Issues in Online Classifieds


Online Classifieds has come into India in a big way. With some big players and a host of startups, we are seeing a lot of activity in this space.

Despite the increasing number of companies in this space, there is still room for new entrants as I see some issues which need to be addressed.

Old & Updated Posts: Beveragewala (my previous ecommerce startup) was closed down in August last year. 6 months down, the classifieds we had uploaded for it are still live.

Clutter: Owing to the innumerable number of posts, it becomes very difficult for a user to navigate through these to reach relevant and beneficial results.

Trust: Posts are not verified for accuracy and hence there comes a issue of trust or a lack of it.

New entrants should focus on these limitations in the current players and should try to address them to create a place for them in this fast growing space.

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