Comments on: eBay attempting its own Craigslist

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:59:10 +0000

Kijiji has indeed been out for a long time. As far as I can tell it’s a direct Craigslist clone with a few added graphical niceties.

So you end up with Craigslist without the huge audience. Doesn’t make sense to me.

By: AC

AC — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:39:03 +0000

Kijiji started in Quebec awhile ago. I’ve been using the site for at least 16 months now. They blew up due to a very effective SEO strategy. They started independently and were purchased by eBay afterwards.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:38:56 +0000

All it said that they quietly rolled out the site, not when they rolled it out, wow.

For the majority of the things I sell, I use Craigslist. I have 8+ million customers here in NYC and I get cash right away. Plus, I don’t have to pay anyone fees.

By: Aram

Aram — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:00:38 +0000

Actually Kijiji has been available for a LONG time…

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:48:25 +0000

Ok, so it seems that at least kijiji.ca has going for a while. The copyright at the bottom of the page says from 2005. Strange that it took so long to get to the US…

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:44:36 +0000

Kajiji? That site has been running for months, if not over a year already. I guess their “quiet” rollout was very quiet, indeed.

By: u16

u16 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:07:07 +0000

Its actually kijiji and its been up and running for at least a year.