Following the acquisition of Letgo by OfferUp this spring, the two selling platforms are merging into one. OfferUp has over 90 million app downloads and millions of buyers, and the new marketplace supports over 20 million monthly users, with billions Read more
Mobile selling app OfferUp has acquired rival LetGo, the company announced on Wednesday. They will combine the two businesses, and OLX Group, which is LetGo’s majority investor, will own 40% of the combined entity. It’s unclear if the decision to Read more
While OfferUp started as a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) mobile selling app, it’s looking to grow by adding business sellers. This week, it announced the opening of a new office in Florida that will house an engineering team focused on serving small Read more
Curious to learn which classifieds apps sellers are using? Take our survey and find out. Craigslist once dominated classifieds, but thanks to smartphones, there are a lot of mobile apps people are using to buy and sell locally and beyond Read more
Rakuten has acquired Fablic, which operates Japanese marketplace app FRIL. Rakuten calls it a flea market app, but based on a recent profile of the company, it sounds like a Poshmark-Etsy mashup. TechInAsia.com described FRIL as a consumer-to-consumer marketplace for used Read more
Online marketplace Bonanza has launched a mobile app so its sellers can manage their shops (and “booths”) while away from their computers. But hold on – the app is available only on Android to start, with plans for an Apple Read more
Facebook invited Braintree as its sole payments provider powering the FbStart program. PayPal acquired Braintree last fall – it helps third-party companies including Fab and Uber add mobile payment capabilities to their services. Established companies in Silicon Valley encourage startups Read more
