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So I just saw this little popup over a facebook marketplace post.
I haven’t used it yet but it would help cut out the BS of selling on Facebook since people just never show up but if they pay up front then maybe it would cut down on them blowing you off.
I found this page to set up payments and stuff facebook payments
Apparently all you have to do is add a debit card… and its free they are not even charging a fee. I did not know you could accept payments with your own debit card heh.
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I think most people would still prefer cash at meet unless shipment is involved.
FB seling is pretty much dead to me. It is flooded with people. About a year ago and before it was great for buying and selling.
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The facebook groups by me are pretty stale. It is all the same sort of merchandise: kids clothes, fake Coach purses, truck rims, old sofas and appliances.
Facebook “Marketplace” vendors seem to be the same quality as Groupon vendors. Liposuction, tanning salons, massages, paint your own pottery places, lasik, etc.
Totally not worth it.
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I’m not on Facebook so can’t speak to how it actually works, but this seems like a real game changer.
Here’s my questions.
–What happens if you pay someone through Facebook payments, and then they cheat you? eBay/Amazon have a whole system of buyer protection. I think this is the real barrier to entry. It’s not cheap having an army of customer service reps to handle all the problems.
–Do buyers on Facebook pay the kind of prices we all get on eBay? Or are these buyers looking for yard sale prices. From what I’ve seen, it’s a great place to buy inventory because people are dumping their stuff. But can you really make good money?
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I mostly try to sell at yard sale prices on Facebook, only stuff that is just not worth selling on eBay. Like old blenders or wireless routers or crock pots… oh my God the crock pots (I think I get two every auction on table lots). It’s a mix, my area it’s a lot of cars/trucks and good and way too high prices. Lots of Clothes but everyone wants top dollar per item. Lots of video game stuff but they usually want a ton but I do see deals but they sell quick if someone is asking a reasonable price. I just don’t have time for it and it’s not fun so I don’t troll facebook for stuff anymore. I think if Facebook polishes it more over the next year it could be a decent selling platform.
That being said I can’t get people to pick up stuff to save my life, it was the same on craigslist. Someone wants your item but they want you to deliver it 30 miles away or they said “I’ll get it” then never message you again.
If you’re buying a $5 item why do you think I want to spend $10 in gas to get it to you?
Anyway. I think that this rolling out now is a game changer but I don’t see it becoming big for at least a year or so. I’d offer to ship items on facebook but I don’t see anything that tells about seller/buyer protection. I think Facebook is rolling it out and will just troubleshoot as it goes, hell if they get bad press people won’t stop using it. It’s like if Google was involved in drug smuggling and their CEO resigned… they are so big they can’t fail! What you gonna go use Bing??
Ok I have no idea where that tangent came from but I do agree with Stuff My Mom Threw Away, it’s so saturated now. My area has 68 buy/trade/sell groups… in a 15 mile radius and that does not include Savannah (bout 20 miles from me). I’m part of 3 of them and I get updates when someone posts a item on all of them even if it’s the same item.
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