CellBazaar, often called the “Mobile Craigslist of Bangladesh“, has provided a martketplace to buy and sell goods and service to Bangladeshis for nearly four years.
CellBazaar just focuses on search (like Craig’s List). You can buy anything from goats to gas stations. The service is free, but GrameenPhone, the largest cellular operator in Bangladesh, with more than 20 million subscribers, takes a cut on each transaction.
Mobile Active says 4 million people now use it. Cell Bazaar processes 1000 posts/day, and founder Kamal Qadir was chosen by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2009.
Mobile Active has more about this innovative approach to micro commerce.
Mobile Active is a global network of people using mobile technology for social impact. MobileActive also helps NGOs to effectively use mobile phones in their work, with locally relevant content and services, support and learning opportunities.
The wireless phone is becoming a great equalizer between the haves and have-nots, according to multiple keynote speakers at the CTIA Wireless conference. John Stanton, chairman of Trilogy International Partners, owner of Voila, one of three mobile service providers in Haiti, said Haitians use cell phones as mobile wallets — they get paid via mobile credits that are later converted to cash.
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, offered several examples of ways Twitter has been used in various countries to organize street protests. Aneesh Chopra, the U.S. government’s chief technology officer, joined Stone and Cameron on a keynote panel and described how cellular technology can transform the lives of people in need throughout the world.
Wouldn’t it be great if smartphones and tablets could access a “Virtual Saturday Market“. People might construct their own virtual booth space, within the framework, and sell directly to consumers. Musicians and performers provide an additional draw.
Take a guided tour — webcasting live from a pedicab. South Korea, Russia, Norway, Taiwan, the USA, South America, Australia and India will get mobile “4G” first.
The next step might be packaging “event experiences”. On the move. For you.
