Garage Sales the social network way with Buy.com

Buy.com is jumping on the social network bandwagon with their launch of Garage Sale.

This new shopping service allows users to steer around auctions and sell items directly from a social profile page. Could it steal page views from eBay? It sure could. Who would you buy from first, a friend or stranger? Garage Sale handles the transactions including credit card billing, and PayPal depositing or payment by cheque.

Buy.com's Garage Sale is currently only available for Facebook users, and will be rolled out on other social networks in the future. Buy.com does take a 5% per transaction commission, thankfully there are no other fees.

If you still like the traditional Garage Sale method, check out ZipGarage.

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