Facebook Market Place Fundraising

The new features in Facebook make for some interesting fundraising opportunities. I just haven't figured them out yet.

For those of you not on Facebook everyday, there are two major changes that just came up rapidly. The first was the launch of the Facebook Marketplace. Easiest way to think about it is Craigslist for Facebookers.

The main differences being that 1) more people still use Craigslist so it is a more efficient marketplace and 2) items sold through Facebook will be tracked along social lines (i.e. you can see you are buying a car from a 4th degree friend and ask for a reference . . .)


Maybe it is time for a new fangled bake sale:

I haven't heard of any new models using Craigslist, but they must be out there. Who has got one? Then we can talk about how something similar can be ported into Facebook's new marketplace . . .

Comments

[Jennifer Blackwell]

Sort of like the bakeless bake sale right? You donate funds for what it would have cost to make a baked good without physically doing the work...

This year student orgs on campus will start by hosting fundraisers solely online. I'll post details as I get them...we're still working on the legalese.