Fair question and the answer to that is trust/convenience. There are people who dont want the hassle of dealing with strangers by posting to Craigslist. The trust factor is just not there. I have personal things that I will not put on ebay at all because its not that high price of an item to sell. I am part of a sport club where we routinely give off old equipment or sell things if we bought extra or bought the wrong size. We think what if you had a convenient place to list and share such items. next time someone joins a club looking for used gear or new family moves in to the neighbor hood, one can point them to Zapaang app where items shared with the community fb group or club fb group is visible.
I'm not buying your answer. I've never heard of any of my friends selling or buying anything on Facebook. Craigslist is their #1 choice. I buy a shit ton of random stuff on Ebay. I bought pretty much all of my sports equipment on Craigslist.
I don't even understand the idea of selling to friends - what are the chances of them wanting to buy it? It's such a small demographic compared to what you get on CL or Ebay.
I think you're solving a problem that doesn't exist, and you've convinced yourself that you are solving a problem.
Facebook friends is a small part of the social graph. There is a graph of people who are not your direct friends but share similar interests by virtue of belonging to a group. This aims to tap in to that graph. Thanks for providing your opinion and to be fair we have considered those points. We will never compete with Ebay and Craigslist and for the target market that are successful in selling/buying items there this definitely will not be appealing. Is there a pool of people who would rather put stuff on a virtual garage sale as opposed to a craigslist post? if such a pool exists then this idea would sound appealing. We might be targeting a super niche market and valuable feedback like yours helps us understand how niche that is.
Another target audience is kids buying text books. If a freshman had a place to see all books shared with a study/dorm/sorority facebook group, wouldnt that be more beneficial/cheaper than buying off Craigslist or Ebay? Would he choose to check in that place before looking at the other sites? If the answer is a "maybe" or "yes" then we would love to explore that.