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A local/fast marketplace for used gadgets, games

Shown by earlyriser on Nov 27, 2013. Click the card to turn it over.

25points

39comments

#890of 1,739 in 2013

Top 52%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

3 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Design: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against

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From 2 comments
- Looks nice, but I wish I didn't have to sign up to see what was available.
  mikeevans on HN
- agree - i want to see what's available before signing up.
  d2ncal on HN
Layout wastes space and does not scale to many categories.
From 1 comment
- Looks very nice! Neatly executed. Here are a couple of quick observations/suggestions. I am not a UX designer so most of these are from my personal perspective. - When I click on…
  Legend on HN
Offer mechanism is unclear and may attract spammy low offers.
From 1 comment
- Looks very nice! Neatly executed. Here are a couple of quick observations/suggestions. I am not a UX designer so most of these are from my personal perspective. - When I click on…
  Legend on HN

Add more cities and locations.
From 3 comments
- Can we get Boise added to the list of cities?
  adamclerk on HN
- Someplace mid-peninsula in the bay area would be nice too, like Mountain View, Palo Alto or similar.
  smgoller on HN
- If you add European cities too, I can be your first user in Berlin or anywhere in Greece.
  sebkomianos on HN
Typeahead or search for games.
From 1 comment
- I'd love to see a typeahead especially for games. Then you import a more robust catalog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_games…
  adamclerk on HN
Auto-detect user location.
From 1 comment
- Looks very nice! Neatly executed. Here are a couple of quick observations/suggestions. I am not a UX designer so most of these are from my personal perspective. - When I click on…
  Legend on HN
Add Apple laptops and other products.
From 1 comment
- I know it is not meant for computers, but I have seen many of people selling Apple computers online since the models are pretty standardized. It could make the list too long, but…
  neilni on HN

How the chicken and egg problem is solved for supply and demand.
From 2 comments
- Looks like a fun product to build. When I see this type of marketplace I always wonder how you get a user base... why will people pay to list products here if there aren't many…
  mikemikemike on HN
- ok. question is not about ui/mobile/web anything. it's how will you break chicken and egg. what's the creative marketing scheme to get that done? usually it involves cracking one…
  man_bear_pig on HN
What the 5 second listing means.
From 1 comment
- What does "5 second listing" mean?
  IanDrake on HN

Craigslist
From 2 comments
- Looks like a fun product to build. When I see this type of marketplace I always wonder how you get a user base... why will people pay to list products here if there aren't many…
  mikemikemike on HN
- I'd love to see a typeahead especially for games. Then you import a more robust catalog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_games…
  adamclerk on HN
eBay
From 1 comment
- This is a good question that I've asked to myself so many times. The chicken/egg problem is not solved at this point because I'm just starting, but my plan is to attract…
  earlyriser on HN