StudentBid.com - College Marketplace

StudentBid allows students to get in touch with other students near and far, either from their own school or at schools accross the country. Taking the standard auction format StudentBid allows its users to post fixed price or standard auctions in addition to sublets and roommate ads. Students may also peruse and make appointments with rentals posted by non student landlords. A very important feature of this web site is that users can buy and sell items without having to pay for fees. StudentBid.com has another service that lets the buyers and sellers meet themselves in person before performing the buying or selling of an item. That makes the selling and buying experience a much more trustable one.

"With a mixture of social networking and the online auction format, Studentbid is poised to become a leader in the industry. Studentbid is currently serving seven schools in the Boston area (Harvard, MIT, BU, BC, Tufts, Emerson, and Northeastern) and requires a valid .edu email address from a supported college to ensure out network's safety. Most important of all, Studentbid is about innovation and ease. With our detailed searches and user friendly interface, there is no better way to make money back on college necessities. Best of all is Studentbid is absolutely FREE and we are constantly thinking of new innovations and features to make your experience better!"

StudentBid might be one among many college classified/auction site but it takes a distinct approach, using a social networking aspect and creating communities of local colleges that can interact easily to buy and sell. In addition StudentBid allows for easy expansion across the country without losing the local, community feel.

On what campuses is studentbid.com currently operating? Why is the aproach that they use towards the college classified/auction site better than the one the other web pages in the segment use?