OLX Free Classifieds

OLX is a classifieds website where users can advertise almost anything they wanted to sell, buy or need for free. It is new for me because I just knew the existence of this website and services eventhough it has been alive since 2006. Established in March 2006, the service has expanded to 87 countries including Austria, Brazil, Grenada, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Peru, and served in 37 languages. Links for every local homepages are available at the footer of every pages. OLX has joined social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon and Delicious to integrate the advertising services with social networking.

OLX offers focused advertising to countries, states, cities, or zipcodes. By registering with olx.com, users can also use the same login and password for other country localized homepages. This will allow users to advertise on other countries as well. Classified ads are grouped nicely into categories and subcategories for better browsing. Users can also search for items or services using the search options. When posting a classified, an advertiser can specify the ads categories and targetted location to states, cities, or zipcodes. When users view a classified, they have the options to reply the listing, add comments, or add to favorite. Featured listing is also available where classifieds are displayed by impressions on any pages other than in their categories. Featured listing is a paid service but can attract more people to view the ads.

The website offers customization for every ads with Ajax “WYSIWYG” rich-text editor allowing font customization and let users to add images in every listings. It is only up to the creativity of the advertisers to customize and make the ads unique to attract viewers. There are so many ads being posted daily giving high competition for every ads. There is also a mobile version of the website for easier browsing using phones or PDAs which can be accessed at http://m.olx.com/. For more information, visit the homepage at http://www.olx.com/ or the news release at http://olx-newsrelease.com/.