PangoMatch + Seller Insights: Match Buyers With Books Sellers Have
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V Mora
I’d love to see PangoBooks add two connected features: PangoMatch and Seller Insights. PangoMatch would let buyers post books or specific editions they are actively looking for, including signed copies, sprayed edges, special editions, first editions, vintage books, ARCs, or out-of-print titles. Sellers could see these requests and tap something like “I Have This Book” to create a listing and notify interested buyers.
Example:
“8 buyers are currently looking for this edition.”
The second feature, Seller Insights, could give sellers anonymous marketplace data while listing or pricing a book, such as:
• High / Medium / Low demand
• Number of buyers searching for the title
• Number of similar copies currently listed
• Typical recent selling-price range
• Rare or collector-demand indicator
• A simple demand score
These features would work especially well together. Buyers would have an easier way to find hard-to-find books, while sellers could see what people actually want before deciding what to list or whether to lower a price. It would turn Pango into a true two-way marketplace: sellers show buyers what they have, and buyers show sellers what they want. I think this could increase listings, improve pricing decisions, help rare books sell faster, reduce unnecessary price drops, and create more completed sales on Pango.
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Lauren's Shelves
On the desktop Pango has something similar called "the sell-out list." Wish it were in the app and easier to use.