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Dang, Kijiji is actually really solid in Canada. For me, it was like Craigslist except with some pretty good UI/features.

by colmvp 6y ago

vzidex 6y ago
Indeed, I didn't think this was a good move until I found that eBay owns Kijiji. I'm also Canadian and I'm pretty sure Kijiji is way more popular for private buy/sell than Craigslist - at least anecdotally from the people I know.
- simlevesque 6y ago
  Most of the things I own come from Kijiji, from my phone, bike, furnitures....
  - jayparth 6y ago
    We do love Kijiji up here, don't we? I have no clue why it's so popular and isn't really a thing anywhere else in the world.
    - simlevesque 6y ago
      Network effect, it is fast and the UX is great.
dubcanada 6y ago
What's wrong with Adevinta? I haven't really use any of their services. But I just went on shpock or what not and it seems fine?
sunstone 6y ago
Kijiji might be popular "in canada" but in vancouver CL is dominant.
donarb 6y ago
This article from The NY Times explains why Kijiji took off in Canada faster than its parent eBay. In addition, when Kijiji first started, Craigslist did not have a French version of their site for the Montreal/Quebec market, which Kijiji did. "A fundamental problem for eBay in Canada, Mr. Shiau said, is that Canadians generally do not like auction-based pricing. On top of that, Ms. Bannister (Head of eBay Canada) found that because Canada’s vast geography and low population density make shipping costs high and delivery times long, buyers of secondhand goods preferred to make deals in person. To Ms. Bannister, the answer for eBay seemed to be online classified ads. At the head office, however, the idea did not appear to be quite so obvious. At the time, about 10 percent of Canadians used Craigslist, a level many eBay executives thought meant that it was fully entrenched. Nevertheless, they gave Ms. Bannister some classifieds site software being developed for Europe along with a small amount of money to adapt the site and market the result." https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/technology/kijiji-a-flop-in-the-us-rules-online-classifieds-in-canada.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/technology/kijiji-a-flop-...

Dang, Kijiji is actually really solid in Canada. For me, it was like Craigslist except with some pretty good UI/features.

by colmvp 6y ago

Dang, Kijiji is actually really solid in Canada. For me, it was like Craigslist except with some pretty good UI/features.

vzidex 6y ago

Indeed, I didn't think this was a good move until I found that eBay owns Kijiji. I'm also Canadian and I'm pretty sure Kijiji is way more popular for private buy/sell than Craigslist - at least anecdotally from the people I know.

simlevesque 6y ago
Most of the things I own come from Kijiji, from my phone, bike, furnitures....
- jayparth 6y ago
  We do love Kijiji up here, don't we? I have no clue why it's so popular and isn't really a thing anywhere else in the world.
  - simlevesque 6y ago
    Network effect, it is fast and the UX is great.

dubcanada 6y ago

What's wrong with Adevinta? I haven't really use any of their services. But I just went on shpock or what not and it seems fine?

sunstone 6y ago

Kijiji might be popular "in canada" but in vancouver CL is dominant.

donarb 6y ago

This article from The NY Times explains why Kijiji took off in Canada faster than its parent eBay. In addition, when Kijiji first started, Craigslist did not have a French version of their site for the Montreal/Quebec market, which Kijiji did. "A fundamental problem for eBay in Canada, Mr. Shiau said, is that Canadians generally do not like auction-based pricing. On top of that, Ms. Bannister (Head of eBay Canada) found that because Canada’s vast geography and low population density make shipping costs high and delivery times long, buyers of secondhand goods preferred to make deals in person. To Ms. Bannister, the answer for eBay seemed to be online classified ads. At the head office, however, the idea did not appear to be quite so obvious. At the time, about 10 percent of Canadians used Craigslist, a level many eBay executives thought meant that it was fully entrenched. Nevertheless, they gave Ms. Bannister some classifieds site software being developed for Europe along with a small amount of money to adapt the site and market the result." https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/technology/kijiji-a-flop-in-the-us-rules-online-classifieds-in-canada.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/technology/kijiji-a-flop-...