OLX

About OLX

Known as the free online classified of the web, OLX provides a platform for online advertisements. Providing an outlet for people who want to sell, buy or trade, OLX also provides users with a means of discussing, organizing and meeting people too. This marketplace combines a community aspect to create a easy to use interface.

OLX gives users the ability to control their ads (whether community, selling or buying) in the MY OLX feature. Users can also display their classified advertisements on their social networking profiles including Myspace, Friendster and Facebook. OLX advertisements can also be accessed on a mobile phone.

Giving a local marketplace with nearly 89 countries, people across the world can connect in their general neighborhood.

Countries OLX connects: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam.

Also, several languages of translation (approximately 39) are also provided for users. This ability to customize the OLX feature makes it popular for users. The languages provided are: Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.

Categories of classified advertisements on OLX include: "For Sale", "Classes", "Vehicles", "Real Estate", "Services", "Community", "Personals," and "Jobs".

Found in 2006, this New York-based internet company hosts this free user-generated community for users worldwide. Partnered with Friendster, OLX also has ownership rights to a mobile ringtone company as well. All of these companies combine to provide users of OLX the ability to post to their social networking profile and access advertisements on their phone.