{"id":5329,"date":"2014-12-16T21:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T04:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2014-12-16T21:30:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T04:30:54","slug":"ebay-to-purchase-stapleton-swap-for-100-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5329","title":{"rendered":"Ebay to Purchase Stapleton Swap for $100 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"stapleton<\/a>The private Facebook page \u2018Stapleton Swap\u2019 has made waves in recent months as the best way to buy and sell items in Stapleton. Other sites, such as the popular Stapleton Moms Big Tent Group<\/a>, had previously served as top dog when it came to local online garage sale-ing. But the Stapleton Swap site has apparently made things better for users.\n\n\u201cThe best thing is that you know the buyers and sellers are local,\u201d says Sarah Bell. \u201cThe group is private so we can keep it to Stapleton people. Not to be exclusionary, but for the purpose of ease of use. Also, for the most part, Stapleton Swap is all about buying and selling, and not about lost dogs, suspicious activity, or random politics.\u201d The site currently has over 1,300 active users. Users are allowed to post descriptions and photos of items for sale, and then privately message people when they are ready to make a deal. \u201cIt is great,\u201d says user Kristina Murphy. \u201cI have actually ended up doing a lot of Christmas shopping on the site. I can even find quality clothes for myself.\u201d\nMany users have been able to find used items for kids, and also been able to sell items that kids may never have even worn. \u201cWe had about 20 things our baby never even wore because she grew so fast,\u201d says Angela Trainor. \u201cWe were able to sell it on Stapleton Swap. It worked out great.\u201d If you do want an item, you better act quickly, says Trainor. \u201cYou have to respond fast. You see a post of something you like, and it can be gone within 30 seconds. I am sure a lot of people on the site must monitor it constantly.\u201d\nThe busy traffic eventually caught the attention of the world\u2019s largest online marketplace, Ebay. \u201cWe obviously keep an eye out for competition like this,\u201d said Ebay CEO John Donahoe. \u201cWe then have to evaluate, \u2018is this hurting our business?\u2019 And in this case, there are a lot of great items being sold on this site, and not through Ebay. We decided we needed to make a move.\u201d\nEbay eventually came to terms with Facebook and the Stapleton Swap page administrator and agreed to a $100 million buyout.\nAs of now, Ebay has no plans to make changes to the site. \u201cWe are not sure how we are going to monetize it at this point,\u201d says Donahoe. \u201cAll we know is that a high number of quality items are being sold not using our engine. To stay ahead, these are the kind of moves we need to make.\u201d Stapleton Swap members are encouraged to continue to use the site as they have been until further notice from Ebay. ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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