Facebook Marketplace is Now Rolling Out to Indian Users

Facebook seems to be in the procedure of rolling out its 'Marketplace' feature to users in India equally nosotros speak. At to the lowest degree one of my colleagues can already run into the option on his account, although, it isn't yet available for the residual of us. You lot can bank check whether or not you have admission to the feature by going over to your Home folio on Facebook'due south website and checking the left pane.

Facebook Marketplace was originally rolled out in Oct 2016 to users in the U.S. but now that the company is looking to extend it to other regions, India, with an user-base of effectually 250 million, is an obvious choice.

In example you lot didn't know it already, India is Facebook's largest market in terms of user-base of operations, having gone past the U.S. earlier this year. It remains to be seen whether Facebook Market volition become a favorite for Indian online shoppers used to platforms like Quickr and OLX, but with a massive user-base that'south growing at a rapid pace, it won't be a surprise if it does become the an of import destination for netizens in the country looking to purchase and sell appurtenances locally.

Launched last year, Facebook Market place is designed to be the place where people connect to buy and sell goods directly.

Co-ordinate to Facebook, "This action started in Facebook Groups and has grown substantially. More 450 million people visit buy and sell (through) groups each month — from families in a local neighborhood to collectors around the globe".

The social networking giant says that information technology is helping more people make these connections through Marketplace, which, the visitor says, is "a convenient destination to detect, buy and sell items with people in your community". The company also promises to continue adding new options and offer new features to make this Marketplace the preeminent destination for Facebook users looking to purchase or sell products and services online.