Getting Rid of My Junk: Facebook Marketplace vs Craigslist. Winner: Facebook!

Disclaimer: Boring Video.

In august I listed 6 items on both facebook marketplace and craigslist with the same title and description.

In that month.. here is the overall result:
1. Facebook Marketplace I sold 3 items. On Craigslist I sold 0 items.
2. Marketplace is nice because interactions are done through facebook messenger so it’s fast. On craigslist it can be slow if you do it by email.
3. Marketplace I received alot more replies. Although, I felt that many of the replies I received were not serious interested buyers. When I replied things were available, I received no interaction afterwards. This happened quite often with marketplace (happens also for craigslist.)

So.. my final short test here shows that for me on august, marketplace wins!
Next month I will try offerup since offerup features rating systems. This will make it so both buying and selling is more transparent since I will know if someone is more likely to be a flake or bad buyer/seller.

Good luck selling your junk!

The other 3 items that I sold will try to recycle or throw away. The broken ipad I will keep for testing purposes.