What stays private
A secondhand sale is a private transaction between two people. Anything that turns it into a public record of what somebody owns will not be used twice.
What each side can read
| Seller | Buyer | Anyone else | |
|---|---|---|---|
| That this sale settled | yes | yes | no |
| The price agreed | yes | yes | no |
| What the seller sold last month | yes | no | no |
| What the buyer bought elsewhere | no | yes | no |
The bottom two rows are the ones that matter. A settlement record that doubles as a purchase history is a different product, and a worse one.
No public ledger of belongings
What somebody bought and what they paid for it is not information a marketplace is owed.
Each sale reaches two people
The settlement is delivered to the parties on it. Nobody else receives it, including us.
No profile accumulates
Two strangers transacting once should not leave behind a record that follows either of them.
Have you walked away from a sale because somebody had to go first?
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Neither First does not
- Hold funds at any point
- Take custody of goods
- List, sell or advertise anything
- Charge a percentage of a sale
- Judge who was right when a deal goes wrong