16 year old Ben Pasternak is living quite the entrepreneurial life while working on his new app, Flogg. The app has been said to combine aspects of Tinder and eBay to help teens sell their unwanted things. \
The app works by having users post something they want to sell on the platform, and then they can share the link to their social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) for people to see. Interested buyers can then swipe left or right to say if they are interested in buying the item.
Ben has raised over $2 million towards the development of this app, and has since dropped out of high school to focus on developing and creating this app full time out of New York City.
This is an interesting combination of two extremely successful business ideas. It shows that innovation can still exist in the combination of two already used ideas. I can imagine that the simplicity of an app like this would also be greatly appreciated.
This is a really neat way to connect the two app styles. People like the little things about an app’s interface. I’m guessing it has a payment style similar to eBay? That is a great alternative to Facebook Marketplace.