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0 pointsjoshu16y ago0 comments

It was more the novel marketplace I think.

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parkern16y ago· 3 in thread

Hey Josh,

I have kinda asked this to the group, but thought I would direct it at you. Do you think other sub-markets of eBay could flourish as a separate entity? Or was Etsy just able to find a really good balance of a good market with a good audience?

joshuOP16y ago

I don't think Etsy was really a sub-market of eBay. This didn't occur to me at the time, anyway. I just thought that "handmade goods" are probably an aggregate multibillion dollar business.

I actually invested in another company that directly targets another eBay segment.

So yes, I strongly believe that other sub-markets of eBay are interesting to compete with.

jasonlbaptiste16y ago

I have this gut feeling that local furniture could be a huge market. Almost all my friends (even the ones with lots of money) got a large portion of their furniture from craigslist and other people.

joshuOP16y ago

I always wanted to build a couch search engine.

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