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As someone who doesn’t want to use FB, are there any good alternatives to FB marketplace besides ebay?

rootsudo 5y ago
Swappa, if you want to deal with their support team (I don't like them, lots of requests to get them to do one thing.), mecari (same fees as ebay, no difference imo.) So unfortunately, not really.
Gualdrapo 5y ago
Don't know there, but here in Latin America OLX and Mercadolibre are popular. The first is hugely based on trust (though their web experience is poor) as Facebook's Marketplace, and the latter has positioned by an aggresive SEO and marketing campaing, charging immense fees - but relatively secure for the buyer.
Spooky23 5y ago
You’ll laugh, but newspaper classifieds. They are usually pretty cheap, and the people into buying used crap are still looking at classifieds for estate sales, etc. Because you pay to list, the fraud is mostly nonexistent. Conversions are really high, about 60% of our church bazaar’s online sales came through the local paper. But the type of products and audiences would probably vary greatly… mom swaps would probably not do well. The other thing is consignment. There’s a little industry of kid consignment sales where you can basically sell great condition kid clothes for 60-80% of retail, and get decent prices for toys, etc. Similar events exist for other categories too.
toss1 5y ago
I've been getting good results on Craigslist, which can now search a radius of 250 miles and also 3rd party sites allow national searches. I was afraid that FB would gut it, but it now seems like FB actually just skimmed the less serious posters. For industrial stuff, there seems to be multitudes of used equipment sites, but no dominant one, so it's just a big scavenger hunt. There's a few attempts at sites aggregating listings, but they're all lame, IMO.
sam1r 5y ago
I think it really depends on your location. Craigslist is super hot in Dallas.
zyang 5y ago
Nextdoor is a good alternative but highly location dependent.
waynesonfire 5y ago
Craigslist though i prefer fb marketplace. Not sure why.
- paulryanrogers 5y ago
  Recommend putting a note in every Craigslist post like "No verification code scams". Because if your phone number is included scammers will eagerly text asking for Google Voice verification code, claiming they need it to prove you're legit. Yet they'll actually use it to open a GV account and possibly take over your phone number.
auntienomen 5y ago
Craigslist. It's simple and better. Last time I tried Facebook, they immediately started up selling me on advertising.

Swappa, if you want to deal with their support team (I don't like them, lots of requests to get them to do one thing.), mecari (same fees as ebay, no difference imo.) So unfortunately, not really.

Gualdrapo 5y ago

Don't know there, but here in Latin America OLX and Mercadolibre are popular. The first is hugely based on trust (though their web experience is poor) as Facebook's Marketplace, and the latter has positioned by an aggresive SEO and marketing campaing, charging immense fees - but relatively secure for the buyer.

Spooky23 5y ago

You’ll laugh, but newspaper classifieds. They are usually pretty cheap, and the people into buying used crap are still looking at classifieds for estate sales, etc. Because you pay to list, the fraud is mostly nonexistent. Conversions are really high, about 60% of our church bazaar’s online sales came through the local paper. But the type of products and audiences would probably vary greatly… mom swaps would probably not do well. The other thing is consignment. There’s a little industry of kid consignment sales where you can basically sell great condition kid clothes for 60-80% of retail, and get decent prices for toys, etc. Similar events exist for other categories too.

toss1 5y ago

I've been getting good results on Craigslist, which can now search a radius of 250 miles and also 3rd party sites allow national searches. I was afraid that FB would gut it, but it now seems like FB actually just skimmed the less serious posters. For industrial stuff, there seems to be multitudes of used equipment sites, but no dominant one, so it's just a big scavenger hunt. There's a few attempts at sites aggregating listings, but they're all lame, IMO.

sam1r 5y ago

I think it really depends on your location. Craigslist is super hot in Dallas.

zyang 5y ago

Nextdoor is a good alternative but highly location dependent.

waynesonfire 5y ago

Craigslist though i prefer fb marketplace. Not sure why.

paulryanrogers 5y ago
Recommend putting a note in every Craigslist post like "No verification code scams". Because if your phone number is included scammers will eagerly text asking for Google Voice verification code, claiming they need it to prove you're legit. Yet they'll actually use it to open a GV account and possibly take over your phone number.

auntienomen 5y ago

Craigslist. It's simple and better. Last time I tried Facebook, they immediately started up selling me on advertising.