Something like https://www.refurbed.de/ or https://www.backmarket.de/. Works great for tech (higher resale value, small weight), but I can imagine it is tricky to set up the same business model for small non-tech items, furniture etc.
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#22I had a similar idea and tried building it, but everyone I talked to about it couldn’t differentiate it from Craiglist or (eventually) Facebook Marketplace. User traction is the obstacle here.
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#23The Buy Nothing movement is essentially the same as this concept.
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#24A consignment shop?
Physical stores to make it easier for people to sell on eBay were a thing for many years. Most people didn't know how to take a decent photo or post a listing or just didn't want to deal with it. Those stores never had enough margin to cover the amount of labor involved.
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#25Facebook Marketplace exists.
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#26I've thought about something like this. In my mind it all comes down to receipts. We need a system of ubiquitous standardized itemized and cryptographically signed digital receipts. That way everything you buy aggregates into your personal inventory app. Then making a posting is a matter of one click and one photo. The UPC in receipt means a full product listing can be generated automatically. This is crucial since m…
What is the "killer app" for something that would take this enormous level of effort?
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#27Facebook Marketplace
To avoid scammers are hard though, so usually people meet in public place for transaction
Imagine you post a picture then exposing your home address that is scary
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#28Selling is hard, but even giving things away is more difficult than it should be. When you list something for free you soon find out how bad people are at communicating and how unreliable they are at showing up when they say they will show up.
If you live in a semi-dense population, put it on the curb then post about it on your local facebook group and it will disappear in minutes.
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#29I wish there was something like a second hand store where you can just drop your stuff for 10% of its price on eBay.
I don't want to deal with anything. Not wait for someone to pick it up. Not wrap it in a parcel and bring it to the post office. Not sign up for some service. Nothing. Just drop my stuff, get a little bit of money and am done with it.
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#30What's the point - this has been done dozens of times in various industries?