Social Listing is a Super Fast App for Posting a Classified Ad

Social Listing is a time-saving app for Android and iOS that lets you post to its classifieds by doing little more than taking a picture.

How Does It Work?

You take a photo of something you want to list, whether it's an iPod you want to sell or an apartment you want to sublet, and then enter in a tiny bit of information. Because your email address and phone number are already stored in your account information, you don't have to enter them every time you list. When you list, you have the option to share your listing on Twitter and Facebook so others can find it. Additionally, users of the Social Listing app will see it in their stream of local listings. If you're not posting an item and want to see what else is for sale around you, you'll find it in this stream. The app makes it easy to contact the seller via phone or email with just a tap. What's neat is that you can specify the distance radius of the other listings. What's not is that there is no search and are no categories. This seems like a strange omission for an app designed to manage lots of data.

Who's It For?

Social Listing is for people who find posting on something as simple as Craigslist to be too tedious. This isn't a criticism—sometimes posting on Craigslist can take some time, especially if you're listing a lot of items. It's also sometimes easier to post with your phone, if you have very little to type, because the camera is directly integrated (meaning you don't have to copy pictures off of your point and shoot in order to post them to your listing). If you're lazy, prefer your smartphone, or are just looking for a new place to sell stuff locally outside of Craigslist and Kijiji, you'll probably find some use out of Social Listing.

The Bottom Line

In a lot of ways, Social Listing is a better idea than it is an app. What it sets out to do is very useful, but the app is rough around the edges and feels like a rushed effort. That said, it still gets the job done and will likely improve with time. It does fulfill the promise of quickly and easily listing your stuff online and it is completely free. With a little polish and a web interface for non-smartphone users to at least browse the listings (which are already published to the web anyway), Social Listing could be a killer app. Right now it's just a little green but definitely still useful.

Social Listing is a Super Fast App for Posting a Classified Ad

Social Listing for Android and iOS (Free) | via TechCrunch
