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Finally, an official Craigslist app
Fancy websites and services come and go, but Craigslist endures. And now one of its main shortcomings is fixed: there’s an official app. Currently available for iOS and in beta for Android, the app...
View ArticleEbay reportedly getting close to selling its classified-ads unit to Adevinta
Ebay is reportedly getting close to a deal to sell its classified ads business to Adevinta, a Norwegian company that runs online marketplaces across Europe and Latin America. According to a Wall Street...
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Jiji acquires Cars45 as it looks to build a future outside classifieds
Once heralded as disruptive marketplaces, classifieds are giving way to transactional marketplaces. Yet, some classifieds in the West like eBay have evolved with time, acquiring competition operating...
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Buy And Sell Proprietary Knowledge Through GenApple
People are continually looking for new pieces of information. We go to school, read articles on a variety of subjects, have free websites such as Wikipedia, and use search answer engines such as...
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Will the Real "eBay of Social" Please Stand Up? (TCTV)
In the venture business being ahead of your time can be almost as bad as being late to a market. But the other great thing about the venture business is there are exceptions to every rule. Craig Donato...
View ArticlePadMapper’s Not The Only One With Legal Heat From Craigslist: Others Getting...
Earlier today, news broke that Craigslist has taken legal action against PadMapper and Craigslist API creator 3Taps -- after an ongoing disagreement over the scraping of Craigslist data to use in a...
View ArticleCraigslist Now Wants Your Postings Under ‘Exclusive’ Terms: Padmapper Fallout...
Another development in the ongoing Craigslist data scraping story: Craigslist has added in a new proviso for those posting ads, telling them that Craigslist now becomes the "exclusive licensee" of the...
View ArticleCraigslist Tries To Improve Its Image(s): Inline Photos Appearing Alongside...
Craigslist has been making a lot of moves to ensure that third party developers get off its lawn, but the listings giant is also, it seems, trying to make that lawn a little more attractive for...
View Article3Taps Files Countersuit, Says Craigslist Is Anticompetitive. ‘We Just Want To...
Craigslist may have a peace sign as part of its logo, but the war over its data continues. As TechCrunch reported it would yesterday, 3Taps has today filed a countersuit against Craigslist in the U.S....
View ArticleLatin America’s Navent Raises $30M From Riverwood Capital, Tiger Global To...
Latin American real estate and jobs classifieds company, Navent, has announced it's raised $30 million in Series B funding from global technology private equity firm Riverwood Capital and global...
View ArticleShout Is A Real-Time Classifieds App That Lets You Exchange Anything
Craigslist has come to be known as a modern take on the classifieds section of a newspaper, but Zachariah Reitano and Henri Stern want to go further and provide a real-time exchange service. That's...
View ArticlePublisher Schibsted Nabs Twitter Analytics Manager To Be Its Head Of Data...
As traditional publishers continue to look for the best way forward in a rapidly changing media landscape dominated by web giants like Google and Facebook and newer platforms like mobile, Scandinavia’s...
View ArticleMumbai-based Classifieds Site Quikr Grabs $150M In New Funding
Quikr, which claims to be India’s largest classified ads site, has scooped up $150 million from returning investors Tiger Global and Investment AB Kinnevik, as well as Steadview Capital.
View ArticleTenant King Creates Local Marketplaces Within High-Rise Buildings
One of the most frustrating things about living in an urban high-rise building is the close quarters you are forced to share with neighbors. However, one startup is trying to turn this annoyance into a...
View ArticleMobile App Letgo Raises $100 Million From Naspers To Take Over Classifieds In...
Can a mobile classified app topple the behemoth that is Craigslist? A company called letgo aims to find out. Its app, which lets users buy and sell items locally, has quietly grown to over 2 million...
View ArticleSpike in investments in classified ad apps could mean the death of Craigslist
When you think about the fastest growing areas for startup investments, you probably don’t think about classified ads. More likely, your mind wanders to music apps, e-commerce or social platforms. It’s...
View ArticleEbay’s mobile Craigslist competitor Close5 has quietly grown to 7 million...
In the U.S., the online classifieds space has been dominated for years by Craigslist, despite its failure to adapt to newer technologies, including mobile. That has left room for newcomers to angle...
View ArticleWallapop and LetGo, two Craigslist rivals, merge to take on the U.S. market,...
Consolidation is afoot in the online classifieds space as two popular startups born in Barcelona are in advanced talks to merge operations in the U.S.. Wallapop and LetGo — which both provide platforms...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia-based Carousell raises $35M for its social commerce app
Carousell, a four-year-old company in Singapore behind a listings app that enables peer-to-peer selling, has closed a $35 million Series B round to grow its reach into new countries and increase...
View ArticleeBay to gain $2.2B from sales of its shares in classified biz Adevinta
eBay is unloading its remaining shares in the online classified business Adevinta to private equity firms Permira and Blackstone for $2.2 billion in cash and 20% equity, it said. Adevinta had...
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