I tried OfferUp, the app for selling stuff you don't want anymore that's as addictive as Instagram

OfferUp is making waves as a mobile-only hybrid between Craigslist and eBay and so far, users are loving it.The company is said to have surpassed the early days of eBay in terms of sales volume, and its users are spending the same amount of time on OfferUp in a day as they do on Snapchat or Instagram.As someone addicted to Snapchat with some extra furniture pieces lying around, I decided to try the new hip version of Craigslist to see if it lives up to the hype. Here's why I won't be going back to Craigslist after trying the app:SEE ALSO:15 brilliant or just plain crazy quotes from eccentric billionaire Elon MuskWhen I first saw this chart I didn't believe it. OfferUp users spend 25 minutes on average a day on the app 'the same as Snapchat and Instagram.All the time spent on the app means OfferUp is growing faster than eBay's earliest years ' and rapidly too.It's crazy growth for a company founded in 2011 by Nick Huzar and Arean Van Veelen. The pair was struggling to get rid of extra items in their homes and thought there had to be a better way. If you haven't heard of them though, it's because they didn't do any press interviews or announce their fundraising until November 2015. The startup has now raised more than $90 million from top VC firms.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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