For years, Craigslist has been the leading online purveyor of ‘local classifieds and forums – community moderated, and largely free.’ Craigslist’s user-friendly format, sense of community, and fee-free structure have been extremely popular.
But now, Craiglist’s popularity is breeding a new group of competitors. As Jenna Wortham reports for the New York Times: “There are several startups that are trying to tap into our mobile phones to build out that exact network of listings, but only for people nearby. Yardsale (pictured below), for example, lets people browse through items for sale — everything from dining room chairs to gaming consoles — based on how far away they are from the person who is selling them. Bondsy is trying to build a marketplace layer over a user’s existing social network. Another service, called Ketup, shows a photo feed of nearby items that are for sale.”
Click the Yardsale image for Wortham’s full story.
