Last week Buy.com and Facebook launched a new service for private persons to sell goods online. It carries the name Garage Sale and is still in beta. The concept is interesting so I had to try it on my Facebook account. I added an item for sale and this is how it looks like in my profile:

Adding the item was very simple and fast. Now my contacts can see it on my profile and, should they find it interesting, buy it. For checkout there opens a section in the browser for the buyer to enter all the required information including credit card details. Buy.com will then process the payment and credit my PayPal account (requires Premier account) or mail me a check. I’ll get a notification when the transaction is completed so that I can ship the item. And that’s it – almost. Buy.com will charge me a fixed 5% commission on the sales price.

If you want to know more, I suggest taking a look at the one-minute video tutorials. It’s funny how they’re directly attacking eBay on those