Sell anything in a snap.
1. Find something you want to sell
2. Snap a picture (or a short video)
3. Tap "list for sale"
4. Let mechanical turk + computer vision identify the object
5. Let the system pick a value (based on sales history, location, demand)
6. Contact the seller when a serious buyer made a deposit
7. Proceed to demo + sale
I shouldn't have to write down any spec when selling something as ubiquitous as an Xbox 360. I shouldn't have to go through 100 different ways to describe an iPhone 4S when looking to buy one.
Delegating item identification to a third party is how you reduce the friction of listing items for sale and improve semantics.
And to think that this system only applies to selling items is naive. The possibilities are endless.
1. Find something you want to sell
2. Snap a picture (or a short video)
3. Tap "list for sale"
4. Let mechanical turk + computer vision identify the object
5. Let the system pick a value (based on sales history, location, demand)
6. Contact the seller when a serious buyer made a deposit
7. Proceed to demo + sale
I shouldn't have to write down any spec when selling something as ubiquitous as an Xbox 360. I shouldn't have to go through 100 different ways to describe an iPhone 4S when looking to buy one.
Delegating item identification to a third party is how you reduce the friction of listing items for sale and improve semantics.
And to think that this system only applies to selling items is naive. The possibilities are endless.