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Problem: Within online trading forums, including Facebook Groups, users post what they want in the hope that sellers will get in touch and make the sale. Yet, these 'want to buy' posts aren't standardised or searchable so it's impossible for sellers to see your post and for you to get the items you need.
This issue is bigger than just online communities too, there's currently no central hub for people to post what they want to buy which is viewable to sellers.
Wantobuy: We're standardising 'want to buy' posts so that if you're selling something you can see who wants to buy it, how much they're willing to pay and then sell for the highest price. We're taking this one step further and once users post something they want we'll search top retail platforms (Amazon, eBay etc.) to see if it's already available online and show the user 'wheretobuy' it.
About us: Jack (21) and Sam (22) who have known each other for 11+ yrs and built stuff together in the past (Check out Spaces, which we got to 30th on the App Store without spending any money - http://needa.space). We're big on sneaker and streetwear Facebook groups (yes, we have camped out for sneakers a few times..) and so will target these first before scaling to further product categories. We're applying because we're determined to learn from the YC network, plus we're about to graduate so the money would massively help us survive whilst we build Wantobuy.
So far: Over the past few months, we've interviewed Facebook Group admins, given them a demo of the app to play with and received extremely useful feedback.
Any feedback, questions or comments would be super useful too!