Let’s face it: Decluttering our homes is not an easy task. But thanks to technology, we no longer need to spend time setting up garage sales and anxiously waiting for your neighbors to come by. Listia,
In it’s fifth year of operation, is a cashless, peer-to-peer online marketplace that currently has 7 million users who have listed unwanted items and traded them for goods they’ll actually use and love. In addition to getting things they love, users also find satisfaction in re-using and recycling items instead of simply throwing things away that could negatively impact the environment.
Online trading trends from Listia’s data include:
- Battle of the sexes: Among men, the most commonly traded goods are collectibles and video games/consoles with over 14,000 of these items traded on the network.
- Big cities that love to trade: New York City is a trend-setter city, and no doubt, most of Listia’s users are NYC residents. However, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle, Chicago, and D.C also top the list of cities with the most Listia users!
- Trading is the new break-time activity: Surprisingly, the most popular time to trade is the afternoon between 2-4 pm ET and not in the evening when people usually kick back and relax with a glass of wine.
Listia helped people trade over 100 million items online and on their mobile devices. This momentum has been unparalleled as users list more than 20,000 new items and place 100,000 bids every day to declutter their homes and get things they’ll actually use. While Airbnb leads the way in shared living space and Uber for transportation, Listia continues to dominate the market for trading physical goods in what is quickly becoming one of the most competitive spaces in the sharing economy.
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Now with the recent release of its Amazon Fire phone app, Listia is on track to be available on every major mobile platform including both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. In addition, partnerships with Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon have enabled Listia to offer the best ways to declutter and unlock the value of things lying around people’s homes.
