Mark Zuckerberg is quietly sitting on a shopping empire with 4 times the customers of Amazon, as Facebook Marketplace skyrockets

Ethan Gaskill, a 29-year-old content creator, begins every day the same way: “When I wake up in the morning—most people get on their phone and start checking Instagram—I check Facebook Marketplace.”With his Los Angeles home furnished almost exclusively with secondhand items and a TikTok with over 220,000 followers interested in his thrifty hauls, Gaskill trusts the shopping platform to be a reliable source for hidden gems: a thousand-dollar Herman Miller light and pendant he nabbed for $400; a $5,000 bed from the same designer he bought for 20% of the original price; and a Founders midcentury dresser worth $4,000 that Gaskill got for $800. @ethancgaskill the upgrade from 4 drawers to 12 is life changing #bedroomdecor #bedroomaesthetic #homedecor #facebookmarketplace #bedroommakeover ♬ original sound – Ethan Gaskill “It gives an opportunity for people to possibly bring in really rare items or just one-of-a-kind items into their home that otherwise they wouldn’t have had if they couldn’t...