JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoIs there / could there be a federated ebay?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareIs there / could there be a federated ebay?JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareEnsignWashout@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-222 days agoWe could start a buy/sell/swap space using existing Lemmy technology, if we left the messy details for users to figure out for themselves. Messy details add up quick, though. Payments, currencies, mailing addresses, reputation, conflict resolution, returns, scammers and spam. But “Craigs List” solved very little of that on day one, and went on to be pretty successful. So it’s possible.
minus-squareCherry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoThere was also Free cycle kinda worked for a while and was pretty basic
minus-squareJustTesting@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoBiggest issue is probably that everything, including private messages, is public here. Not where you want to share your adress/phone number.
minus-squarearadgus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agohttps://lemmy.sdf.org/c/buyselltrade one of lemmys best communities
We could start a buy/sell/swap space using existing Lemmy technology, if we left the messy details for users to figure out for themselves.
Messy details add up quick, though. Payments, currencies, mailing addresses, reputation, conflict resolution, returns, scammers and spam.
But “Craigs List” solved very little of that on day one, and went on to be pretty successful.
So it’s possible.
There was also Free cycle kinda worked for a while and was pretty basic
Biggest issue is probably that everything, including private messages, is public here. Not where you want to share your adress/phone number.
https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/buyselltrade one of lemmys best communities
Oh! Thanks!