Users can access Marketplace by tapping a shopping icon at the bottom of the Facebook mobile app. Marketplace users will be adding extremely specific information to Facebook’s database on them – the types of items they’re pondering and purchasing, the prices and offers that move them to act and more, he told the E-Commerce Times. The fact that Marketplace is integrated into the Facebook mobile app is significantly different from Craigslist, which prefers to employ third-party app developers for mobile solutions, he told the E-Commerce Times.
Key Takeaways:
- Facebook on Monday announced Marketplace, a new mobile app that facilitates buying and selling between peers.
- Marketplace allows members of a community to discover, buy and sell items, noted Facebook Product Management Director Mary Ku.
- The service is scheduled for rollout this week in the United States, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Users can access Marketplace by tapping a shopping icon at the bottom of the Facebook mobile app.
“Marketplace allows members of a community to discover, buy and sell items, noted Facebook Product Management Director Mary Ku.”
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