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Online Classifieds in India & The Bottom of Pyramid

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A buffalo listed on our classifieds portal- tradusAds.in. After this incident, we have seen at least 4-5 more cattles being listed on tradusads.in and not just that many trucks and tractors are also being listed as well. of listings- Yes the big ones have million plus listings. At first we thought it was a joke!

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The Next Big Thing After Twitter! Is FourSquare The Answer?

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The iPhone app of Foursquare is awesome and convenient, though I am not able to use it fully as I am unable to find New Delhi city in the app and hence have registered in Mumbai (the only Indian city in the list I guess). So How does FourSquare Work? Foursquare allows users to ‘check-in’ whenever they visit a place. Mobile Marketing!

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Online Classifieds-Is It A Winner Takes All Market?

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The sellers can post their listings in 2-3 portals (because it’s free, and it takes a minute to post). The question can be asked that if a classifieds portal amasses huge volumes of listings quickly can it not easily kill other players? Read Social Networks & Their Strategy for India here.

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The Great Indian Digital Elections!

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The Story and Strategy of Money Portals in India

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and the list goes on! Tags: Digital Feature. ApnaLoan survives the bust but the scene is cluttered with me-too portals with little or no differentiation. Let’s see how many do I remember, paisawaisa, rupeetalk, ecompare, loanmela, loanwala, deal4loans….and Why so many online finance portals? 40 million people on the net.

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The Promise of Internet!

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the list goes on. The promise of internet was so strong that many young men left comfortable jobs and followed their dreams. Many succeeded! It happened with Google, Facebook, Flipkart, Craigslist, Slideshare, Dropbox ….the The leading internet companies in the world grew users and traffic organically and naturally over a few years.

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Why ‘Locals’ is the Way to Go!

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People can themselves surf and visit the person to see the products listed and take a call. My thinking is that -becuase local classifiess site will show content around a local neighbourhood-trust will not be an issue. So in a way, in India, local/classifieds sites can be a precursor to ecommerce usage.

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