Classifieds Business

Kijiji Launches In New Avatar, Matrix Partners Funding Results In Rebranding - 3 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 11 Aug 2008 11:39 AM PST

We had first reported the Matrix Partners and Ebay backed free online classifieds website Kijiji.in going in for a re-branding. Quikr.com, it’s new avatar, has now gone public. Afaqs quotes…

Kijiji Re-Brands Itself To Quikr.com - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 30 Jun 2008 12:52 PM PST

Matrix Partners and eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) backed free online classifieds website Kijiji.in has re-branded itself as Quikr.com. The site as of this night was still undergoing migration and had a…

Sulekha Ties Up With CareerBuilderIndia, CricInfo With Myntra - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 26 Jun 2008 08:32 AM PST

--- Sulekha has tied up exclusively for content with CareerBuildersIndia.com for its ‘Premium Jobs’ section. The section will be co-branded although on checking it wasn’t live as yet. --- Cricinfo…

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MouthShut Launches City Guide - 6 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 29 May 2008 08:10 PM PST

User review portal MouthShut has gone in for a re-design, adding local listings and reviews to the mix. Currently it lists entries from 20 cities and small towns covering restaurants,…

Makaan Launches SMS based Real Estate Mobile Application - 4 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 20 May 2008 11:05 AM PST

People Group’s real estate property, Makaan.com, has launched an SMS based mobile application, developed by sister concern, Mauj Mobile. The difference being that while those like Magicbricks have apps that…

HT Media’s Job Portal Shine.com Goes Live - 21 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 26 Mar 2008 04:25 AM PST

HT Media’s job portal Shine.com has gone live...the tagline - “Shine is a place to grow”. The site, currently in beta, is at present accepting registration from job seekers. I…

Sulekha Plans For An IPO In 2009 - 9 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:34 PM PST

Sulekha.com, the grand-daddy of Indian community portals, which had raised $10 million from Norwest Venture Partners is considering an IPO in 2009. Business Standard reports that the company expects to…

Why Did BCCL Hive Off Times Business Solutions? Interview With CEO R. Sundar - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 25 Feb 2008 04:47 AM PST

The Times Group (BCCL), had hived off its classifieds business into a separate entity called Times Business Solutions Ltd (TBSL), and appointed R. Sundar as CEO and Rajiv Gaur as…

Jupiter Media To Launch Image Sales Ops In India; Cautious About Media Business; Job Portal - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 17 Feb 2008 11:02 PM PST

Nasdaq listed Jupiter Media is taking a cautious approach to India: the company’s Chairman and CEO Alan Meckler was in India for a couple of days - his first trip…

Dice Exits Job Portal JV With Cybermedia - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 08 Feb 2008 02:31 AM PST

This just in: Dice Holdings has sold its stake in Cybermedia Dice Careers to Pradeep Gupta, the founder of speciality media house Cybermedia, a BSE listed entity. Cybermedia Dice Careers,…

Updated: Kijiji India To Be Jointly Owned By Ebay Inc And VC Fund Matrix Partners - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 05 Feb 2008 06:47 AM PST

Updated below Kijiji India, the Indian site for Ebay Inc’s general classifieds business, will now be jointly owned by by the company and VC fund Matrix Partners, as per a…

Shaadi Group Plans To Spend Rs. 40 Crores On Makaan.com Over Next Two Years - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 22 Oct 2007 01:55 AM PST

People Interactive (Shaadi Group) is planning to spend Rs. 40 crores over the next two years on portal Makaan.com, the real estate portal it had launched recently [via BS]. Other…

ICICI Venture Looking To Exit Infomedia - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Sep 2007 09:49 PM PST

Notz Stucki, a European asset management company is in line, alongwith PE funds including General Atlantic, Blackstone and Warburg Pincus for acquiring ICICI Ventures’ 63 percent stake in Infomedia, reports…

Times Group’s Tries A General Classifieds Site: YoList - 9 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 03 Sep 2007 10:20 PM PST

Yo! We were tipped off about yet another classifieds portal, this time from the Times Group, yo! They’re launching YoList.com, yo! I think I’ll stop yo-yoing about and get down…

Sulekha To Manage Sify Classifieds Site - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Mon 27 Aug 2007 02:51 AM PST

Sulekha.com has entered into a three-year tieup with Sify to manage and control the Sify Classifieds site. [via agencyfaqs] Sulekha will provide software, algorithms and customer service to Sify Classifieds…

Sify’s V. ChandraMouli To join AutoIndia.com as CEO - 10 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 17 Aug 2007 02:25 AM PST

Binu TG, co-founder of auto classifieds website AutoIndia.com informs us that V. Chandramouli is joining the portal as CEO. Chandramouli has put in his papers at Sify, where he was…

People Interactive Launches Real Estate Portal Makaan.com - 11 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 16 Aug 2007 07:04 PM PST

People Interactive (the Shaadi Group) has launched a real estate portal called Makaan.com, and there’s a review up at ReviewSaurus (via WATBlog). Others in this classifieds space include MagicBricks (Times…

Dating Site Users Continue To Lead Matrimonial Site Registrants - 5 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 07 Aug 2007 07:23 AM PST

In 2006, a mere 24 percent of Indian youth surfing the Net used dating and friendship sites, while 15 percent registered on matrimonial sites. That percentage has surged to 51…

Naukri.com Launches Career Guidance Site AskNaukri.com - 8 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 11 Jul 2007 10:28 PM PST

Info Edge India (the Naukri Group) has launched a website for career guidance - asknaukri.com - in collaboration with career guidance company Workeasy. This seems to mark the beginning of…

MonsterIndia Launches Video Profile For Employers - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Wed 11 Jul 2007 09:07 PM PST

After providing jobseekers a chance to showcase their profile via a video clip, MonsterIndia.com has launched similar service for employers. [via agencyfaqs] While the video resumes services allows recruiters to…

Bharatmatrimony Launches Personal Loans Site Loanwala.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 03 Jul 2007 10:30 PM PST

You are reading it here first: Bharatmatrimony will announce the launch of its personal loans Web site Loanwala.com today. The company, which also runs Clickjobs.com, IndiaProperty.com and IndiaAutomobile.com, has tie…

Ebay India Takes On JK Rowling In Delhi High Court - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 08 Jun 2007 02:49 AM PST

eBay India has accused Harry Potter author JK Rowling of spreading misinformation about the company, and has filed an application with the Delhi High Court, accusing Rowling of “misusing judicial…

Job Portal Roundup: Referrals - NDTV, Techtribe; Monster-Video Resumes; Timesjobs-Nauk Out - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 08 Jun 2007 12:20 AM PST

-- NDTVjobs, powered by Yellojobs, is planning to introduce a referral system for online recruitment. They’re allowing companies to post jobs for free, provided that a premium is paid as…

HT Media To Launch Job Portal? - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 04 Jun 2007 06:16 AM PST

HT Media has closed a deal with recruitment portal technology provider Redmatch, reports Ha’aretz. The size or the details of the deal have not been disclosed, nor is there any…

ZDNet India’s Job Search Engine Powered By Recruit.net; And Why Naukri Had Sued Bixee… - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 30 May 2007 08:43 PM PST

ZDNet India is launching a technology jobs search engine. The site isn’t linked to yet from the main page, but is live, here. The jobs search has been powered by…