Kijiji, for those who are baffled, is an affiliate of
ebay providing free classified ads. It is presumably renamed "
ebay Classifieds" in the U.S., as the URL so redirects.
Wikipedia says:
Kijiji (Swahili: village) is a centralized network of online urban communities for posting local online classified advertisements. It is a subsidiary of
ebay launched in March 2005.
Kijiji websites are currently available for more than 300 cities in Germany. Further Kijiji countries and regions are Canada, France, Italy, China, India, Taiwan, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, Austria, and Japan. Kijiji was made available to selected cities in the United States on June 29, 2007.
Kijiji offers similar services and is seen as a competitor to Craigslist with the biggest differences being that Kijiji gets much less U.S. traffic and has an extensive pets section. Kijiji's owner
ebay is also a minority shareholder in Craigslist.
According to
ebay Classifieds Group, Kijiji is the most popular online classified service in Canada. [more]