How To Buy And Sell On Marketplace

How To Buy And Sell On Marketplace
Facebook remains the most popular social media platform, with lots of users signing up on a daily basis. With lots of activities like sharing files, photos, videos, updating status, etc, there are more features associated with it. Facebook added the Marketplace feature to add spice to its already rich features. This allows you to sell and buy any product you want, whereby both will be linked together right in the same location to make transactions easy. And in this article, we’re going to show you how to buy and sell on the marketplace.

Facebook Marketplace has about thirty categories, which consist of Furniture, Vehicles, Tools, Property to Rent, Toys, and Games, etc. This enables you to be able to find it easy to either post your items accordingly or to easily find items you want to buy.

In addition to that, there are some certain products that are restricted which you can’t be able to buy on Facebook Marketplace, which are; illegal drugs, digital products or subscriptions, weapons/ammunitions, animals, gambling services, adult movies, real or virtual currency, tobacco products, event tickets, and Gift cards. Now, read further below so you can see how to buy and sell on Marketplace…

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How To Buy And Sell On Marketplace

Before you can buy and sell on Marketplace, you first need to know how to join the Facebook marketplace in order to make sales, and how you can be able to locate the feature on your Facebook app.
You can join by clicking on this link via your web browser. The feature will appear if it’s available in your region and if you meet the requirements.
To locate the feature in the new Facebook app, you have to do is just log in to your Facebook account > then click on the 3-lines menu tab at the top right corner of your Facebook page. You’ll be able to see “Marketplace” right there.
Now that the first step has been achieved, let’s now head straight to provide you with guidelines on how you can buy and sell on Marketplace:

How Do You Sell on Facebook Marketplace?

⦁ First, go to your News Feed, and click on “Marketplace” in the left menu.
⦁ Click on “Create New Listing.”
⦁ Then click “Item for Sale.”
⦁ Click “Add Photos” to upload a photo of your item.
⦁ You’ll need to enter brief information about your item.
⦁ After that, click “Next.”
⦁ Then click “Publish” to post your listing.
⦁ You’ll now have to wait for anyone living in your area to declare interest in your item, by sending you a message.
Note:
You need to boost your listing so to enable it to turn into a Facebook ad. This will make people see it. This is a way to reach out to more potential buyers for your item, and in turn, enables you to get views and sell faster.
⦁ To boost your listing, go to your “Your Listings” in the selling tab.
⦁ Select the item you want to boost and click on “Boost Listing”. Doing this will take you to the boost listing page.
⦁ Then select your budget for the duration you want by clicking on the “Custom Budget”.
⦁ Click on “Choose Your Own,” and then enter the amount you’d like to spend over the duration of your ad.
⦁ Click on “View” and preview your boost.
⦁ Click “Continue” when you’re done.
⦁ Then click on “Boost Listing” to promote your listing.