The Northern Classifieds War Has Begun

By on May 6, 2009 in Uncategorized

It seem like there is a good market for online classifieds here in the north.

First there was YkTrader, the online classified site with all that and more. YkTrader after years of hard work is now the leader and I don’t see it failing anytime soon.

Up next we saw a glimpse of what could have been something better. Craigslist added a section for the north, but I don’t think it will do well. I don’t think it does anything actually and I don’t think it ever will. You see no one knows how to find it. The section for the north is listed as Territories under Canadian Cities. Which makes no sense what so ever. Although if you want to check it out the link is here.

Northern News Service was our current runner up here. I guessing after finally catching on that YkTrader was successful they took it upon themselves to open up their Online classified. So now instead of having to go to their office you can post your items online and have them not only show up online but in the paper as well if you choose. This new service of theirs is slowly growing and with the fact people still like advertising in the paper works to their advantage considering this is another way for it to happen.

Our finally and newest competitor is ykclassifieds.com. This new site is much like Craigslist or Kijiji as it is simple and straightforward. It will be going against YkTrader as it is solely an online classified site and that is what will survive on. There are many things that this site will have to overcome before it can compete at the same level as YkTrader.

As I don’t want to make this post too long I will not review YkClassifieds at this time but will in the next couple days.

Pin It

About KyleWith

Kyle is a life long Yellowknifer interested in Yellowknife and technology. He has a strong passion for the city and uses technologies like multimedia blogging and social media to express it. Want to talk about either? Send him an e-mail through the link below. Find him on: Twitter, Facebook, His Blog.
View all posts by KyleWith →

Stay Up to Date

Subscribe and be the first to know about Yellowknife stuff.

  • http://www.ehargreaves.com/ Liz Hargreaves

    The classified ad field is getting crowded for a city of 20,000. Good for us as we have to furnish a new apt. in a couple of weeks!
    NNSL is the only site that isn’t just Yellowknife focused, that will give some advantage as it shifts to online more and more.
    It will be tough for ykclassifieds to compete with the established sites.
    We are now selling our furniture here in Burnaby though Craigslist and Kijiji – usually you get calls within minutes or hours. And we found our apt. though Craiglist.

  • http://www.ehargreaves.com Liz Hargreaves

    The classified ad field is getting crowded for a city of 20,000. Good for us as we have to furnish a new apt. in a couple of weeks!
    NNSL is the only site that isn’t just Yellowknife focused, that will give some advantage as it shifts to online more and more.
    It will be tough for ykclassifieds to compete with the established sites.
    We are now selling our furniture here in Burnaby though Craigslist and Kijiji – usually you get calls within minutes or hours. And we found our apt. though Craiglist.

  • Hughie

    This is a good thing as we’ll see some competition and more avenues to post gear for sale and sell gear.

    The only draw back, is the spam and scams that are associated with sites like craigslist. I’ll browse, but still stick to sites i trust

  • Hughie

    This is a good thing as we’ll see some competition and more avenues to post gear for sale and sell gear.

    The only draw back, is the spam and scams that are associated with sites like craigslist. I’ll browse, but still stick to sites i trust

  • Pingback: YkClassifieds.com Review Part 1 | Yellowknife Online

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeanalyn-McWhite/100000490324136 Jeanalyn McWhite

    Truly

    ! You
    absolutely
    sure
    have
    executed

    a
    great

    work

    settling

    these inputs in
    place
    .
    These info are
    certain

    of
    terrific

    assistance

    to the
    findings

    I
    am

    going
    through
    .BC Laser Hair Removal | Laser Hair Removal BC