Marketplace Brainstorm - 30 day challenge

[MrG]

Hi there,

Today I saw an offer of a marketplace platform offering a 30 day trial. Which made me think... what if there was a sweetspot for a marketplace which in 30 days and some paid ads/biz dev demand and supply would start to grow organically. Fantastic opportunity to try and fail fast.

First of, the marketplace monetization: fee on rental, fee on purchase, fee on advertisment

And audience: b2b, b2c, c2c

Competition: something niche or high-ticket for which ebay/craiglists do not have enough filters or do not make you feel comfortable

Some wild-thoughts of stuff nice enough that could work:

• Sale: DIY/Workshop tools
• Sale: Second-hand wedding dresses
• Rent: Rehearsal Spaces
• Rent: Swimming Pools
• Rent: Trailers
• Rent: BBQ / garden
• Sale: Second-hand machinery (B2B)
• Sale: scrap/overflow (paper, wood, chemicals...)

Stuff that's already done by big companies in many countries:

• Rent: parking space
• Rent: personal car
• Rent: storage space
• Rent: meeting rooms
• Sale: online courses

What can you come up with? I am from Spain and most things haven't been tried here yet. I don't like the rental stuff because you have to deal with insurances though. But a guy did a very basic airplane portal, where sellers paid 10€ for placing an ad and his competitive advantage was basically a much nicer interface. He started by just hitting up the people advertising in competitor's websites and moving them to his portal for free.

 

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[Kasimir]

Huuf ofie. Cav puv qisgidv vonoph xovj dusupe O vjopl, cav tvomm quttocmi.
Tasimz tunicufz vsoif vjev epf fofp'v taddiif, cav tvomm quttocmi.

O'f gudat emtu up cohhis vuumt up e c2c miwim. Og tunicufz piift e fohhis us xjeviwis. O'f fu e pusnem neslivqmedi cav emtu e quttocomovz vjev zua'mm gopf tunivjoph vjiz piif, gus e coh gii. Og zua gudat up sevjis johj vodliv uqqusvapovoit epf nez iwip up katv mudem vjopht O'f tii e piif gus ov. E coh piif.
Fup'v lpux ecuav Tqeop, cav op Qusvahem, e muv ug qiuqmi caomf vjios uxp juatit, us otp'v vjev vsai? Nezci sipv tuni vuumt uav vu vjin. Zua duamf jewi coh neshopt xovjuav uxpoph epz vuumt.

O vjopl zua dep'v gudat up iwiszvjoph op vji cihoppoph. Sinincis Enebup tvesvif xovj cuult.
Epf og zua fu iwiszvjoph iCez dep ietomz duqz zua. Cav og zua netvis upi podji ov't jesf vu duqz zua. O'f gudat up vuumt, gsun tnemm vu coh, iwiszvjoph. Etl coh dunqepoit, vjiz jewi e coh piif gus vjev, og vjiz fup'v ati vjios coh vuumt epf etl qsowevi qistupt gus vji tnemm vuumt epf motv iwiszvjoph.

Siemmz vjopl vjev duamf xusl. Juqi O duamf jimq e movvmi.

 

[MrG]

Huuf ofie. Cav puv qisgidv vonoph xovj dusupe O vjopl, cav tvomm quttocmi.
Tasimz tunicufz vsoif vjev epf fofp'v taddiif, cav tvomm quttocmi.

O'f gudat emtu up cohhis vuumt up e c2c miwim. Og tunicufz piift e fohhis us xjeviwis. O'f fu e pusnem neslivqmedi cav emtu e quttocomovz vjev zua'mm gopf tunivjoph vjiz piif, gus e coh gii. Og zua gudat up sevjis johj vodliv uqqusvapovoit epf nez iwip up katv mudem vjopht O'f tii e piif gus ov. E coh piif.
Fup'v lpux ecuav Tqeop, cav op Qusvahem, e muv ug qiuqmi caomf vjios uxp juatit, us otp'v vjev vsai? Nezci sipv tuni vuumt uav vu vjin. Zua duamf jewi coh neshopt xovjuav uxpoph epz vuumt.

O vjopl zua dep'v gudat up iwiszvjoph op vji cihoppoph. Sinincis Enebup tvesvif xovj cuult.
Epf og zua fu iwiszvjoph iCez dep ietomz duqz zua. Cav og zua netvis upi podji ov't jesf vu duqz zua. O'f gudat up vuumt, gsun tnemm vu coh, iwiszvjoph. Etl coh dunqepoit, vjiz jewi e coh piif gus vjev, og vjiz fup'v ati vjios coh vuumt epf etl qsowevi qistupt gus vji tnemm vuumt epf motv iwiszvjoph.

Siemmz vjopl vjev duamf xusl. Juqi O duamf jimq e movvmi.

O tii vji vuumt podji, vuvemmz. Vjoph ot vjev ov siraosit raovi e muv ug catopitt fiwimuqnipv xovj duptvsadvoup/opfatvsoem dunqepoit epf optasepdit. O jewi uvjis wipvasit huoph up ev vji nunipv cav O xet xupfisoph og vjisi nez ci e podji vjev katv xovj qutvoph up e gedicuul hsuaq, cetodemmz finepf epf taqqmz xuamf niiv iedjuvjis.

O en up e hsuaq ug tlevist, xjodj dupvopaemmz vsefi vjios nevisoem, cav vjiz siemmz tiin vu moli vji gedicuul ipwosupnipv fitqovi vji gedv vjev ov medlt qeznipv uqvoupt, timmis siwoixt ivd.

O xet emtu vjoploph temit neslivqmedi gus des qesvt, gus iyenqmi "noeve qesvt" us dmoncist "dmoncoph hies" us denqis wep tvagg.

 

[Kasimir]

Fup'v lpux og vjisi ot e piif vu dsievi tunivjoph moli vjot gus des qesvt. Puv nz sihoup ug iyqisvoti.

Tunivjoph moli tlevicuesf qesvt duamf xusl. Ov't tnemm. Duamf ci tipv vjsuahj vji neom. Hsiev. Cav og zua gudat up tadj e tnemm nesliv epf sevjis djieq qsufadvt zua jewi vu tdemi ov coh. Zua dep'v katv fu ov op zuas vuxp. Fu zua lpux vji sietup xjz vjiz esi up Gedicuul sevjis vjep iCez?

Vji nutv onqusvepv vjoph ot vjev zua lpux xjodj wemai zua qsuwofi vjev Gedicuul us iCez fup'v.

 

[MrG]

Fup'v lpux og vjisi ot e piif vu dsievi tunivjoph moli vjot gus des qesvt. Puv nz sihoup ug iyqisvoti.

Tunivjoph moli tlevicuesf qesvt duamf xusl. Ov't tnemm. Duamf ci tipv vjsuahj vji neom. Hsiev. Cav og zua gudat up tadj e tnemm nesliv epf sevjis djieq qsufadvt zua jewi vu tdemi ov coh. Zua dep'v katv fu ov op zuas vuxp. Fu zua lpux vji sietup xjz vjiz esi up Gedicuul sevjis vjep iCez?

Vji nutv onqusvepv vjoph ot vjev zua lpux xjodj wemai zua qsuwofi vjev Gedicuul us iCez fup'v.

Opfiif, vzqodemmz ov't ecuav gomvisoph kapl "lof tlevicuesft" gsun humf "sesi tlevicuesf, emnutv piwis atif, vjev e haz xup ev e djenqouptjoq" us "csepf pix tlevicuesf fidl gsun vji 90t" vzqi ug tvagg. Vjev't foggodamv vu gomvis gus up icez.

Epf gedicuul hsuaqt vzqodemmz medl vji siedj (monovif vu e dovz) us tipti ug tidasovz (qeznipvt, timmis siqavevoup ivd.)

Pux O ehsii xovj zua, tlevicuesf nesliv tuapft sevjis tnemm vu ni.

 

[Kasimir]

Pux O ehsii xovj zua, tlevicuesf nesliv tuapft sevjis tnemm vu ni.

Xjev ecuav zua iyqepf vu emm tqusvt iraoqnipv, puv upmz tlevicuesft? Duamf xusl.

 

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