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Speaker 1: The apps and tips to know to help you buy

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Speaker 1: and sell your.

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Speaker 2: Use stuff locally.

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Speaker 1: Hey there, what's going on. I'm Rich Demiro. This is

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Speaker 1: Rich on Tech. Okay, So we all know about eBay

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Speaker 1: and Craigslist. Those have been around forever. They're both fantastic

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Speaker 1: ways to buy and sell your use stuff online. But

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Speaker 1: what if you don't feel like dealing with the packing

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Speaker 1: and the shipping and the scam artists. Well, these are

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Speaker 1: the next generation of apps to know about that can

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Speaker 1: help you make some quick cash by selling your stuff

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Speaker 1: around the house.

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Speaker 2: So how this story came about.

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Speaker 1: We just bought a new dining room table I needed

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Speaker 1: to sell my old one. I texted my friend Chris Martinez,

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Speaker 1: who I know does this stuff on the side, and

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Speaker 1: he instantly texted me back a laundry list of things

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Speaker 1: to know, and I said, oh my gosh, I didn't

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Speaker 1: know any of this stuff, so this has to be

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Speaker 1: a story. So I went and I interviewed him about

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Speaker 1: what he does, which basically, by day he's working in TV.

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Speaker 1: By night he's got the side hustle, which is buying

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Speaker 1: and selling used furniture that he finds around town.

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Speaker 2: His number one pick right now.

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Speaker 1: For the best place to buy and sell you stuff locally.

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Speaker 1: Drum roll, please, Facebook Marketplace something I would not have

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Speaker 1: thought of. Marketplace is built right into Facebook. All you

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Speaker 1: have to do is open the app that you already have,

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Speaker 1: look for the little house icon, and then you get

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Speaker 1: started with your listing. It's free to buy and sell

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Speaker 1: through Facebook Marketplace, and people can reach you right through

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Speaker 1: Facebook Messenger, so that's really easy.

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Speaker 2: You can message back and forth.

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Speaker 1: But keep in mind you're listing is linked to your profile,

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Speaker 1: so people can take a quick look at who you are.

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Speaker 1: But other than that, it's a really easy way to

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Speaker 1: sell stuff. Of course, it's Facebook, so you know they've

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Speaker 1: put a lot of energy and effort into the app,

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Speaker 1: and the way you post is very simple. One interesting

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Speaker 1: thing that Chris noted about Marketplace. He says that he

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Speaker 1: thinks Facebook kind of checks up on what you're searching

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Speaker 1: for on Google and then it will actually put those

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Speaker 1: items in your news feed, so that you kind of

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Speaker 1: check out marketplace if you're interested in purchasing something that's

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Speaker 1: totally possible, that's absolutely plausible. I find that really fascinating

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Speaker 1: and if Facebook is doing that's actually very smart. So

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Speaker 1: Facebook Marketplace, that's his number one pick next up after

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Speaker 1: that is offer up.

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Speaker 2: He likes that one.

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Speaker 1: He says a lot of people are using offer up,

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Speaker 1: and if it doesn't sell there, let go is a

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Speaker 1: nice viable alternative. Now, all of these apps let you

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Speaker 1: buy and sell for free. In the case of offer

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Speaker 1: up and let go, they make money on upgrades and

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Speaker 1: a few extra dollars will boost or feature your listing.

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Speaker 2: And one app that I tried personally that did not get.

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Speaker 1: Me even one lead was next Door, So I'm not

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Speaker 1: knocking them, but I did not even get one person

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Speaker 1: to message me through Nextdoor, So maybe keep that off

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Speaker 1: your list for now. Now your best bet to sell

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Speaker 1: fast take good pictures. Make sure your items are all

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Speaker 1: by themselves so people can get a good look at them.

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Speaker 1: And also take your pictures from various angles so prospective

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Speaker 1: buyers can see details, especially things like wear and tear

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Speaker 1: or scratches, because guess what, you can hide them from

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Speaker 1: the Facebook pictures or your pictures on these apps. But

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Speaker 1: if the person comes to pick up the item, they

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Speaker 1: always have the ability to say, no, I want this,

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Speaker 1: It's not what you presented it as, So be upfront

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Speaker 1: and that's going to be your best bet that way,

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Speaker 1: nobody's surprised when they come to pick up your item.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to keywords, use good keywords to describe

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Speaker 1: your item in your listing, and really think in terms

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Speaker 1: of how people might search for what you're selling. So

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Speaker 1: put the brand name in there, put the material of

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Speaker 1: the wood in there, put the color in there, all the.

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Speaker 2: Stuff that gets really specific.

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Speaker 1: So when people are searching for a particular style or

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Speaker 1: color or thing, they will find it in your listing.

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Speaker 1: One interesting aspect to all of this buying and selling,

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Speaker 1: there's really no need these days to include your phone

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Speaker 1: number on your post. That's because buyers can message you

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Speaker 1: right through these apps.

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Speaker 2: That's probably the safest way to do it.

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Speaker 1: But if you want to have a phone number, sometimes

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Speaker 1: people just like to put that in their post. It's easier.

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Speaker 1: Try a service I like called Burner. They will give

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Speaker 1: you a temporary number that people can call or text

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Speaker 1: or send pictures to.

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Speaker 2: And here's how it works.

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Speaker 1: If you want a one line subscription on a monthly basis,

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Speaker 1: that's five bucks, or you can just do a pre

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Speaker 1: paid Burner and these are really quick, they're really easy.

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Speaker 1: You buy credits and let's see a text only Burner

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Speaker 1: is two hundred and fifty texts. It auto burns in

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Speaker 1: thirty days and that's five credits. And if you want

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Speaker 1: to buy five credits, eight credits is five dollars.

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Speaker 2: So Burner is not gonna cost too much and it really.

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Speaker 1: Gives you that extra layer of security. The final tip

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Speaker 1: Chris offered for buying and selling stuff online, the best

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Speaker 1: day to sell, he says, above all, it's Sunday. He

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Speaker 1: describes it as a day of leisure, so he says, you're.

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Speaker 2: Gonna make the most sales on a Sunday. There you

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Speaker 2: have it.

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Speaker 1: The best apps for buying and selling locally. Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for listening. You can find links to everything I'll

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Speaker 1: talk about here on my website.

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Speaker 2: Just go to Rich on tech.

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Speaker 1: Dot tv and definitely check out the podcast inside Apple

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Speaker 1: podcasts or Google podcasts, depending on the type of phone

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Speaker 1: you have. I'm Rich Damiro I'll talk to you real

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Speaker 1: soon