174613 Resource 135199 135263 135263 1184191458414 1184191458414 Controlled eBay Blindsides Craigslist and Sneaks Into The Online Classified Market with Kijiji

Just like Navy Seals landing on a beach at night, eBay snuck into the online classified market now dominated by Craigslist.

<p>No press release. Nothing on the eBay announcement board. One day Kijiji, the successful overseas classified web site, showed up in the US.&nbsp; Kijiji owned by eBay does the same thing that Craigslist does --and many think it does it better.</p><p>The fact that eBay owns a 25 percent interest in&nbsp;online classified leader&nbsp;Craigslist has many wondering about eBay's long-term plans for Kijiji.</p><p>Kijiji, first launched two years ago in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, China, Japan and Taiwan, was made available last year in Austria, Switzerland and India. </p><p>Kijiji, (pronounced KeeGeeGee) means &quot;village&quot; in Swahili, Kijiji adds some new features&nbsp; that are not found on Craigslist. For example, Kijiji's pages have a gallery, Flash animation and an RSS feed button. Kijiji takes the simplicity of Craigslist one step better. It's&nbsp; simple and easy to use but the ads are more attractive, with a thumbnail photograph displayed next to the text like it is in eBay search results.</p><p><br />Let me say right up I am a huge fan of Craigslist.&nbsp; Right now, Kijiji although larger than Craigslist on a world wide basis is much smaller than Craigslist in the US.&nbsp; Kijiji is easier to use, more attractive and looks more up to date than Craigslist and I think it will give Craigslist a run for its money.</p><p>It is too early to tell if Kijiji will be successful in the US.&nbsp; I don't understand why eBay isn't using its market power to promote it. I also wonder what eBay's strategy is and how they plan to make money from Kijiji, but so far I think they are off to a good start and it is going to be interesting to watch.&nbsp; So what's my strategy for using Kijiji?&nbsp; If I have something to sell, I am simply going to list it on both sites.&nbsp; I mean why not?&nbsp; Both sites are free and I just might find that one buyer on Kijiji who isn't looking at Craigslist.<br /></p> 9 application/xml false craigs list craigslist ads ebay classified ad ebay craiglist ebay kijiji kijiji promo:171061 WorldWideBrands OneSource is the only place to connect direct with manufacturers who will drop ship. http://www.worldwidebrands.com/1/?kbid=7948 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mcgrrrrr false true false false true 135199 blog blogsite/SkipMcGrath/web