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Re:Ask YC: Why can't anyone compete with craigslist? by STHayden on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @02:50PM (#281865)
yeah it's all network effect and branding. Kijiji has been having problems finding a foot hold anywhere. Just the same way olx.com has got gotten big in the USA but is big internationally.

http://www.flugpo.com

At flugpo we are building a craigslist competitor that has better everything. But it's hard to get a large foothold anywhere with out being able to focus on a market and work at it for a long time.

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Re:Ask YC: Why can't anyone compete with craigslist? by fbailey on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @02:59PM (#281874)
srry not to be mean but you totally missed the market craigslist is actually better than your site... we are working on a competitor but only in germany.
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Re:Ask YC: Why can't anyone compete with craigslist? by davidw on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @03:56PM (#281944)
kijiji and other sites are doing just fine outside the US. CL was a bit late to those markets. Likely, that means that there are lots of smaller, local competitors rather than big competitors.
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