Hi everyone 👋
I wanted to share a small project I’ve been working on and get some honest feedback from the local community.
I recently launched cars.mta Malta-focused vehicle marketplace. The goal is to make it simple for people here to buy, sell, or list anything vehicle-related in one place – not just cars, but also bikes, vans, parts, and even automotive services.
One thing I’m trying to do differently is keep listings free to postso individuals and small sellers can use it easily without fees.
Since it’s still growing, I’d really love to hear your thoughts:
• Does something like this feel useful for Malta?
• What features would you expect from a local car marketplace?
• Anything confusing or missing?
This isn’t meant as spam – I genuinely want to build something helpful for the community and your feedback would mean a lot.
Thanks 🙂
I built a Malta-focused vehicle marketplace – would love your feedback
byu/Hopeful_Gur_4098 inmalta
Posted by Hopeful_Gur_4098
9 Comments
Good idea, but these platforms require thousands in marketing budget to constantly remind users to visit and use them, whereas everyone is already on Facebook Marketplace. Good luck!
You are not the first one to create a site like this, they all died a slow death.
Its difficult to compete with Facebook Marketplace.
Good idea! Good luck 🍀
Appreciate you’re keeping it free by using ads, but the ads mid listing are horrendous. The UX with all the ads on there is terrible.
Nice idea though! Keep the folks that list for “€0” or “free” away and might be less stressful than using marketplace
I think that the filters in “more filters” should come up first. E.g. if i were looking for a second hand car I would most likely not have a brand as my staring point. the fuel type, age, even body type are, to me much more relevant.
cool site tho, when i was looking to buy a car i certainly visited as many sites as possible, not just marketplace. does your site agglomerate info from other sites? If so, like u/[kingoftheparsnips](https://www.reddit.com/user/kingoftheparsnips/), definitely filter out the 1 euro and free listings, they’re bloody annoying.
If you want to make it useful, ban all the €0, €123456, €FREE, €2000 Deposit listings.. Otherwise it’s just another garbage dump for shady dealers.
Try adding a filter for Diesel,Petrol , Hybrid or Electric vehicles.
The website seems okay from what I saw. Here’s my feedback:
1. As the other commentors said, ensure that people don’t write “€0/1/phone number” as their selling price or some other number which is not the actual car price. This will result in potential buyers having to call the sellers to find out the price.
2. Measures to ensure that cars that are sold are removed by the seller from the website. An expiry date system could be useful. If not, maybe an annoying notification system that requires the owner to state that the car is still for sale. I see this a lot on FB’s Marketplace where people keep their listings up. I call them asking if it’s still available and they grumble a “No, it’s been sold”. Then remove it!!
3. Multiple listings. Don’t allow people to post multiple listings. Your system can be designed in a way to flag similar entries by the same posters.
4. A good reporting system and moderation.
5. Possibly asking sellers to verify their identity before posting anything.
6. Does the system cater for price reductions? As in, would it show the old price and the new price? Example… (strikethrough )€̶5̶0̶0̶0̶ – €4,500?
Finally, competing with FB Marketplace won’t be easy. People need to see the benefit of using your site over FB’s Marketplace.
Site looks very good! well done