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EggDrop is already generating some awesome press coverage. Find out what these major publishers are saying. Media, please contact press@eggcartel.com for more info.
"Somehow, EggDrop has taken what is possibly the simplest, most straightforward marketplace model and made it easier with technology. Watch out, Craigslist. EggDrop might be coming for you."
"Spring cleaning also affords us the chance to make a few bucks by unloading things that we don't really need. EggDrop enables real-time buying and selling at the local level, so you can skip the auctions, promotions and shipping that come with other Web-based marketplaces. EggDrop is known for its clean, streamlined interface."
"Primarily designed for local transactions, EggDrop's free app allows users to post and search for items within an 80 - 100 mile radius of their current location. In just one click, users can also share their posted items on Craigslist, Twitter or via e-mail."
"EggDrop, essentially a mobile app alternative to Craigslist, is starting to pick up steam. The company now boasts half a million downloads of its app on iOS and Android, with $8 million in listings from across the 50 U.S. states and the U.K. (EggDrop's top two markets)."
"Selling on eBay or Craigslist can be a bit challenging for some, and cumbersome even if you know what you're doing. EggCartel has came up with a very easy and smooth app called EggDrop that does a lot of work for you."
"In the market for an NFL gnome, a new but used lawnmower, or a blow-up couch with built-in cup holder? You might just be in luck when you search for your most-wanted and needed items with the free EggDrop app for Android. This selling and buying Android app is so easy to use, you would be silly not to try it."
"There's already a Craigslist app available at Android Market for finding, buying and selling locally, but EggDrop has recently been garnering praise from all angles as 'the smarter neighbourhood marketplace'. "
"eBay can be maddening when you find the perfect item only to see it's "local pick-up only" and that it's 200 miles from your doorstep. Step forward EggDrop - a cute marriage of GPS and selling smarts to find great sales in your area. The interface itself is plain and simple and instills trust, as does the Karma rating system, and there's easy options to spread the selling word through Facebook, Twitter and Craigslist. Real-time messaging between buyers and sellers and no listing fees make this an even more attractive option."
"Did you pledge to finally clear out your garage or basement this year? Once you've identified an item to sell, just snap a picture, write a basic description, and post it to EggDrop. Sellers field offers directly through the app, and shoppers will find it faster and easier to use than Craigslist or eBay."
Along with Yelp, Zagat, Foursquare, and OpenTable, EggDrop earned Honorable Mention in Best App for Locals
"Avoid the malls and shop from anywhere by finding your selling neighbors with the EggDrop app. EggDrop is like a garage sale on a smartphone, akin to Craigslist or eBay, but focuses on your location with the buying and selling done on your phone, or through the web. It's not just for silly gifts, there's everything imaginable for sale from Star Wars collectible coins to scarves to toilets."
"Selling stuff you don't need any more is a good way to recycle/upcycle goods and materials that would otherwise end up in landfill. Just snap a photo, set a price, and upload directly to the location-based EggDrop marketplace."
"There are already some pretty hefty internet market websites out there in the shape of Gumtree, eBay and Craigslist but somehow EggDrop has just about found enough of an angle to justify its existence. The focus here is that it's not so much about what's for sale but what's for sale near you."
"EggDrop, a mobile neighborhood marketplace app, is getting upgraded with new amenities that further cut out middlemen like eBay and Etsy. EggDrop aims to provide a simple, yet feature-rich mobile forum for buying and selling physical goods in one's city."
"The concept here seems fairly revolutionary, and could spark a new way of buying and selling stuff locally."
"Living in San Francisco has presented me with a new unique take on rediscovered obsession. Garage sales. Just walk anywhere in the city on a Saturday and you are bound to come across troves of garage sales. This week, I need a new coffee grinder. I don't really want to buy a new one, and often I find whatever I'm looking for at these sidewalk garage sales. That is quickly going to change. I just discovered Eggdrop. Eggdrop is a combo craigslist/garage sale/foursquare wrapped up into a neat free package. It shows me people selling stuff around me and I can buy (or commit to buy) right from my iPhone. The price drops over time, so I can be risky and wait or take a steal as soon as I find it. It's awesome. It's convenient. It`s the evolution of garage sale bargain hunting. They sold me — It's right up there with Taskrabbit, Hoteltonight, and Airbnb for me. Honestly, you guys are going to love it."
EggDrop has a very polished interface and really shows how Android applications should look. So what's the problem? It's just new. There aren't a lot of people using it right now, and I couldn't find anything being sold in my area. The bright side is that EggDrop also runs on iPhone and iPads, so while the user base seems sparse right now it will almost surely be growing."
Smartphone users can buy and sell things in their area with the EggDrop app, which uses GPS to find local items and a price drop auction system for sales."
Smartphone users can buy and sell things in their area with the EggDrop app, which uses GPS to find local items and a price drop auction system for sales."
"San Francisco startup EggCartel got $1 million in seed funding from SV Angel and BlueRun Ventures and unveiled EggDrop, a classified advertising service designed for mobile phones. Founded last year by two engineers from Playdom and Google (GOOG), the company aims to make it easier for you to unload used furniture, electronics and the like."
EggDrop is an elegant, visually-driven Craigslist-type app for the mobile space (it launched for iPhone on Tuesday and Android devices yesterday), with a simple interface for uploading items for sale. Snap a pic, set a price, maybe add a few details and EggDrop categorizes the item and lists it in location-based directory.
"EggDrop's 'Falling Price Auction' & Game Mechanics
The other unique idea with EggDrop is its pricing model for selling goods. A seller lists both a starting price and a minimum price, the latter hidden to potential buyers. The price falls over a period of 72 hours until someone purchases the item. This isn't the same as eBay's minimum price, which is used to stop a sale if bids don't reach a certain threshold before the auction ends. Essentially, it just automates the pricing for the item for sale, letting the market dictate what a fair price should be."
To keep users engaged with the application after first download, EggDrop uses game mechanics. Buyers can 'watch' an item and see how many others are watching that same item along with them. This encourages users to buy before their competition does, but they can also risk waiting to see if the price drops.
There are also 'karma' badges which users can give each other depending on how things went with the sale. Good badges can reward timeliness of responses, those who went 'above and beyond' — for example, someone who helped you carry the couch you bought down 3 flights of stairs — and other behaviors."
"EggCartel has just closed a $1M seed round led by SV Angel and BlueRun Ventures with Trinity Ventures and Charles River Ventures participated. The San Francisco based company publishes a mobile app called EggDrop that is a local marketplace for mobile apps and gets juice for being location specific. The idea is that Craigslist is fairly local, but a lot of people who are compulsive buyers want to walk no further than 3 blocks to buy a ladder or kids toy. They might be more interested in something that is close that they don't really need than something they need but that is across town and will require parking. We think of the offline analogue as the neighbor who puts out an old fridge hoping that someone will pick it up."
"A friend of mine pointed out a nifty new iPhone app called EggDrop, which I believe launched today from a company called EggCartel. It's a mobile marketplace, a tool to help you sell your stuff and buy new stuff with those around you. I've spent the last hour playing with it, selling everything in my office and I really like it. I'm totally hooked on these new location aware, quick sale type of marketplace apps."
The cool thing about the EggDrop app is that it's mobile first. There will be a web element but the company said it will be similar to Instagram's web presence — you can view stuff online but the majority of actions will take place on the iOS and Android apps. To sell something on the service, you simply pop open the Eggdrop app, aim your camera at what you want to sell, snap a pic, type in a description and your prices and it's posted."
"Although eBay and Craigslist have made the process of selling unwanted items easier than in the past, former Google engineer Dan Zheng believes the process is still too hard."
'Selling something should be as easy as taking a picture on your phone,' said Zheng. And, so, he and a few partners have built a start-up — EggCartel — that does just that. The company's EggDrop marketplace is designed to allow anyone with something to sell to snap a few pictures with their iPhone or Android device and list it for sale."
"The other unique tack that EggDrop employs is a 'falling price auction.' Those listing items choose a starting price and a floor, with the price dropping over a 72-hour period until an item is either sold or reaches that lower limit."
"That's really the key to EggDrop. Adding items is as easy as taking one picture with your phone, setting a price, and uploading. You can add a title and other details, but EggDrop does the rest to categorize your product on the backend. From there, it's listed in a location-based directory accessible by the apps. Users look for items they're interested in and can watch them to see how the price fluctuates, or can put down a bid right away. It's Dutch auction-style, so the price goes down over time if no one bids.
