Have you had the opportunity to check out Kijiji yet? Owned by eBay, it’s their “new & improved” version of Craigslist. You didn’t think the world would let them continue without much competition for too long, did you?
Kijiji is named after the Swahili word for “village”, which eBay probably gave some guy a million dollars to come up with. So far, Kijiji offers free classified ads for individuals categorized in 220 different cities around the United States as well as some Canadian listings.
Like Craigslist, Kijiji offers free classified ads for individuals to conduct business amongst themselves- without the middleman. The humorous part of all this is that eBay actually owns 25% of Craigslist; so in essence, they are competing against themselves in efforts to dominate the Internet’s free classified ads websites.Have you posted anything on Kijiji yet? If so, what was your experience like with it? Should we all stick with Craigslist, or is it time to broaden our horizons and look for opportunities to move on to bigger and better things?Â
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Article posted by: Neon on August 25th, 2007
ebay will most likely be using content or listings, etc from craigslist to help build out or “fill in” for kijiji.
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What a messed up domain they choose. They think its easy? I can’t remember it because theres too many dotted items in a row and I’m really not sure whats going on with it. So far from what I can tell it is is just as normal ebay listings but now listed as an classified instead without the buy now button. We shall see!
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I thought that it was a very difficult name to get used to as well. You’ve got to look at it twice in order to see how to spell it.
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What a ridiculous name! Also I am guessing there must be plenty of other free classifieds competitors in the US?
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Both kijijijij and craigslist will end up at the bottom of the bottomless internet pit.
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Interesting. I’m going to explore Kijiji in the morning. Time for sleep now
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