What is special about kijiji??

With time paucity hitting all and people preferring easier way out to buy and sell stuff, online websites catering to the need of the hour is a big hit! Several websites have been launched where people can put up adverts attracting buyers from worldwide. Among many such online sites for local classifieds is Kijiji.  Craigslist is Kijiji’s toughest competitor catering to needs of US citizens mainly. It has spread to over a three hundred countries across the world. Kijiji Montreal, kijiji Ontario, kijiji Winnipeg or kijiji Calgary are frequented sites. It is most popular amongst Canadians.

Kijiji being a local classified site adds a regional flavour to everything from language to tastes and preferences to choices and is the first choice of the local people. It acts as a common platform amongst faraway neighbours within a country to interact and make profitable deals. It makes it easier to find a buyer for each seller. 

People put up adverts on kijiji under categories like real estate, vehicles, jobs, pets and community. It makes it easier for the one to sweep through the clutter and hit on what he or she wants. Sometimes special offers and price offs are given on old adverts to attract buyers. Also to abet traffic strategies like weekend special schemes are also introduced. kijiji ottawa is one such site which is more active during the weekends.

Kijiji winnipeg offers classifieds for the Winnipeg citizens particularly keeping in mind their tastes and needs. Sometimes age old antique stuff is also put on online auction by the owners making it an attraction for antique dealers.

Customers can also gift themselves with trainers on various fields, house help, and volunteers for events without much time being wasted on locating them. Many freelancers, musicians, volunteers add their profiles in kijiji for jobs from where they can be picked up by companies. It is a two way communicating platform which is also being extensively used for networking. Small business firms have build strong work networks with other such business firms worldwide to stretch their wings.

However, for sites like kijiji questions about safety and after purchase help like warranty and guarantee cards are always round the corner. These are often asked questions at the helpdesk. Though satisfied consumers have happily commented and praised the services in their blogs and personal spaces in the websites solving few such queries but a lot needs to be done to win over complete faith of the consumers, perhaps the biggest challenge that lies ahead!  Kijiji Ontario is trying its best to develop its after sale services.

EBay’s kijiji has gone global buying and tying up with similar service providers, renaming its own services keeping in mind the local needs. India’s kijiji is called the quiker.com. EBay launched its own classified site called the eBay classifieds specifically for the US. It has acquired several other similar service providers for Britain, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa and Germany like the gumtree and opusforum.org. Kijiji Germany was later renamed as eBay kleinanzeigen.