Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
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Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#2Interesting. I live in BC and Kijiji definitely isn't as dominant as Craigslist here. It's common to find jobs, second hand goods, and cars on Craigslist. I haven't heard anyone refer to Kijiji for anything here. Quite different from ON where Kijiji does seem to have the dominance that the article referred to.
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#3Interesting. I live in BC and Kijiji definitely isn't as dominant as Craigslist here. It's common to find jobs, second hand goods, and cars on Craigslist. I haven't heard anyone refer to Kijiji for anything here. Quite different from ON where Kijiji does seem to have the dominance that the article referred to.
Interesting, where in BC? I also live in BC (Okanagan), and _everything_ is Kijiji. I'm not sure I've opened Craigslist in years.
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#4Kijiji changed its name to "Kleinanzeigen" here in Germany few years ago, but its quite popular compared to craigslist etc.
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#5Interesting. I live in BC and Kijiji definitely isn't as dominant as Craigslist here. It's common to find jobs, second hand goods, and cars on Craigslist. I haven't heard anyone refer to Kijiji for anything here. Quite different from ON where Kijiji does seem to have the dominance that the article referred to.
I'm assuming by BC you mean Vancouver? There's a few Canadian cities that Craigslist opened up sections for back when Craigslist was new and getting lots of media coverage, and Craigslist continues to do well there. But kijiji allowed posts from anywhere at the same time as Craigslist was restricted to a few cities, so kijiji dominates almost everywhere.
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#6I love Kijiji. It's extremely popular in Ontario. Everyone I know uses it for buying and selling anything, myself included. It's free, simple to use, and there is a huge amount of traffic on the site so you can sell things quickly.
People use to use AutoTrader but no one I know uses it anymore. They seem to have lost their market share to Kijiji long ago.
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#7I think classifieds sites tend to have this phenomenon of being localised to regions simply because, by nature, its usefulness derives from finding people and services in your physical area. And much like social networks, the more people use it, the more useful it is.
In Australia, and I think Britain, most people use Gumtree. And in New Zealand they use a similar site called TradeMe
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#8I think classifieds sites tend to have this phenomenon of being localised to regions simply because, by nature, its usefulness derives from finding people and services in your physical area. And much like social networks, the more people use it, the more useful it is. In Australia, and I think Britain, most people use Gumtree. And in New Zealand they use a similar site called TradeMe
I think this is the strongest factor. Once you have a critical mass locally, it's pretty hard to shift the user base - it would need a compelling reason, and you aren't going to get that from minor differences in UX.
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#9I love Kijiji. It's extremely popular in Ontario. Everyone I know uses it for buying and selling anything, myself included. It's free, simple to use, and there is a huge amount of traffic on the site so you can sell things quickly. People use to use AutoTrader but no one I know uses it anymore. They seem to have lost their market share to Kijiji long ago.
It was one of the first things I missed when I moved to NYC. Kijiji is so much better than craigslist.
Re: Kijiji, a Flop in the U.S., Rules Online Classifieds in Canada
#10In Ottawa, kijiji appears to run second to usedottawa.com, but both get good traffic. Craigslist is a ghost town.