Recently, Facebook introduced their own marketplace, an opportunity to buy and sell with people in your community. This works like a classified advertisements website that advertised jobs, housing, personals, wanted items events and everything in between.
To access the Marketplace, tap on the “shop” icon at the bottom of the Facebook app then filter your results by location, category or price. To sell, all you have to do is take a photo of your item or add it from your camera roll, enter a product name, description and price, confirm your location and select a category and then post. You can also choose to post to Marketplace and a specific buy and sell group at the same time.
It is considerably easy for buyers. All you have to do as a buyer is click on the buy icon which immediately opens a gallery of items on sale in their area. You can also search for any particular item you are interested in and if it is available, you will be notified. When you decide on what you want to purchase, you then send a chat to the seller and then you both can proceed or you can save the item for later.
The Facebook Marketplace is not yet available in Nigeria, but should soon be.
