De Koopman

Marktplaats.nl (NL), Luquo (SP), Mobile.de (D), Gumtree (VK) en Kijiji (de rest) zijn bij elkaar opgeteld groter dan Craigslist. Craigslist is de Amerikaanse variant op Marktplaats.nl, waarin eBay in 2004 een belang van 25 procent nam. Het lijkt erop dat eBay langzaamaan Craigslist van buitenaf aan het opeten is. Internationaal althans.

Dit blijkt uit een rekensommetje van weblog Seekalpha.

Ook binnen Amerika heeft eBay de aanval geopend op Craigslist. Dat bleek onlangs uit een verhaal in de New York Times:

“(…) The Kijiji unit of eBay, a free classified ads service covering 13 countries online, was introduced in the United States in late June, and has already achieved modest success in some important markets, including New York. (…) “We’ve had half a person dedicated to the U.S. launch,” Mr. Aqraou said. “Next year, we’ll fully be up to the level of resources we should be putting against this.” So far, Kijiji has done fairly well, climbing to second among all classifieds sites in the United States, with 1.8 million visitors in November, according to Nielsen Online. That is far behind Craigslist’s 20 million American visitors last month, and the average amount of time each Kijiji visitor spent — three minutes — suggests these visitors were still testing the waters.(…)”

(dank aan de zeer attente tipgever)

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