Find Garage Sale Deals on Facebook

Posted by keirsun on August 16, 2007 at 3:31 PM

Buy.com is hoping to generate sales from the Facebook crowd. The online retailer has introduced Garage Sale, a web widget currently available to Facebook users.

Using Garage Sale, Facebookers can sell their stuff right from the comfort of their own Facebook profile page. The entire transaction takes place on Facebook, without the buyer being forced to jump to another site to complete the sale. Buy.com charges a 5% commission on items sold.

The Garage Sale widget is available through Facebook's application suite. According to the company press release, Buy.com plans to roll out the Garage Sale service to other online social networks.

There are also plans to add a Garage Sale tab to the Buy.com site later this year. Probably best to wait until the widget works on more social network platforms before doing this. Although, it would be nice to provide some basic Garage Sale info on the Buy.com homepage right now. It may even inspire a few new Facebook sign ups.

If the widget ultimately becomes a cross-platform, retail success, the term "Garage Sale" may take on an entirely new meaning. Just don't tell my grandmother she can't go "salin'" on Saturday mornings anymore.