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Hi, I'm fairly new to the fediverse. Is there any alternatives for Facebook marketplace out there?

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[–] ANIMATEK 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Craigslist? AFAIK their business model is quite forward thinking.

[–] rustyriffs 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

People still use craigslist? Seems pretty niche at this point, but I could be wrong though. Also, how is their business model forward thinking, how do you mean?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

CL is huge in larger metro areas like LA or SF Bay area. I've bought and sold many vehicles plus smaller stuff.

[–] ANIMATEK 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No ads and a flat design that hasn’t changed in years. I could be wrong though, I’m not in the US, I just read about it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately not. I think some areas have hashtags for that kind of stuff and someone is working on a new platform, but it's not there yet.

https://codeberg.org/grindhold/flohmarkt

[–] rustyriffs 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome, It will be interesting to see what it develops into!

marketplace is one of the last things holding me back from jumping off that platform I think.

[–] Nastybutler 2 points 1 year ago

Same. I only install and use FB when I need to sell something

[–] Agent641 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What country are you in? They have Gumtree in the UK and Australia. My gumtree feedback page is one of my lifes proudest achievements.

[–] rustyriffs 3 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a cool app. I'm in the USA

[–] Flying_Cucumber 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi, I've recently read here on Lemmy an article stating that an extension of the ActivityPub protocol to support facebook marketplace's like transaction is being considered, but I don't have any more detail

[–] rustyriffs 4 points 1 year ago

That's exciting to know. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not FB market but a Fedi alternative to Etsy https://artisans.coop/

[–] rustyriffs 3 points 1 year ago

Not really what I asked for, no, but I'm super glad to know about it though! Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Kijiji is pretty popular in Canada. Varagesale is another one I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not really what you asked for, but here in germany exist networks of big telegram groups where people give away their stuff for free. Maybe something like it exists also where you live.

Here theyre called "natural ressources"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love the idea, but ripe for abuse, also the critical mass of muggles using it to be worthwhile.

But, we can dream!

[–] rustyriffs 3 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely going to keep dreaming then because I think we can do it better.

[–] Zealousideal_Fox900 0 points 1 year ago

Gumtree for australia.