Then you have to search for a flat for rent or a paying guest accommodation and depending on your requirement you may have to buy furniture and other white goods. Since these moves are temporary, say from 1 to 3 years, people do now want to invest too much money on buying the new stuff. And they want to save their precious time.
Here’s where an online classifieds site comes really handy. These sites allow you to check products being sold in the city of your interest and sometimes you can even choose the localities. It takes few minutes to search for the items one is looking for or you could place you own ‘wanted’ ad for free. You have the flexibility of letting people contact you on phone or email. And the best is that these ads are not for a day like the print classifieds. Your Ad remains on the site till you want it and you can even modify it if you want to do it after some time.
People in India have realized that unlike US, there is no offline alternative of selling their old stuff and online classifieds has come out as a revelation for those who are looking for a direct sale to the consumer. There are no intermediaries and normally you end up selling to someone who has a real need and therefore ready to pay more.
There is an alternative of using ecommerce sites, but there is always an issue with trust on the quality so people would not pay in advance for a pre owned item or the item may be very bulky to ship ( like furniture, air conditioners etc).For such items, the best solution is a city based local classifieds site.
Corporate Indian users are waking up to this opportunity and we have seen at www.olx.in that users now prefer to come to sites that offers all their categories of interest under one roof. Most corporate users who move cities look at OLX for used cars, Movers & Packers , Paying guests, apartments for rent , carpools and even look for jobs on OLX .
As the classifieds business in US migrates online, India is likely to follow and the numerous users who have benefited from online classifieds can surely second that.
Author Resource:-
This article is written by Amarjit Batra, Country Manager – OLX India, a free classified site to display online classified ads in India . For more detail about jobs on OLX here.
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