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Sort of similar in the Netherlands, we had Marktplaats (marketplace). Pretty much totally dominated the market, eBay bought them actually. Now? I barely hear an
by IkmoIkmo 11y ago
Sort of similar in the Netherlands, we had Marktplaats (marketplace). Pretty much totally dominated the market, eBay bought them actually. Now? I barely hear anyone about it, haven't used it in a long time. It, too, is pretty much dominated by professional sellers now. If you look for product XYZ the first full page of hits (it's beyond ridiculous) are dedicated sellers who paid for the spot or just spam the same stuff. All of the 2nd hand trading by me and my peers now goes through FB trading groups, a natural platform to communicate in text, post images of the product, negotiate prices, get a sense of identity/trust etc. This was great for about a year, but right now all of the few FB groups I used to frequent are seeing timed posts advertising professional services and products which keep popping up on my feed, drowning out the real sellers and causing me to delist myself from the group.
New niche marketplaces pretty much keep popping up that grow pretty quickly until they're big enough to get spammed by professional accounts looking for new sales channels.
- rosege 11y agoMarktplaats is extremely frustrating for a non-professional seller that has come from ebay. The main issue I had with it is that the bids are not binding. So getting someone to commit once they have bid is extremely hard. Ebay should just shut it and redirect it to its own superior site.