So the story is - eBay, who have a 25% stake in Craigslist, decide on cloning it in the form of Kijiji, and one of our keynote conference speakers, Jose Mallabo, eBay’s Director of Financial Communications, is the official spokesman courting questions about eBay taking on Craigslist here in TheStreet - that’s the online financial magazine as opposed to the English soap opera.
You see, this conference has it going on from all angles people.
Kijiji is basically Craigslist with a lick of paint and a great map of locations on the front page. It also has better forums and an added bell and two whistles. (I’m sure Mr. Mallabo will set me right if I missed out on something on first cursory glance.) All told, if Craigslist announced a revamp and came up with Kijiji, I think most people would approve.
So, given Craigslist’s apparent laissez-faire attitude to making a dollar, is this move by eBay as cute as a braided My Little Pony or as heavy-handed as Hulk Hogan?
Compare Kijiji and Craigslist.
Then let the conversation commence.
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