Product improvements for Facebook groups where members sell items to each other

Many Facebook groups exist for trading: members post items for sale, and buyers and sellers arrange deals inside the group. How would you make these buy and sell groups better? ```hint Name what the group adds Work out what a selling group offers its members that a general listings feed does not, and keep your improvement tied to that difference. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - What should the improvement achieve: more completed deals, healthier and safer groups, or more people joining and using them? - Is the improvement for buyers, for sellers, for the admins who run these groups, or is the focus mine to choose? - Should these groups stay separate from Marketplace, or may the change connect the two? - Is one kind of group in scope, such as local neighborhood selling groups or niche groups built around one type of item? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - What these groups give members beyond a general marketplace, and a goal that follows from it - The people involved in and around a deal, with a chosen focus and the reason for it - Pain points along the path from a sale post to a completed deal, ranked - Prioritized solutions with a first version - A success metric with guardrails, and a way to measure deals that close offline ### Follow-up Questions - Most deals end with cash at a doorstep. How would you tell whether your change increased completed deals? - Admins of large groups say your change makes moderation harder. How do you respond? - When should a group's sale posts also appear in Marketplace, and when should they stay inside the group?