Facebook justlaunched Facebook Marketplace , the social net ’s latest attempt at being Craigslist .
Marketplace is accessible via a newfangled shopping ikon at at the bottom of the Facebook app .
Marketplace open with photograph of token that people near you have listed for sale . To discover something specific , search at the top and filter your solvent by localisation , category or price . you’re able to also browse what ’s usable in a variety of categories such as Household , Electronics and Apparel . Use the build - in location tool to adjust the region you ’re looking in , or switch to a different city totally .
When you come up something interesting , tap on the image to see more detail from the seller , include a product verbal description , the name and profile photo of the trafficker , and their world-wide location . you may also spare the token to see it later .
Once you ’ve decided on an point , you’re able to message the vendee or seller to get the contingent of the dealings sorted . Facebook is n’t in reality handling payments or delivery , this is all hooey users will need to manage themselves .
The feature is available in the US , UK , Australi , a and New Zealand . Interestingly , it ’s only on mobile now but Facebook says it will follow to the desktop “ in the coming month . ”
By our count , this is at least the quaternary time Facebook has tried to clone Craigslist . Facebook ’s original “ marketplace”launched in 2007(and was forgotten about a few eld later ) . Facebook introduced the ability to betray item in Facebook groupslast yr , and it ’s been testing an iteration of this raw marketplace feature of speech forquite some time , too .
the great unwashed already deal a ton of stuff through unofficial channels on Facebook , so this feature might in reality end up being utile for more efficiently unload old coach and side tabular array . Still , this is the Internet . So emptor , you know , be aware .
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