Editor’s note: This article was first published in January 2011. It describes the DoctorTrade site as it was at its launch that month, and its current status may differ.
If you’re planning to sell any product or item you have at home, or you simply want to buy something without hassle and free of fraud, there’s now a website in Spain dedicated to just that. It’s called Doctortrade.com.
What stands out about this site’s system is that it can boast a zero fraud rate and a 100% guarantee and, unlike many American sites in the buying-and-selling sector, DoctorTrade has a customer service phone line in Spain.
The site is aimed at both professionals and private individuals. It works simply:
- The seller doesn’t receive the money until the product is in the buyer’s hands and the buyer is satisfied with it.
- On the other side, the seller only ships the product once DoctorTrade has confirmed that it has the buyer’s money.
This way, DoctorTrade becomes a trustworthy, secure platform for buying and selling second-hand goods. And best of all, it’s Spanish.
As an extra service, you can set up an alert for a product you want that isn’t available at the moment, so you’re notified as soon as it is.
I like the initiative, and I wish these entrepreneurs the best of luck. Once again we can see that, even in a sector the big players have “worn thin”, it’s always possible to find a smaller market and innovate to stand out through service.
Congratulations.
Featured image: Meanwell Packaging, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
