2008 Woodie Awards
Student creates trading site
Kyra Loch
Issue date: 10/8/07 Section: News
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When it comes to buying and selling textbooks, students can become overwhelmed with how much they pay and how much they receive when they sell them back.
There is finally a Web site that can make life just a little bit easier.
College-etrade.com is a Web site created for college students to buy and sell used textbooks, electronics and vehicles. Students can also look for available jobs, housing and a ride home if needed.
The site was created in April and is steadily becoming more popular.
"Within the first day of opening, the site had hundreds of people on it. Now with school starting people are making new accounts everyday. Right now it has not lived up to the success that I know it will have," said Spencer Johnson, creator of college-etrade.com.
Johnson, a former SCSU student, came up with the idea for the Web site when he needed to sell his sub woofers from his car.
The idea grew more when it was time to sell textbooks back to the bookstore.
The result was college-etrade.
The process of getting an account is easy. Students can register underneath their college and start posting and browsing through items.
The items will show up under the student's respective college, so other students are able to see it. There are message boards for buyers and sellers to communicate with as well.
"Since you are at the same college, you no longer will have to pay for shipping. You just arrange a time to pick up the item, and you can make sure it's exactly what you wanted," Johnson said.
Students are sometimes able to receive more money from buyers on college-etrade than what they would receive from the school bookstore.
"College-etrade worked very well. When shopping for the same books I bought for this semester on college-etrade, I found that I would of saved over $40," said David Hackey, a freshman at SCSU.
The Web site can make things just a little easier at a time when students are stressed.
There is finally a Web site that can make life just a little bit easier.
College-etrade.com is a Web site created for college students to buy and sell used textbooks, electronics and vehicles. Students can also look for available jobs, housing and a ride home if needed.
The site was created in April and is steadily becoming more popular.
"Within the first day of opening, the site had hundreds of people on it. Now with school starting people are making new accounts everyday. Right now it has not lived up to the success that I know it will have," said Spencer Johnson, creator of college-etrade.com.
Johnson, a former SCSU student, came up with the idea for the Web site when he needed to sell his sub woofers from his car.
The idea grew more when it was time to sell textbooks back to the bookstore.
The result was college-etrade.
The process of getting an account is easy. Students can register underneath their college and start posting and browsing through items.
The items will show up under the student's respective college, so other students are able to see it. There are message boards for buyers and sellers to communicate with as well.
"Since you are at the same college, you no longer will have to pay for shipping. You just arrange a time to pick up the item, and you can make sure it's exactly what you wanted," Johnson said.
Students are sometimes able to receive more money from buyers on college-etrade than what they would receive from the school bookstore.
"College-etrade worked very well. When shopping for the same books I bought for this semester on college-etrade, I found that I would of saved over $40," said David Hackey, a freshman at SCSU.
The Web site can make things just a little easier at a time when students are stressed.