Archive for September 15th, 2009

Marketplace App For Facebook

App Name: Marketplace for Facebook

Summary
One of the best applications of Facebook, Marketplace allows you to sell, give away, ask for or look for anything that you want. You can also sell for a cause to support charities. This application makes it simpler to see what your friends have posted and what can be found in your region.
The main categories found under Marketplace application include:
1.      Items for Sale
2.      Housing
3.      Vehicles
4.      Jobs

User interaction
With a conversational approach, Marketplace lets users search for the required items in the given categories.

User interface
The listing process is easy and comments are aggregated on a listed item’s “Wall”. Great emphasis is placed on items listed by your friends along with listings of items listed by people in your local area.

Utility and Productivity
The easy communication on Facebook allows people to list things on Marketplace that they wouldn’t mail to their friends otherwise. You can sell for a cause and express yourself through the causes you support. Introduced by Oodle, this concept is being leveraged by creating ways for Facebook users to sell items that benefit charity.

App Rating

(8 out of 10)

Marketplace is an excellent approach to integrating classified listings. Oodle’s conversational approach makes selling and buying items more than just a transaction, but rather an interesting experience.