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Hey Lemmy. I hate Facebook. But I miss Marketplace. So I built Garage as a means to reclaim Melb's 2nd hand marketplace from Meta (cause fuck Zuck). It's pretty new but check it out below (getgarage.com.au)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/melbourne@aussie.zone
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I built Garage as a side-project and have finally realised it into production. I'm just a dude working full-time, renting in Caulfield and out of pocket for it. But I'd rather pay to host Garage than have Zuck sell me. Your support means a lot!

Mods: I realise rule 5 says no ads. If this breaks it, I'll remove. I'm not really selling anything, just trying to give people a second option to Facebook.

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[–] -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

The second option to market place was gumtree no? So you're actually the third...

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    yeah but Gumtree seems dead af lol. Idk, maybe Garage won’t go anywhere. i’m a cyber security professional not a business person lol

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Does Garage offer something Gumtree doesn't?

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    a simple privacy policy, clean ad-free browsing, and most importantly: dark mode. but look, not really. if you take a look at Gumtree tho, it’s pretty dead. searching for a pottery wheel around Melbourne has listings with ages from the earliest 18 weeks and the average of about one year. marketplace came in and ate Gumtree, so unless it does something radically different soon, i think it’s just going to die.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    For what it’s worth, Gumtree now belongs to eBay I believe. What they get out of it, I have no idea.

    The last thing I sold, I used Gumtree. I waited ages to sell it, I didn’t have to and it ended up going to the right person which was important for this item. It still worked okay for me.

    I like this, I think it’s worth getting behind.

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