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ONLINE SALE OF USED ITEMS IN INDIA- LESSUSED.COM

AGE OLD BARTER SYSTEM GOES VIRTUAL Long before people reached for their wallets and flashed plastic cards, the barter system wasprevalent. And like old wine in a new bottle, it’s now undergoing a virtual makeover. We areoffering platforms to help you barter a range of things – from clothes to books to gadgets, evenskills.Selling and buying used goods is gaining popularity in India with consumers becomingcomfortable with classified business websites such as OLX, Quikr, and others. Refurbishedgoods, too, find takers, especially in the mobile phone segment.According to a report , online shopping of used goods is gaining traction across all incomegroups. “Purchasing used products online is not a phenomenon only for low income groups.Even high income groups have bought used products online, though they spend more onpurchasing new products,” it said.Using simple technology in complex ways, to make sure every deal has your profit in it. Realize abetter value of your unwanted stuff by exchanging it or selling it, which may be useful forothers.All this in couple of clicks!!For instance consider books, this concept has been envisioned as a solution to the excessprinting of books, and to help readers find a use for books once read. When you barter, you getpoints which can be redeemed by swapping for more books. “People may read a lot, but theydon’t want to buy everything. Also, books, once read, just lie around. We act as middlemenallowing people to read and return. This is part of a movement to reduce the number of booksprinted every year, and look for alternative use of resources.”

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Bartering also helps reduce clutter, which lets you exchange film DVDs, stationery and otherphysical objects, points out: “The idea is to declutter and find new use for products that just lieunused, or are sold for a pittance.”The sites work and look like online retail, except there’s no price to any of the items. You listwhat you are willing to exchange and either approach others or wait for them to reach you. Westress on a personal meeting with the donor/recipient to help you meet like-minded people,since an exchange involves likes and interests, without a price tag to it.And even if we aren’t likely to start bartering everything and make financial transactions a thingof the past just yet, it won’t be surprising if it finds more than a few takers.Indians are attached to their stuff and seldom throw it away. The idea of a barter website wasborn, where you could give away stuff you don’t need, in exchange for something you do. “Withthe emergence of technology, barter has become more accessible,” .On the site, you list items,select items of interest, and send an exchange request. You meet and inspect the items beforeexchanging.It’s not just products that change hands; if you have a certain skill, you can utilize that to getsomething in exchange as well. For instance, people can enjoy swapping a bicycle for a book, atreadmill for a photo shoot, and a lesson in coding in lieu of a lesson in graphic design.www.lessused.comhttps://www.facebook.com/lessused/

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