventually when they kill craigslist they'll start turning the enshitification knobs back up.
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#4Thousands of engineers grinding leetcode so they can work on a Craigslist clone.
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#5Genuine q, what makes FB marketplace good, and how did it blow up over Ebay / Craigslist? Is it a combination of having the platform with the most people as well as being the most likely platform to have people who are situated near you?
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#6Genuine q, what makes FB marketplace good, and how did it blow up over Ebay / Craigslist? Is it a combination of having the platform with the most people as well as being the most likely platform to have people who are situated near you?
eBay charges taxes and takes a cut of the sale price. They report your income to the IRS too. Facebook marketplace allows people to meet up and exchange things for cash. No fees. No taxes. And it’s much harder to scam someone in person.
Seemingly, craigslist should allow for this as well. Unfortunately for craigslist, however, it has been societally labeled as “for the olds”
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#7Genuine q, what makes FB marketplace good, and how did it blow up over Ebay / Craigslist? Is it a combination of having the platform with the most people as well as being the most likely platform to have people who are situated near you?
The sheer amount of inbound I get for random stuff is overwhelming.
Facebook can put stuff in front of so many people.
I have sold furniture, electronics, used clothing, all sorts of crap.
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#8But I wonder how long it'll stay fee-free. Meta isn't known for leaving money on the table forever
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#9Genuine q, what makes FB marketplace good, and how did it blow up over Ebay / Craigslist? Is it a combination of having the platform with the most people as well as being the most likely platform to have people who are situated near you?
I wouldn't describe it as "good", but this is where the sellers/buyers are, especially for home/kids items. It's like the demographics of normie moms being on Facebook is what gives market lots of views - items can then land on people's feeds as well, through the local buy/sell groups.
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#10I'm from Austria and until recently I didn't even know that FB Marketplace was a thing. Never used it in my life. We have a great local website (https://willhaben.at) that everyone uses. I guess it's the Austrian version of Craigslist.