Hyperlocal Mobile Classifieds: 7 Questions For The CEO Of MapDing. Buy and sell locally with the MapDing app. Think of MapDing as a smarter, mobile Craigslist. Their moto is “snap it. map it. sell it.” and for the most part, that’s what this app is all about. A simple and easy way to sell and buy items with nearby neighbors, all through your smartphone. It’s like having a garage sale, without needing to put everything out on the lawn – or looking for a garage sale and actually knowing where to go. If you have an item for sale, MapDing allows you to find the demand of an item in any region of the world. They do this by tracking the location of the searches made through the app. That way, you can make sure you are setting a fair, competitive price for others around you. As a buyer, you can search the map and find anything nearby. Here’s a few other neat features to consider: MapDing is still a new app, so it will take some time for products to show up and notification alerts to ping you, but as with many community driven apps, it has great potential.
[via mapding] MapDing company profile. Company description MapDing is a real-time, location-based smartphone application for buying and selling locally. MapDing uses GPS technology to geo-tag posted items by location and keywords. Buyers can search for items on a map browser or use custom keyword filters that automatically alert them if that item is posted nearby. Sellers can use keyword filters to find out when people nearby are searching for what they want to sell, and can post products when buyers are interested. Team Business model Micro-payments and business to consumer advertising. Competitive advantage Real-time notifications to optimize classified ad posting. Map demand by search anaytics and postal code Entirely mobile to prevent web spam Login using Facebook Connect Location-based/map browser.
Platform agnostic. In-app messaging In-app payments. MapDing's Value Proposition. Meet a New Chicago Startup: MapDing - Built in Chicago. How MapDing has turned local shopping into a passive mobile experience — With co-founder Chad Lomax | UNTETHER.tv - Casual Conversations with Mobile Industry Rock Stars. We all know that the real value of mobile commerce is as a localized endeavour so how do you build something that, at its core is locally focused but spreads across many localities? In this interview with Chad Lomax, co-founder and President of MapDing, we discuss the local tendencies of mobile commerce, how they are attracting buyers and sellers, how they innovate, how they bootstrap, how they plan on growing and what their investment plan is. Enjoy! Download the audio version Click here if you can’t see the video Listen to the audio version now: About Chad Lomax Chad is a serial entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience in technology.
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