Craigslist and Marketplace largely serve non-commercial, local sales.
Ebay serves that, but also non-local, commercial, used and new.
They go toe-to-toe with Amazon and Ali-express for drop-shipping type stuff, especially international. Small scale international eComm is a huge, and growing market.
Ebay has certainly cornered some niches, but it can really pick up a lot of ground in some truly massive markets.
If I want to buy a specific electronic prototyping board, my choices are eBay or AE.
If I want to buy a part for my older cars: EBay. I just had a hard to find steering bushing shipped direct from Japan, in fact.
EBay especially dominates markets for unique things. Vintage cameras, watches, collectibles, etc.
Ebay was great. You could sell non local and paid a bit in fees sure but you could still actually get some money back from stuff you had "outgrown".
Now? As a casual seller of stuff that clutters the house? Or your old laptop when you get a new one? Fat chance I'll send that around the country for all the fees I'll be paying to Ebay. Fake Facebook profile and various other online and completely free flea market type sites are the only thing we use.
Ebay is dead to us. I bet we're not the only ones.
Ebay serves that, but also non-local, commercial, used and new.
They go toe-to-toe with Amazon and Ali-express for drop-shipping type stuff, especially international. Small scale international eComm is a huge, and growing market.
Ebay has certainly cornered some niches, but it can really pick up a lot of ground in some truly massive markets.
If I want to buy a specific electronic prototyping board, my choices are eBay or AE.
If I want to buy a part for my older cars: EBay. I just had a hard to find steering bushing shipped direct from Japan, in fact.
EBay especially dominates markets for unique things. Vintage cameras, watches, collectibles, etc.