Flohmarkt is a Fediverse Marketplace - eviltoast

As the Fediverse continues to grow, people are looking to build new experiences that change what’s possible on the network today.

Flohmarkt is a nascent project intended for selling personal items, and may be the first attempt of its kind here.

  • a1studmuffin@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    One of the biggest challenges with online marketplaces is personal safety for physical meetups and scam prevention for online sales. It’ll be interesting if there are any efforts to solve this, such as an escrow system or other process to keep buyers and sellers honest.

    • Omniraptor@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      I mean, how does craigslist handle it? This doesn’t seem much more technically complex than whatever craigslist does