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Largest Number of People Ever Making Money Trading On Social Networking Sites
I’m sure you can remember the huge buzz that went around when Ebay first launched and people could easily sell almost anything that wanted. It opened up the second hand trading market to a truly global scale and started a whole new breed of amateur online shop keeper, who later went on to start trading new items as well. It is likely that Ebay will remain a highly used site for many years to come, but the prominence of online trading has now been taken to a new level by sites such as Twitter and Facebook that boast a more social capacity.
Facebook was among the first social networking sites that had the foresight to realise the potential of allowing their members to advertise items on their site. Their ‘marketplace’ quickly became an active community in itself and people even started setting up shops here, in the same way as you might do on Ebay. Now it can be argued that sites such as Gumtree and Craig’s List have been providing this trading platform for over a decade, but the newer social powerhouses have taken it to another level. They encourage a more discerning buying process whereby you can do some background research on the seller, request more information, or even ask the opinion of some experts in the field. For example, before you make that commitment to buy one of those second hand bikes you can request more pics, query your friends about it, or ask those people who are hanging out in the cycling community section if you are making the right choice, and if not, what is the right one?
Another advancement has come about through sites such as Twitter, has been the ability for people to request the things they are looking for, rather than wait for someone else to advertise them. For example an extreme sports enthusiast might post on their twitter profile that they are looking for 7’6” surfboards, and because of the potential size and power of the networks here, they will likely find multiple people very quickly who have suitable surfboards for sale
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Online Trading Enhanced By Social Sites
I’m sure you can remember the huge buzz that went around when Ebay first launched and people could easily sell almost anything that wanted. It opened up the second hand trading market to a truly global scale and started a whole new breed of amateur online shop keeper, who later went on to start trading new items as well. It is likely that Ebay will remain a highly used site for many years to come, but the prominence of online trading has now been taken to a new level by sites such as Twitter and Facebook that boast a more social capacity.
Facebook was among the first social networking sites that had the foresight to realise the potential of allowing their members to advertise items on their site. They termed their new section ‘Facebook Marketplace’ and it soon became very popular, with many people even setting up their own shops to trade their goods. Now it can be argued that sites such as Gumtree and Craig’s List have been providing this trading platform for over a decade, but the newer social powerhouses have taken it to another level. They encourage a more discerning buying process whereby you can do some background research on the seller, request more information, or even ask the opinion of some experts in the field. For example, before you make that commitment to buy one of those second hand bikes you can request more pics, query your friends about it, or ask those people who are hanging out in the cycling community section if you are making the right choice, and if not, what is the right one?
Further more, with the likes of Twitter to your disposal you can flip the advertising process on its head by requesting second hand items that you are seeking. For example an extreme sports enthusiast might post on their twitter profile that they are looking for 7’6” surfboards, and because of the potential size and power of the networks here, they will likely find multiple people very quickly who have suitable surfboards for sale