Seems like this could be an interesting niche for a fediverse project. The only option that seems to think in that direction that I could find is Epicyon.

Seems like an ideal application of the federated technology. Start small as a neighbourhood sharing/bartering network and over time it can expand easily to cover an entire city or such.

  • ufra@lemmy.ml
    6·
    4 years ago

    This incremental approach is good because you can start without all the e-commerce trouble and build up a credible reputation. It would be very nice to do this type of transaction without paying commission. Keep us posted if anything develops.

  • free_appalachia@lemmy.ml
    6·
    4 years ago

    I really think this would/could be a pretty cool addition to the fediverse, would love to see something with a trading section, mutual aid section for both people requesting support and groups organizing support and some kind of employment/gig section. That’s just my 2 cents.

  • Kroktann@lemmy.ml
    3·
    4 years ago

    Probably not what you’re looking for, but Hubzilla has a cart addon that is an online store you can host in a channel. Documentation is scarce and it’s a tad on the primitive side, but useable enough for simple shops.

    • poVoq@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      4 years ago

      Yeah, I thought about that too and I remember that a reputation system was extensively discussed for Hubzilla 1-2 years ago. But yeah, not really what I had in mind. Although I guess it would probably be feasible to implement something more like ebay etc. as a Hubzilla plugin.

  • bashrc@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 years ago

    The shared items section of Epicyon is having more development done on it. Extra ontologies are being added for different types of sharable things, and it’s now possible to federate items between instances using the Data Food Consortium format. Items also have a price field, so if you did want to sell stuff, or just charge for postage, then that would be possible. However, this isn’t intended to replace ebay, and is mostly for small scale private sharing between people who already trust each other. Think mutual aid society, or something like that.

    • smallcircles@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      This is lovely! It is a pity that currently we do not have a good way of publishing ontology extensions for ActivityPub in a way that makes them more likely to be broadly adopted (though the Fediverse Enhancement Proposals may be used for this). Would be great if you posted something to SocialHub to tell a bit more about how this is implemented.