Facebook's Marketplace Has an Edge on Craigslist, but No Room for Marketers (Yet)


Facebook’s reliance on people’s real names and actual identities has made its advertising platform attractive to marketers, and now it’s an advantage for a new consumer-to-consumer retail market, too.

Facebook on Monday introduced Marketplace, giving its billion-plus daily users the ability to search their areas for used goods being sold by neighbors.

Billed by some as a “Craigslist killer,” it is seen as potentially eliminating the creep factor of anonymous online selling.

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