Daniel Nissanoff in ‘The Future Shop’ looks at how online auctions will change the way we shop

As online auctions such as E-Bay grow, entrepreneur Daniel Nissanoff in his book The Future Shop
suggests that more and more we will stop accumulating stuff but rather say buy for example a stroller that we will later sell to get the down payment on a bicycle. Potential resale value will be key in our purchase decisions. It might overtime alter which brands get our attention and how they market themselves.
In their introduction on the book, the folks at InBubbleWrap mention how a whole cottage industry is being built around the Online Auction houses. For example, our services at Montclair Concierges and New Jersey Concierges could extend to being personal selling assistants for clients who want to clear their house of unwanted items. We could set up a blog page with pictures and prices of all the items and manage the sale process for our clients who are all busy professionals. Shopify located in Canada should soon offer tools to set up individual online shops, their ideas seem promising.