List on eBay and Facebook Marketplace: the country and down the street

Why list on both

eBay puts an item in front of buyers across the country who search by exact names and model numbers, and it runs auctions and Best Offer. Facebook Marketplace puts it in front of people nearby, who message, come over and pay on the spot, with no fee on a local sale paid in person. A dresser, a bike or a box of tools often goes locally first; a camera lens or a signed card to a collector on eBay. Listing on both lets whichever buyer comes first have it.

How it works

• List on eBay in one tap through eBay's API, as Buy It Now or an auction, with local pickup for big pieces.
• List on Facebook Marketplace from the phone app. Facebook Marketplace has no listing API, so VendorSnap lists there from the phone app through your own Facebook sign-in, and once you record the sale, your phone marks the Facebook listing sold for you.
• Sold to a local buyer? Mark it sold as Facebook Marketplace, and the eBay listing ends in seconds.
• Sold on eBay? Mark it sold as eBay, and your phone marks the Facebook listing sold.
• Sold in person, at a table or a yard sale? Ring it up on the Register: the eBay listing ends on its own and your phone marks the Facebook one sold.

Fees

Facebook charges nothing on local pickup paid in person, and 10% on shipped orders, with a $0.80 minimum: $6.00 on a $50 item with $10 shipping. eBay takes about 13.6% plus a small per-order fee, $8.56 on the same sale. Compare them with the fee comparison calculator.

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