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Kijiji

 
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Kijiji is a free local classifieds website for their community. The company's goal at Kijiji is to create a clean and easy-to-use marketplace that aims to allow users to browse and post listings in areas such as Pets, Motors, For Sale, Housing, Jobs, and Services.nnThe word "Kijiji" (pronounced key-gee-gee) means "vill... More >>


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San Jose , California 95125
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4 Reviews for Kijiji
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Mattias Y.
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01/17/10 Review Focus: Business Model
Kiijiji is Ebay's Gross Mistake
Sometime I read someone congratulating ebay on its classifieds business trend mentioning it goes in line with its core business as opposed to going after phone companies.<br /> <br /> I disagree with that opinion. The auction commission(Ebay) is a buy and sell business model.Classifieds is not Buy & Sell activity for the company;it is Advertising.In that regard,Kijiji is in competition with Google itself.<br /> <br /&g... More >>
 
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Amy Z.
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03/01/09 Review Focus: Business Model
Pigs and Kijiji - Neither Will Fly
Kijiji will go down as another sad and pathetic attempt by eBay to stay current and relevant. And it will ultimately fail. As Jonathan rightly points out in his review, it is a better looking site which is more \'web2.0\' than Craigslist. But, unfortunately, eBays application of lipstick to Kijiji\'s front-end doesn\'t do anything to change the fact that this service is a loser. <br /> <br />eBay\'s motivation to start Kijiji appe... More >>
 
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Michael N.
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12/27/08 Review Focus: General
Kijiji and Craigslist – The Ultimate Duo?
Kijiji, eBay's newest venture, attempts to improve and expand on what Craigslist has already successfully implemented. Kijiji is a user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, classified ads website with a much more professional feel than the current leader, Craigslist. If we simply take a look at the website itself, one would agree that it has been intelligently designed and users have been flocking to use it. Kijiji has a better looking interface whi... More >>
 
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Jonathan Kuo
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12/26/08 Review Focus: General
Kijiji -- a little less plain
Kijiji, or "village" in Swahili, is a venture undertaken by eBay through its New Ventures Group "to bring a sense of community that is lacking in other local classified sites." Since its inception in 2005, Kijiji has expanded to cover some 1000 cities and localities in 26 countries, launching in the United States fairly recently, in 2007.<br /> <br /> With a friendlier and more developed interface than the prim... More >>
 
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