Dubizzle.com extends offerings in KSA as broader horizons emerge for online consumers

Dubizzle.com – the region’s leading online classifieds and community portal – has announced plans to extend their offerings across mobile devices following rapid growth in both user traffic and content listings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since the official launch in November 2010. The portal has already proven widely successful in a number of regional online markets, with Dubizzle.com currently welcoming over 1.5 million unique visitors a month and more than 70 million page views from across the MENA region.

As local consumers become more active in using the internet to buy, sell and find things, Dubizzle.com KSA has witnessed remarkable growth in both monthly traffic and content listings. The website currently welcomes over 3,000,000 monthly page views and more than 30,000 unique visitors from within the Kingdom on a daily basis. Dubizzle.com has built and maintained its reputation by being completely free to end users who never have to pay to sell items or to respond to listings.

Catering to people across some the Kingdom’s major cities including Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Khobar, Dubizzle.com hosts an extensive classifieds section with local properties for rent and sale, job opportunities, and automotive listings – all accessible in English, Arabic and French. Reports show that along with Dubizzle.com exponential traffic growth in the Kingdom, more than 20,000 listings have been uploaded from individual users and leading real estate, automotive and recruitment companies in the past four months. 

Broadening its offerings across devices and digital platforms, Dubizzle.com has announced the launch of a mobile version of its website, giving consumers in the Kingdom easier accessibility to the company’s services while on the move. A beta version is currently available in English, with the company planning to develop mobile platforms in Arabic and French later this year. Smartphone apps for Apple, Android and Blackberry platform devices are also said to be in development. 

“We believe that utilizing the power of the web can make it easier and more efficient for people to do business within their own community, creating value for both buyers and sellers,” says J.C. Butler, who along with business partner Sim Whatley co-founded Dubizzle.com after moving to the region in 2005. “The Middle East’s online market place is a bustling forum where consumers are eager to stay connected when and where it suits them best. We are very proud of Dubizzle.com’s rapid growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—a country where we see huge potential for people who are interested in doing business online.”