Facebook Adds Local Marketplace to Mobile App

Facebook added a mobile marketplace for users to buy and sell with other people in their local community, the social network said in a Monday news release: The new feature lists items sold nearby and lets users search by location, category and price. A buyer can contact a seller through direct message to work out details of the transaction; Facebook doesn’t manage payment or delivery, it said. Marketplace rolls out first to the Facebook mobile app for iPhone and Android in the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand; it will come later to other countries and the desktop version of Facebook, the company said.