https://qz.com/1291835/facebook-is-getting-into-the-gig-economy-by-bringing-cleaning-and-other-home-services-to-marketplace/ > Facebook wants in on the gig economy. The social networking company is adding a home-services feature to Marketplace, that messier-than-Craigslist portion of the site where people sell everything from shoes (free, on a cursory scan earlier this week), to homes ($299,900), to used custom lace wigs (also free). > Home services is big business, with US consumers spending $16 billion on cleanings alone in 2017. Facebook has partnered with cleaning and services companies Handy, HomeAdvisor, and Porch to bring cleaning and other such services to Marketplace in the US. That comes after Amazon hired a crew of cleaners for a Seattle-area pilot program in March, and Walmart partnered with Handy on furniture installation and assembly. In September 2017, Ikea bought TaskRabbit to build out delivery and assembly.