These communities often have forums and chatrooms designed to facilitate communication between the members.
An online trading community can be likened electronic equivalent of a bazaar, flea market, or garage sale.
[citation needed] This was a departure from simply listing items on a forum or text document.
Physical media such as videocassettes, DVDs and CDs are exchanged via mail.
This can be in the form of information provided on various regulated entities providing this service to stock market traders throughout the world or, alternatively, by way of a list of regulated investment dealers on the web who offer a selection of online trading platforms.