Kijiji

Kijiji Canada

Type of site	Classifieds
Owner	eBay
URL	kijiji.ca
Launched	March 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03)

Kijiji (English pronunciation: /kiˈdʒiːdʒi/ kee-JEE-jee; Swahili: [kʰiˈʄiʄi], Swahili for village^[1]) is a centralized network of online groups of people for writing local online classified advertisements. It is a subsidiary of eBay launched in March 2005.^[2] Kijiji is currently available for more than 300 cities in Germany. Further Kijiji countries are France, Italy, Canada, China, India, Taiwan, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan. Kijiji was made available to selected cities in the United States on June 29, 2007, under the name of eBay Classifieds.

Kijiji offers similar services and is seen as a competitor to Craigslist with the biggest exception being that Kijiji has quite an extensive pets section. Kijiji's owner eBay is also a minority shareholder in Craigslist. In April 2008 eBay launched a lawsuit against Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a countersuit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used misleading tactics to promote the service.^[3][4]

1. ↑ "eBay Classifieds Group page about Kijiji brand". Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
2. ↑ "Business Week". Retrieved 2007-12-27.
3. ↑ "Craigslist strikes back at eBay". BBC News. 2008-05-13.
4. ↑ "EBay-Craigslist Fight Is About Kijiji and Control, Complaint Shows". NY Times. 2008-04-30.